Next Time You See A Parent of A Downs Syndrome Child…

Thank Them! SERIOUSLY!!! “Between 80% and 90% of women who find out they are carrying a child with the chromosomal abnormality (which can be tested using amniocentesis) choose to abort!” This is in contrast with the fact that the life expectancy has INCREASED from 25 years to 45 years!!! I learned this today from an excellent essay from Christine Rosen, Senior Editor of The New Atlantis: A Journal of Technology and Society (http://www.thenewatlantis.com/authors/christine-rosen) in the Wall Street Journal (“A Life Worth Living” http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121452087577408831.html?mod=todays_us_weekend_journal)