Abstract
My son has Down syndrome. I didn't know about it before he was born. So the question of whether he SHOULD have been born was never at issue. Today: parents of children with Down syndrome are protesting mandatory pre-natal screening because after screening, parents usually choose not to allow the child with Downs to be born. My son Greg has joined their protest. Greg is what they call "high functioning." He can read and write and has ambitions to have a career and a family of his own. Pursuing his career ambitions, he took community college classes in child care and in human development. It was in community college that he learned about abortion. The human development text explained about genetic "abnormalities" and the choice to terminate a pregnancy to prevent the birth ofa child with Dowll syndrome. Greg was horrified.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Linda
(2009)
"My Son Has Down Syndrome,"
Utah Law Review: Vol. 2009:
No.
2, Article 14.
Available at:
https://dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol2009/iss2/14