Aborting Babies With Down Syndrome Research Paper

The Ethical dilemma is mental conflict in making the choice in the complex and uncomfortable situation, every individual faces the ethical decision making issues several times during the journey of life. The Down syndrome child abortion is most debated issue and difficult decision to make, therefore the resolving, evaluating and comparing the decision according to Christian Worldview and other options are very important.

Susan has being trying for many years to have a child but she couldn’t concide at any other time but the one that God choiced for her. It’s unfortunate that the doctors told her that her baby will be born with down syndrome, however that those not give her the right to distroye something that God has created in his own image. One way she can handle this issues is to pray to God for him to restore the health of child before delivery or she can listen to Richard whom, obvious does not believe in a God and regret her decision forever. This can be a difficult call to make for a non believer, because most of them think of the physical aspect of life, like Richard said it is be to end the misory of both the child and the mother.

There are many people with permanent disability’s that contribute to our society in very useful ways. In most cases, these people are viewed as being courageous. This kind of a reaction is typical but not always honest. There are a lot of people are uncomfortable around those that are considered “less than normal”. In her article The Abortion Debate No One Wants to Have, Patricia Bauer writes about Down’s syndrome and abortion. Bauer is a former reporter and bureau chief for the Washington Post.

In the article, “Does Down Syndrome Justify Abortion?” the topic of abortion is presented along with Fetuses with genetic defects, which is one of the rare reasons for women or couples to decide on seeking an abortion. In the article as well as in the book, it is mention that there is a way pregnant women can find out if their child is going to have any abnormalities. In this case, in order to check if a fetus will eventually be born with down syndrome the mother can get an amniocentesis test. Then, the decision of the intentional termination of the pregnancy is a choice, where the women or couples need to choose, knowing that there are many risks with either decision.

Discovering you are pregnant with a child is supposed to be one of the best days of your life, but finding out your baby has the one extra 21st chromosome could change everything. Author and national correspondent for the New York Times, Amy Harmon, fights for children and families affected by the disease in her article, “Prenatal Test Puts Down Syndrome in Hard Focus.” Harmon recognizes in her article that raising a child with this disease is not easy. She provides evidence of this by including quotes and personal stories from parents and family members whose loved ones are affected by it. She illustrates a genuine passion for the growing number of parents that are “Convinced that more couples would chose to continue the pregnancies if they better appreciated what it meant to raise a child with Down syndrome”(Harmon). To better put it in perspective, an estimated 90% of women chose to have an abortion if they are given a positive diagnosis for Down syndrome.

After trying for many years, Susan finally gets pregnant. Unfortunately, a blood test confirms that her baby has Down syndrome, and her doctors suggest she abort the fetus. Susan has a successful career and wants to maintain a healthy balance between her career and family. Yet she feels very uncomfortable with abortion. She seeks some advice from Richard, an influential professor of evolutionary biology who has spent his career seeking to further human potential and minimize human suffering. When Susan asks Richard if she should abort the fetus or give birth to a baby with Down syndrome, Richard replied that human beings should increase happiness and decrease suffering in this world, and that therefore he would suggest that she abort, though he also stated that she must make this choice for herself. Richard emphasized the lifelong suffering of both the child with Down syndrome and Susan as the child’s caretaker and stated that it may be immoral to bring a baby into the world if she knew the kind of suffering the child would experience. In fact, Richard suggested that perhaps the most ethical course of action would be to prevent this baby from living a life full of suffering. (This scenario is based on the following article by Richard Dawkins (2014): https://richarddawkins.net/2014/08/abortion-down-syndrome-an-apology-for-letting-slip-the-dogs-of-twitterwar/). How should Susan respond? What decision should she make if her baby would suffer with Down syndrome, yet

While wrongful birth does not just represent children with down syndrome it represents all kinds of birth problems children are born with. A couple won a $4.5 million in a lawsuit for wrongful birth. The parents claimed “They would have never brought their son Bryan into the world if they had known about his horrific disabilities” (Hallowell, 2011). The parents son was born with only three limbs, no arms and one leg; however, if Dr. Marie Morel and technicians at OB/GYN specialists of the Palm Beaches did properly administered two ultrasounds and seen he was missing three limbs the parents would have terminated the pregnancy (Howell, 2011). The parents “understandably upset that they had no warning about the

In her paper,” At Home with Down Syndrome and Gender”, Sophia Wong opens up by addressing the fact that she has a brother named Leo who has been diagnosed with down syndrome for the past thirty years. She mentions how her parents did not agree with the doctor's idea of having Leo be institutionalized. Instead her parents choose to look after Leo and give him a normal life despite his diagnosis. Throughout Leo’s life his family supported his goals and ambitions that he wanted for himself but deep down they knew the reality of it.

