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Choosing Down Syndrome - Ethics and New Prenatal Testing Technologies (Hardcover)
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Choosing Down Syndrome - Ethics and New Prenatal Testing Technologies (Hardcover)
Series: Basic Bioethics
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An argument that more people should have children with Down
syndrome, written from a pro-choice, disability-positive
perspective. The rate at which parents choose to terminate a
pregnancy when prenatal tests indicate that the fetus has Down
syndrome is between 60 and 90 percent. In Choosing Down Syndrome,
Chris Kaposy offers a carefully reasoned ethical argument in favor
of choosing to have such a child. Arguing from a pro-choice,
disability-positive perspective, Kaposy makes the case that there
is a common social bias against cognitive disability that
influences decisions about prenatal testing and terminating
pregnancies, and that more people should resist this bias by having
children with Down syndrome. Drawing on accounts by parents of
children with Down syndrome, and arguing for their objectivity,
Kaposy finds that these parents see themselves and their families
as having benefitted from having a child with Down syndrome. To
counter those who might characterize these accounts as based on
self-deception or expressing adaptive preference, Kaposy cites
supporting evidence, including divorce rates and observational
studies showing that families including children with Down syndrome
typically function well. Himself the father of a child with Down
syndrome, Kaposy argues that cognitive disability associated with
Down syndrome does not lead to diminished well-being. He argues
further that parental expectations are influenced by neoliberal
ideologies that unduly focus on the supposed diminished economic
potential of a person with Down syndrome. Kaposy does not advocate
restricting access to abortion or prenatal testing for Down
syndrome, and he does not argue that it is ethically mandatory in
all cases to give birth to a child with Down syndrome. People
should be free to make important decisions based on their values.
Kaposy's argument shows that it may be consistent with their values
to welcome a child with Down syndrome into the family.
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