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So basically the apparently at least partially nonsense CBS report says, of things that can actually be confirmed, "Iceland has less Down Syndrome babies born",
by DiabloD3 9y ago
So basically the apparently at least partially nonsense CBS report says, of things that can actually be confirmed, "Iceland has less Down Syndrome babies born", and then tries to tie it to abortion, and THEN tries to insinuate abortion is morally wrong and then the Icelandic are bad people.
Wtf.
- bennettfeely 9y agoThis reply is nonsense. The reason nearly no babies are born with down syndrome in Iceland is because their lives are ended before their born, the abortion rate is nearly 100%. That's directly related to abortion. The fact that many find eugenics to be morally wrong isn't nonsense either.
- DiabloD3 9y agoIt doesn't actually make the link between low Down Syndrome occurrences and "oh, they aborted them all." It does say that they do abort many of them. What I'm trying to say is, it does not discount a more natural link of better healthcare and nutrition which may lead to less down syndrome pregnancies in the first place, and zero discussion is given to this.
- celticninja 9y agoThats a very good point, although I believe downs syndrome is a genetic issue rather than healthcare and nutrition issue. However the point remains that if the incidence of downs is very low in the country, combined with an abortion rate that is e.g on average for a European country then a case could be made that abortion is not the driving factor for the low incidence of DS in the general population.