Disabilities

50% More Downs Children Eugenically Aborted with New Screening Options

Thanks to more aggressive guidelines for prenatal Down syndrome screening, the number of Downs infants who survive the womb in Denmark has been reduced by almost half, according to a population-based cohort study published in the online British Medical Journal. While 55 Down's children were born in the country in 2000, the study found that number fell to 31 in 2005 and 32 in 2006. The number of Danish children prenatally diagnosed with the condition rose by 30% in the year after the new guidelines for prenatal screening and diagnosis were implemented by the Danish National Board of Health in 2004.

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