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Down Syndrome on Decline as Moms Abort

Trend bucks statistics, raises fears that funding will dry up

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 2, 2009 1:26 PM CST

(Newser) – With women waiting longer to have children, the number of Down syndrome cases in the US ought to be on the rise—advanced maternal age increases Down syndrome risk. But instead it fell 15% from 1989 to 2005, ABC News reports. The reason: prenatal screenings....   Read full story »

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