92% Termination Rate of Fetuses with Down Syndrome Leads to Dwindling Populations
From the Roswell Beacon (Georgia) - April 21:
An excerpt follows from the article entitled
"Modern Eugenics: The Elimination of a People" by Alan Sverdlik:
Overcoming The Odds
Scanning the faces bunched together in a converted Sunday school classroom – innocent, mischievous, curious, mirthful – it is startling to consider that most of them overcame daunting odds just to be born, let alone accept a genetic defect with such evident grace. In fact, the number of people with Down syndrome, which can cause mild to moderate mental retardation, are dwindling so rapidly that respected advocacy groups consider them an endangered species whose survivors face a bleak future: lonely, unwelcome, ignored by medical researchers, shunned by insurance companies...
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