All seniors at my catholic school (Seton school) are required to write a pro life audio essay for a pro life speech contest. I chose to do my speech on therapeutic abortions (especially ones related to Down Syndrome). I've found a lot of people tossing their opinions around on blogs and a few opinion articles from newspapers, but nothing statistical/non-opinionated. I did find a statistic quoted by several people claiming that 90% of all children with down syndrome are aborted, but I couldn't find the original study anywhere. Do you know of any sources that could help me?

Dear Student

Here are links to actual studies indicating the high rate of Down syndrome abortion:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10521836?dopt=AbstractPlus

and

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/w_ParentingResource/down-syndrome-births-drop- us-women-abort/storynew?id=8960803

and

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2008/09/down-syndrome-and-abortion- rates/#.UfsxNb_Umto

Judie Brown

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