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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you seen the spontaneous miscarriage, stillbirth and infant mortality rates for Down syndrome? [/quote]

What are the infant mortality rates of children with Ds? And what are they for children with Ds who don't have heart defects? Would you terminate for a heart defect, but an intellectually normal child? Only 50% of kids with Ds have heart defects and I suspect those are what contribute largely to any increase in infant mortality.[/quote]

Feel free to use google to find those answers. Please don't act like Down syndrome only impacts intellectual capabilities. [/quote]

Oh, okay. So, more conjecture. I'm not pretending that people with Ds only have intellectual delays. I found this on the March of Dimes website:

Most of the health problems associated with Down syndrome can be treated, and life expectancy is now about 60 years

I said it was compatible with life and not fatal to distinguish it from conditions like Tay Sachs or Trisomy 18. And Down syndrome is not incompatible with life or fatal. Some people with Ds may have heart defects, for instance, that may result in premature death. People don't die of Down syndrome, and many children with Ds are born without birth defects.[/quote]

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