11/18/11: New Test has Terrifying Consequences

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A new article in the New York Post, entitled “The End of Down Syndrome,” details a new type of scientific test that can detect Down Syndrome in unborn children.

However, based on the article’s shocking implications, it would be more aptly titled “The End of Down Syndrome Children.” Though the article’s original title seems to promise a cure to the genetic disorder, the piece instead delivers a look at our culture’s obsession with perfection and our willingness to kill for it.

According to the article, a new test allows doctors to screen for the most prevalent type of Down syndrome with only a blood test from the mother.” Up until now, the screening tests for Down Syndrome required much more invasive procedures that carried an increased risk of miscarriage.