Would you abort a baby with Down's Syndrome?: PHOTO
It's a heartbreakingly cruel dilemma. As Down Syndrome cases soar, two mothers reveal their very personal choices...

Down's Syndrome cases soar as women delay starting a family: PHOTO
Women who delay motherhood have led to a sharp rise in the number of babies diagnosed with Down's Syndrome over the past 20 years.

Down Syndrome on Decline as Moms Abort
With women waiting longer to have children, the number of Down Syndrome cases in the US ought to be on the rise—advanced maternal age increases Down Syndrome risk. But instead it fell 15% from 1989 to 2005, ABC News reports. The reason: prenatal screenings. Roughly 92% of women who received a prenatal diagnosis for Down Syndrome terminated the Pregnancy, according to research from one Boston geneticist.

Down's Syndrome: PHOTO
Down's Syndrome is due to genetic disorder of the child. The genetic disorder slows Down the mental as well as physical growth. Now a question arises what

Down Syndrome Births Decline
The news that Down Syndrome births have unexpectedly decreased is causing mixed reactions among both doctors and parents. Though 400,000 Americans have Down Syndrome, the most common genetic condition in the U.S., the number of Down births has actually decreased 15 percent between 1989 and 2005, according to pediatric geneticist Dr. Brian Skotko. The decrease is contrary to research from Skotko that suggests that Down births should have increased by 34 percent during this same period. While the...

Older mothers 'behind Down's rise'
The number of babies diagnosed with Down's Syndrome has risen sharply in the last 20 years - largely due to women delaying motherhood, research shows.

Fewer Down syndrome births reported
NEW YORK, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- The number of babies with Down Syndrome carried to term in the United States has declined to single digit percentages, officials say. Approximately 92 percent of American women with prenatal diagnoses of Down Syndrome babies chose Abortion, Children's Hospital Boston pediatric geneticist Dr. Brian Skotko said. Skotko is concerned whether myths or facts drive the decisions, ABC News reports. "I am concerned about mothers making that informed decision. Are they making it...

Disability carer 'kicked man'
A DISABILITY carer used steel-cap shoes to kick a man in the legs as payback for a bruise he had given her, a court has been told. Joy-Anne Margaret Thompson, 32, was working at the Care Independent Living facility at Bribie Island between 2000 and 2003 when she carried out the retribution. The Brisbane District Court was told she took steel-cap shoes to work and told other carers she was going to use them on a 49-year-old resident with Down Syndrome. The court was told the resident had earlier...

UK Down syndrome diagnoses rise
The number of babies diagnosed with Down Syndrome in Britain has risen sharply over the last 20 years largely due to women delaying motherhood, research showed today. An increase in the number of older mothers is behind a 71 per cent rise in the number of babies with the condition from 1,075 diagnoses in 1989/90 to 1,843 in 2007/8. However, the number of babies born with Down Syndrome has remained fairly static over the same period due to improved screening and subsequent Abortions, the study...

Downs Pregnancies Up But Downs Births Steady
Researchers in England have noted that although the number of pregnancies where the fetus has been identified as having Downs Syndrome has increased notably --

Teens Sue Over Fallout From Sexy Pics • Harvard To Offer Class On The Wire [Leftovers]: PHOTO
• Two teens from Indiana have brought a lawsuit against their school after they were barred from participating in school activities following the discovery of some racy pictures they posted on MySpace. •

Mom Prayed for a Heart Defect, Was Given a 'Gift' -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez: PHOTO
ABCNews.com on children with Down Syndrome .

Sarah Palin Says Levi Johnston Is “An Attention Whore”: PHOTO
The gloves are off between Levi Johnston and Sarah Palin.   For anyone who does not know Levi is the father of Sarah’s first grandchild.  Levi was on CBS’ Early Show Wednesday and said Sarah referred to her son who has "Down Syndrome" as retarded.  Rumor has it Levi and Sarah have been in a war for a couple of months. Sarah Palin’s spokesmen issued the following statement:  " We, like many, are appalled at the inflammatory statements being...

