Prenatal testing and Down Syndrome

Okay, it looks like it will open without registering. This article is especially timely for me because for a class assignment, I spent a day recently with an 11 year old girl who has Down Syndrome and her mother. Her mother has a very strong faith based belief against abortion under any circumstances, so even though she had her daughter when she was well into her 40s, she opted against amnio. She talked at some length about how it pains her that parents make the decision to abort based on prenatal dx. I also work with some women who have children with Down Syndrome and every once in a while a parent who is thinking about aborting will call them, obstensibly for their perspective, but in their opinion, in reality looking for affirmation of their decision to abort. Which, if they're reading these people correctly, is a monstrous task with which to charge someone... convince me that it's okay to abort? No, thank you, and this is coming from a very strong proponent of the right to choose. I want you to have the right to make your choice, thank you. Don't try sucking me in!