Down Syndrome Prenatal Testing

The first sections of Chapter 5 addressed the very basics of what Down syndrome is and why it is called what it is. The next sections will cover the common factors associated with Down syndrome, beginning with intellectual disability.

The previous part of the serialized book on prenatal testing and Down syndrome addressed the first part of the name for the condition my daughter and hundreds of thousands others have. This post examines why that condition is still referred to as a “syndrome.”

In the second part of the chapter on Down syndrome, I begin with the simple question: What is Down syndrome?

We have reached the final section of Chapter 3‘s exposition on Down syndrome selective abortion. The previous section ended with the Natoli study finding the termination rate in the United States was less than the historically reported 90%. However, with the standard of care changed such that all women are to be offered prenatal genetic […]

In this penultimate section of Chapter 3, I discuss how the termination rate following a prenatal diagnosis for Down syndrome has been revised down from 90% to around 75%. And, how that counterintuitively means there are more pregnancies positive for Down syndrome being aborted than when the termination rate was 90%.