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[–] SmokeyMeadow 1 point 11 points (+12|-1) ago 

No need. Soon we'll be able to correct what causes Down's before birth. We probably would have been there by now, but the Downie advocate groups suddenly cried foul, because they're only focused on revenue collection and not on making the lives of these tards any better.

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[–] Hammernale 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Soon we'll be able to correct what causes Down's before birth.

I’m not so sure about this. Every single cell of developing embryo has an extra chromosome. How can it be fixed during development? Not suggesting abortion is the answer. I’m just not seeing how to stop it during development. If you’re practicing natural insemination and conception instead of say IVF, there’s really no way to know whether or not the egg which is being fertilized doesn’t have an extra copy of chromosome 21. And really this goes for every similar chromosome syndrome.

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[–] Phantom42 1 point 4 points (+5|-1) ago 

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[–] SmokeyMeadow 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

This story is more than 10 years old, and at that point we were already able to suppress symptoms of Down's. That's why the advocates freaked out. They saw the writing on the wall that this could be the last generation with Downies in it. Then there would be no more need for advocacy.

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[–] Catfishbelly ago 

Yeah I don’t see how you could change that serious of a error in the dna. I believe you are correct.

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[–] Fried-Laptop ago 

Never underestimate the power of a vacuum