Down Syndrome Terminations May Be Double Reported Rate

Link to Article: http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2009/11/10/down-syndrome-terminations/6117/

By Shaun Heasley, Disability Scoop Online - Women who learn prenatally that they are carrying a child with Down syndrome may be having abortions in twice the numbers officially reported, a British registry of Down syndrome statistics suggests. The group estimates that there were 4,777 terminations following a Down syndrome diagnosis between 2004 and 2008 compared to Department of Health numbers indicating that 2,168 during that same period, reports the (London) Daily Mail.

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