Testing for Down Syndrome

Barabara Curtis (MommyLife) comments further on the diabolical use of genetic tests to enable early abortion of babies with Down Syndrome.

It's fear that drives the quest for the perfect test - resulting more often than not in an aborted baby - and the drive for an earlier one. Now it can be administered en masse to eliminate those troublesome babies with Down syndrome that have slipped by to be born to younger mothers.

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If you have a family member or classmate or friend with Down syndrome, then God's been doubly good to you. But you probably already know that!

My kids are no angels (as anyone who knows us would tell you), but people consistently remark on their kindness. Certainly, I can't take all the credit. Mostly, they are kind because they were part of the family team that's been raising four brothers with Down syndrome. Each of us is different because of their presence in our lives.