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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd like to see the stats on that data please. What's the source besides some guy on the internet?[/quote]

The data is probably right.  The issue is how were things phrased.  Most educated people know that you can completely steer results by how you phrase the question.  And the summation and statistics given usually list slightly different phrasing than the long form question in the survey. So you ask leading questions, then paraphrase the results so that you lead the poll respondents in the direction you want.[/quote]

They also probably didn’t ask about exceptions after 15 weeks.  If you asked about the fetus with no brain or the one that will die hours after birth, I bet they’d agree with the abortion.  But most would t want a wholesale exception for abnormalities because [b]I don’t think the majority of Americans support the right to terminate a pregnancy for Downs.[/b][/quote]

That depends on whether it’s for themselves or someone else.  Lots of people claim to oppose abortion for Down syndrome, but when faced with the decision themselves, something like 80% of people with a Down syndrome diagnosis choose to terminate the pregnancy. Do you really think Down syndrome is disproportionately prevalent among people who admit to supporting abortion in those cases?[/quote]
Also, the vast majority of Americans have no understanding of DS and base their perception on the handful of people they have seen/met with the least complications. 40% of people with DS have congenital heart disease. We were told that based on first trimester screening we had a higher than typical risk of DS for DC1. I had prior repeat miscarriages, so I was nervous about an amnio. And I was very torn about what I would do with confirmation of the trisomy. What DH and I decided is that with the higher resolution ultrasound we'd find out if there was a likelihood of heart disease and then make a decision about the amnio. There was not, so we did not do amnio and didn't know 100% until DC1 was born if they had a trisomy. But I absolutely would have wanted the full spectrum of choices if I found out I was about to bring a child into the world who would undergo a lifetime (shortened at that) of heart surgeries and complications. I could give a f* what the majority of people who've never been in that situation think they would do. I 10,000% guarantee you that you will not do what you think you would do when confronted with a situation like that for real. I didn't.[/quote]

Down syndrome comes with it. A whole host of other physical and mental disabilities that a lot of people don't think of. There are some good poster children for down syndrome that show a fun lovable adolescent or child. But most individuals with down syndrome develop dementia by age 40 and debilitating dementia by age 50. It's due to the plaques and tangles associated with the 21st chromosome which they have two of so they have a much higher rate of dementia than the regular population. With dementia in down syndrome comes physical and verbal aggression, loss of independence and need of more around the clock care. With social service budgets getting cut every year, more and more parents are going to have to care for their adult down syndrome. Children, especially since many of these people are now living well into their 60s and '70s instead of dying in their 40s and '50s like they used to. Most often have poor eyesight trouble with speech and hearing and heart conditions[/quote]

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