Children born with Down Syndrome are not vegetables, nor are their lives demonstrably not worth living.

The rapid growth of prenatal testing has had some undeniably positive effects: A woman who knows she will bear a child with a handicap can plan to deliver in a hospital equipped for risky births. And many couples prefer the opportunity to prepare psychologically for the work of raising a disabled child.

It is one of the triumphs of modern society that the life of the average person with Down Syndrome has become strikingly normal.

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