Category disability

Human or Statistic? Do we know what percentage of Down syndrome kids are killed by abortion?

July 13, 2015 · by · in abortion, Common Ground (the book), disability, Down syndrome, termination rate · Leave a comment

How many children diagnosed with Down syndrome in the womb are subsequently killed by abortion?  (This is usually called a “termination rate.”) J.L. Natoli and colleagues published in 2012 the best estimate available on this question.  It’s a systematic literature review, rather than a study with original data.  [J.L. Natoli, et. al. Prenatal diagnosis of Down […]

What Percentage of Spina Bifida Kids Are Aborted?

June 23, 2011 · by · in abortion, disability · 1 Comment

Because of the sophistication of ultrasound and other prenatal diagnostic techniques, doctors can diagnose certain disabling conditions prior to birth with a fair amount of accuracy.  Spina bifida is one of those conditions.  In a recent newsletter, I relayed the testimony of one young man with spina bifida at the University of Texas at San […]