90 PERCENT PREGNANT WITH DOWN SYNDROME CHILD HAVE AN ABORTION

Of those diagnosed, according to this story. The story notes “Until this year, only pregnant women 35 and older were routinely tested to see if their fetuses had the extra chromosome that causes Down syndrome. As a result many couples were given the diagnosis only at birth. But under a new recommendation from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, doctors have begun to offer a new, safer screening procedure to all pregnant women, regardless of age.” (NY Times)

From 2005, when the number was 80 percent: George Will examined how judges have taken control of the abortion debate in the United States. He explained the American Association of People with Disabilities “worries that increasingly sophisticated prenatal genetic testing technologies will mean that parents who are told their expected babies are less than perfect ‘will experience pressures to terminate their pregnancies from medical professionals and insurers.’" (Washington Post)

George Will’s son, referenced in the article, has Down syndrome. He wrote of it in this 1993 article that first appeared in Newsweek. (EPM)