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From the mother of a child with Down Syndrome:<\/p>\n

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I hate the thought that there will be fewer people with Down syndrome in the world as a result of advances in prenatal testing. As I\u2019ve written before, it impoverishes us all when we selectively abort babies based upon particular characteristics (gender, for instance, in China and India \u2026 disabilities here in America).<\/p>\n

But I also hate the thought that mothers of children with Down syndrome think they are alone. Yes, some women choose abortion when they see a karyotype with three 21st chromosomes. But many others choose life.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

~ Amy Julia Becker \u201c90% of Babies With Down Syndrome Aborted? Really?\u201d<\/a> Patheos, June 17, 2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the mother of a child with Down Syndrome: I hate the thought that there will be fewer people with Down syndrome in the world as a result of advances in prenatal testing. As I\u2019ve written before, it impoverishes us all when we selectively abort babies based upon particular characteristics (gender, for instance, in China […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":55664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[4270,429,4271],"yoast_head":"\nMother of disabled child: Abortion of handicapped babies 'impoverishes us all' - Live Action News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\""Some women choose abortion when they see a karyotype with three 21st chromosomes. 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