My son is not a genetic 'fault' -- the downside of prenatal genetic testing - Fox News

This is the reality of prenatal testing. While some may argue that it gives parents more time to prepare medical interventions and to prepare for caring for a disabled child, many will tell you that it only allows medical professionals more time to convince parents that abortion is the more caring option. Please be sure to read the full article below.

My son is not a genetic 'fault' -- the downside of prenatal genetic testing

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From the article:

"Look no farther than the statistics -- 90% of unborn children who test positive for Down syndrome or cystic fibrosis are aborted."
"With this new genetic test giving parents and society the ability to map the genetic code of their unborn baby, it is no doubt that abortions will rise. Scared mothers and fathers will be told that aborting their baby is the compassionate choice and that you can always try again if you didn't want a girl with red hair, freckles, and a higher than normal chance of developing breast cancer."

Why are anti-abortion legislators cutting essential funds for special-needs children?

Why are anti-abortion legislators cutting essential funds for special-needs children? 

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On April 12, Governor Jan Brewer signed a bill making Arizona the eighth state in the union to ban abortions beyond 20 weeks. Like most other laws of its kind, House Bill 2036 had been camouflaged as a measure against suffering, predicated on the notion that a fetus at 20 weeks can feel pain. Every woman who’s ever been pregnant, however, knows what the law really means: Twenty weeks marks a crucial point in a pregnancy, when fetal abnormalities can be detected, often for the first time. Many women confronted with a grim prenatal diagnosis choose to have an abortion. Now, in Arizona, they can’t.
It would be logical to expect, then, that these new restrictions on abortion would be accompanied by increased public services for women and children—especially for children with developmental disabilities. The laws should also lead to stronger support for physically, intellectually, and developmentally disabled teenagers and adults—which is, after all, what the healthier and luckier of these babies grow up to be. You might expect the people passing these laws to rally behind the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which bars insurance companies from turning anyone away based on a pre-existing condition; after all, no condition is more pre-existing than one you’re born with. 

HuffPo writer aborts daughter with Trisomy 13 | Jill Stanek

That night I tried reading about the procedures, but I kept feeling nauseous. Sophia was now moving regularly, and we were planning a 21-week D&E or induced birth.
HuffPo writer aborts daughter with Trisomy 13 | Jill Stanek

* Wow, normally I would not post ANY article that has to do with abortion. I just wanted everyone to see that this was aborted at 21 WEEKS. An induced BIRTH!! How could you name your child then allow it to be ripped from your womb??

~ Vanessa

Mother's Inspiring Video About her Blind Baby Boy

People ask her why she didn't choose to abort her boy. They stare at both of them. They talk behind their back. But none of that matters because this mother knows that her boy is beautiful just the way he is. What a great video.

http://www.godvine.com/Mother-s-Inspiring-Video-About-her-Blind-Baby-Boy-1484.html?fb_comment_id=fbc_10150994588764845_221718654_10151003443099845#f356863d7c

"Incompatible With Life," A Death Sentence for Unborn Children | LifeNews.com

"Incompatible With Life," A Death Sentence for Unborn Children | LifeNews.com

The new group is calling for the introduction of legislation which would allow abortion where the unborn baby is diagnosed as being “incompatible with life”, meaning that she cannot survive outside the womb. She may die within the womb before the pregnancy term comes to an end, or alternatively, shortly after birth.


Every parent who finds themselves in this horrific situation, should at least be able to look back and accept that it was the condition that took their baby away from them, and no action that they initiated. The experience of Matt and Ginny Mooney, whose little boy Eliot was born with Trisomy 18 and lived for 99 days, inspired them to make the video 99 Balloons based on his life, and the love and care that they gave him during that time. Watching the short video of Eliot’s life is a teaching moment for all of us.

FIRST-PERSON: The dark side of prenatal testing

FIRST-PERSON: The dark side of prenatal testing

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Ms. Monahan says prenatal testing is not "inherently evil." Sometimes these tests detect conditions for which doctors can then treat the baby in utero. But she told CNN, "the fact that it leads to so many abortions is absolutely troubling."