Pregnant Women Deserve Accurate Information about Down Syndrome

August 28, 2017

(Denver Post) – The report showed that since screening tests were introduced in Iceland, nearly 100 percent of pregnant women who receive a positive test for Down syndrome terminate their pregnancies. The pro-life versus pro-choice debate is an important one that continues in the U.S. and across the globe and clearly should continue. But there is another big takeaway from this provocative news piece — in countries where abortion is legal, are the medical professionals adequately educated in terms of what Down syndrome is today, and are they adequately trained in how to give an informed, unbiased diagnosis to a pregnant woman?