[AFAIK]

Using an ultrasound, blood test and the mother's age, the test, called the Combination Test, determines whether the fetus will have a chromosome abnormality, the most common of which results in Down syndrome. Children born with this genetic disorder have distinctive facial issues and a range of developmental issues. Many people born with Down syndrome can live full, healthy lives, with an average lifespan of around 60 years.

Other countries aren't lagging too far behind in Down syndrome termination rates. According to the most recent data available, the United States has an estimated termination rate for Down syndrome of 67 percent (1995-2011); in France it's 77 percent (2015); and Denmark, 98 percent (2015). The law in Iceland permits abortion after 16 weeks if the fetus has a deformity -- and Down syndrome is included in this category.

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[Ter]

@AFAIK
So what is your take on this?

From the statistics cited it seems very few parents want to be saddled with a Down's syndrome kid. I agree with them.

[ThirdTerm]

Using an ultrasound, blood test and the mother's age, the test, called the Combination Test, determines whether the fetus will have a chromosome abnormality, the most common of which results in Down syndrome.

The problem is that nearly 100% of those Icelandic babies with chromosomal abnormalities were aborted. It's not like a miraculous cure was discovered to eradicate the genetic disease through gene editing in human embryos.

[Ter]

The problem is that nearly 100% of those Icelandic babies with chromosomal abnormalities were aborted. It's not like a miraculous cure was discovered to eradicate the genetic disease through gene editing in human embryos.

Nobody claimed it was done with gene editing.
The abortions were the cure.

[Frollein]

The problem is that nearly 100% of those Icelandic babies with chromosomal abnormalities were aborted.

How is that a problem? Millions of perfectly healthy fetuses are being aborted all the time, and this is being celebrated as female self-determination.

[One Degree]

The idea of every life being sacred always forgets that includes the potential parents.

[Deutschmania]

The problem is that nearly 100% of those Icelandic babies with chromosomal abnormalities were aborted. It's not like a miraculous cure was discovered to eradicate the genetic disease through gene editing in human embryos.

Actually researchers have made a breakthrough in that area . < https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scientists-figure-out-how-to-turn-off-down-syndrome-in-laboratory/ , https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jul/17/downs-syndrome-cells-fixed-chromosome-therapy > So someday this might become a moot issue .

[Rich]

This is a fantastic eugenics programme that Iceland has instituted. I'm a mostly pro choice Liberal, but in some circumstances I'm pro death. It should be noted that anti abortionism is the defining issue of cuckservatism.