James & Juliet crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma, Alabama, January 20, 2019 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. declared that "no lie can live forever." I pray this is true for what some believe about Down syndrome. Continue Reading
April 28, 2015
NIPS: 3 babies with Down syndrome born & 2,432 more selective abortions
A study of noninvasive prenatal screening's (NIPS) impact on clinical practice has found it may increase misdiagnoses and risk of miscarriage. And that's not all. Continue Reading
April 24, 2015
Killing costly babies is “reasonable” says noted bioethicist
In the same week that thirty years ago a doctor advised the parents of Baby Doe to let him die because he had Down syndrome, a noted bioethicist said that some babies should instead be actively killed to save the rest of us money. Continue Reading
June 12, 2014
ACMG Posters: prenatal testing saves society money through abortion?
The final installment of research presented as posters at this year's American College of Medical Genetics & Genomics conference. Continue Reading
June 2, 2013
The world doesn’t get to have it both ways with Down syndrome
Last week, my daughter was assessed to determine whether she qualified for a waiver under our state's Medicaid program. When informed that she may be initially denied--and many wrongfully are--I thought, "you don't get to have it both ways." Continue Reading
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