{"id":240686,"date":"2021-03-05T13:45:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T19:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=240686"},"modified":"2021-03-08T14:50:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T20:50:18","slug":"aborting-prenatal-diagnosis-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/aborting-prenatal-diagnosis-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"Aborting a child for a poor prenatal diagnosis is discrimination, and it helps no one"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to a January 2021 Knights of Columbus\/Marist Poll<\/a>, the majority of Americans oppose abortion for a prenatal diagnosis such as Down syndrome. Overall, 70% of Americans \u2014 56% of those who consider themselves pro-choice and 88% of those who consider themselves pro-life \u2014 are against abortion due to a Down syndrome diagnosis. Despite this,\u00a0abortion proponents<\/a> continue to push fetal diagnosis as a major reason to keep abortion legal.<\/p>\n

Prenatal Screening<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advances in prenatal screening have made it easier (though not entirely accurate)\u00a0to determine if a preborn child has a genetic condition such as Down syndrome, Trisomy 18, or cystic fibrosis, or a health issue such as spina bifida or brittle bone disease.<\/p>\n

“Medically speaking, it can be very difficult to confidently predict the long-term outcomes of many conditions diagnosed in utero,” explained neonatologist Dr. Kendra Kolb in a video<\/a> for Live Action.<\/p>\n

Rather than use this testing<\/a> to help parents prepare for raising their child, doctors are using prenatal screening as a weapon in a search-and-destroy mission against children who are considered imperfect. Targeting certain human beings for death because of a disability is a form of eugenics.<\/p>\n

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