When first diagnosis was given to Jeremy and his wife there was significant doubt and concern; mostly because of the outdated information presented to the new parents. Finding their own voice and researching on their own they found that Down Syndrome is not the “I’m sorry” they were receiving from friends and family. Down Syndrome changed their lives, but not their love for their daughter. Their daughter, Abigail the “beautiful and lively second-grader is popular, funny and fully included in her classroom.” Abigail = her father’s joy. Something many people are lacking in their lives….joy.

Carla, my aunt, is a 40-year-old woman that at the age of 36 found out that her baby was going to be born with Down Syndrome. Taking care of my little cousin hasn’t been easy for her. She had to learn how to properly shower the baby, had to carry the stroller to every place she went, she had to get used to the idea that her baby won’t be able to walk. Carla as the grandparents in the article say that they wouldn’t change the opportunity to something that beautiful. She as them said that the experience is very enjoyable and that she loves her daughter more than anything in the whole world. We all know that living with a disable child would cause a big change in everyone’s life. My aunt has told me that this unique experience has affect her family in such a positive way just like it says in the article, “Grandparents described an overwhelming drive to play a positive role in their family's and grandchild's life, obtaining much joy and satisfaction from the grandparent.” Both the article and my aunt have shown me the importance of loving and caring for a disable

In every cell in the body there is a nucleus and this is the location where genetic material lives. These genes are responsible for carrying the inherited traits that we get from our parents, in the form of chromosomes. Normally each cell contains a nucleus with a pair of 23 chromosomes, half of which come from mom and the other half coming from dad. The genotype in the example given is that of a person with Down syndrome. Down syndrome is a chromosomal disorder that results in learning disabilities and physical abnormalities. Most cases of Down syndrome are caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21. An extra chromosome, making 3 of one kind, is called a trisomy and the most common is trisomy 21. This may be a chromosome given to the child from the father but a portion of mothers can also pass the chromosome to the child, mothers that get pregnant over 35 years of age have been shown to pass on the chromosome. Physical appearance will lead a doctor to suspect a patient with Down syndrome but a blood test is needed to determine if the patient has the extra chromosome. Down syndrome can affect many parts of the body, there are

There are over 400,000 individuals with Downs Syndrome: reminder that Down Syndrome is also called Trisomy 21, which is an extra x chromosome on the 22nd chromosome. Given the amount of individuals with Downs Syndrome, it is key that we acknowledge that statistic and foster ways in which we make these individuals lives, and overall quality of life better.

Down syndrome is a chromosomal condition that affects 1in every 700 kids. Down syndrome is when a child has and extra copy of chromosome 21. Down syndrome has many ways of telling if the child has down syndrome, like physical features. You can also tell if a child has down syndrome based on how they act. There are different ways of obtaining down syndrome. Kids with down syndrome are no different than kids that were born with the normal set of chromosomes, they just act a little different and need a little bit more help.

Josko (2014) asserts that the era of personalized medicine is upon us, and that with the completion of the Human Genome Project, and advances in DNA sequencing techniques and

Babies born to women aged in their 40s tend to have low birth weights. This is generally a result of premature birth and bad because the baby has less time to grow and develop in the womb and is therefore more vulnerable to pretty much everything. It makes it hard for the baby to fight off infection, keep warm, gain weight, feed, and it can also cause breathing problems due to low oxygen levels at birth and sudden infant death syndrome. Low birth weight can also be a result of placental insufficiency. This is when the nutrients meant to be provided to the foetus through the placenta simply fail to be given due to the placenta not growing or functioning properly.