16th Annual Buddy Walk, Pittsburgh, PA

On Saturday, October 16, 2010 Pittsbutgh's 16th Annual Buddy Walk will be held.
The 16th Annual Buddy Walk for the Down Syndrome Association of Pittsburgh is coming on Saturday, October 16th, 2010, at Hartwood Acres.
Paper registration forms can be found by visiting Down Syndrom Association

Buddy Walk PSA

New Tests for Down Syndrome Raise Tough Issues | Newsweek Health for Life | Newsweek.com

"Life with Down syndrome can be very challenging for both parents and kids, and according to studies, 90 percent of women whose fetuses test positive choose to abort. Now, because of a technological advance, pro-life and disability advocates worry those numbers may rise even higher. Currently, Down syndrome is picked up with blood screens and ultrasounds, then confirmed with invasive tests such as amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling, which insert needles into the uterus and slightly increase the risk of miscarriage. Some women forgo the tests for that reason. Next year, though, new, noninvasive genetic screens that pose no harm to fetuses or mothers may start arriving in doctors' offices. If they become common, they could result in more diagnoses, more abortions, a dwindling Down population and a drop in support for families who carry to term—what Down activist Patricia Bauer has called 'the elimination of an entire class of people.' Even now, only 5,000 babies are born with the syndrome each year." Visit:
New Tests for Down Syndrome Raise Tough Issues | Newsweek Health for Life | Newsweek.com: "

The Prenatal Extermination of Children With Down Syndrome by Kurt Kondrich

"Recently I read an article about how scientists are going to use an outer space satellite to monitor the kangaroo rat which is an endangered species. The article states: “It allows us to more quickly recognize whether populations are declining where we want them to exist. “If they go below a threshold, that is when we would consider intervening.” I have a beautiful five-year-old daughter Chloe who has Down Syndrome, and she has brought immeasurable good and light into the world. Because of the refining of and increase in prenatal testing children with Down Syndrome are also an endangered species with a 90%+ abortion rate once identified in the womb. Chloe’s unique human species could very well become extinct in another generation if attitudes are not changed." Visit:
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