Irish family in Israel says special-needs child brought new attitude

"They value the most vulnerable in society. You walk down the street here and strangers smile at Rachel. People are very compassionate toward children in Israel."
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http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0905001.htm

Three babies aborted every day due to Down's syndrome

An increasing number of pregnant women are being told their babies have the condition because of a growing number of women putting off having children until their 30s and 40s and improvements in screening, doctors say. And around nine in ten women who are told they are going to have a baby with the problem opt for a termination.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6440705/Three-babies-aborted-every-day-due-to-Downs-syndrome.html

Conscience, Courage, and Children With Down Syndrome

The real choice in accepting or rejecting a child with special needs is never between some imaginary perfection or imperfection. The real choice is between love and unlove, between courage and cowardice, between trust and fear. And that’s the choice we face as a society in deciding which human lives we will treat as valuable, and which we will not.
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http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2009/10/conscience44-courage44-and-children-with-down-syndrome

Down's syndrome abortions 'are double official level' as doctors spare women's feelings

Twice as many unborn babies are being aborted because they have Down's syndrome as official figures disclose, an independent body revealed yesterday. Doctors are trying to spare women's feelings at aborting a disabled child by failing to classify the termination as Down's, it was claimed. Instead, they are recorded as 'social' abortions:
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1226528/Downs-abortions-double-official-level-doctors-spare-womens-feelings.html

Understanding the implications of prenatal testing for Down syndrome

"As new tests become available, will babies with Down syndrome slowly disappear?"
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http://www.childrenshospital.org/newsroom/Site1339/mainpageS1339P1sublevel560.html
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http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/morning/down_syndrome_research_092209