Mary J Blige PREGNANT???? New Photos APPEAR To Show A SLIGHT BUMP!!!
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Johnny Knoxville - A Father?!: PHOTO
Crazy jack-ass star Johnny Knoxville is going to have to learn to take it a bit easier from now on! We spotted him and his very pregnant girlfriend Naomi Nelson at a Flea Market in Los Angeles yesterday. We don't know why Naomi thinks Johnny would...

The Associated Press: Maine girl born with 'mermaid syndrome' dies at 10
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine — Shiloh Pepin, a girl born with a rare condition often called "mermaid Syndrome," has died. She was 10. Maine Medical Center spokesman John Lamb said Shiloh died at the Hospital Friday afternoon. She had been hospitalized in critical condition since last week. Shiloh was born with sirenomelia, meaning her legs were fused from the waist Down. She had no lower colon or genital organs and only one partially working kidney. Doctors told her parents that she would likely...

Gisele Bündchen: Mom-to-Be, Badass Chopper Pilot: PHOTO
Can Gisele Bündchen be any hotter? The pregnant supermodel is well on her way to getting a pilot's license to fly helicopters. She has already passed a written test and is logging time in the air with an instructor two to four times a week, E! News has learned. "If you are comfortable and the doctor says it's OK, she can fly until the end of the Pregnancy," says Keith Douglass, president of Shoreline Aviation in Marshfield, Mass. "Helicopters don't go very high or very far, so she is...

Katy Perry & Russell Brands - Someone's Clock Is Ticking!
Oh wouldn't you just love a Katy Perry baby bump watch? That would be fun, no? The pop starlet is currently dating Russell Brands and someone's clock is ticking… but it ain't Katy who is day dreamin' of babies. It's Russell. Recently he said in an interview: “Regardless of what happens in my current situation, I am unlikely to be satisfied with calamitous promiscuity of the preceding five or six years…I am ready for children actually. It’s been seven years since I took...

Sarah Palin: Levi Johnston Has "Desperate Need for Attention": PHOTO
The feud between former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and Levi Johnston , the father of her first grandchild, is back on. See today's top celebrity news stories After Johnston, 19, claimed on CBS' Early Show Wednesday that Palin would often refer to her son with Down Syndrome, Trig Palin, as "retarded," the ex-governor fired back. In a statement issued by her spokesperson, the Palin, 45, said she had tried to ignore the "mean spirited, malicious and untrue attacks on our...

Belinda Benton: I had healthy baby despite Down's syndrome risk: PHOTO
When she had a first scan 12 weeks into her Pregnancy, 38-year-old Belinda Benton knew that as an older mother, she already had an increased risk of having a Down's Syndrome child.

The Fergusons: living with Down's syndrome: PHOTO
When Sheila Ferguson became pregnant with her daughter Claire at the age of 39, she knew there was a risk of Down's sydrome but opted to avoid screening to detect it.

Shiloh Pepin, girl born with rare condition called 'mermaid syndrome,' dies in Maine at age 10
KENNEBUNKPORT, MAINE — Shiloh Pepin, a girl born with a rare condition often called "mermaid Syndrome," has died. She was 10. Maine Medical Center spokesman John Lamb said Shiloh died at the Hospital Friday afternoon. She had been hospitalized in critical condition since last week. Shiloh was born with sirenomelia, meaning her legs were fused from the waist Down. She had no lower colon or genital organs and only one partially working kidney. Doctors told her parents that she would likely...

Levi Johnston Says Sarah Palin Mocked Her Down Syndrome Baby; Palin Calls Him a Man-Whore: PHOTO
Levi Johnston is about to get totally undressed for a nude spread in Playgirl . Now he's also getting dressed Down by his baby mama's mama Sarah Palin. Yup, their ongoing war of words has been kicked up a notch ... or 10. On CBS' Early Show today, Levi continued his Palin-bashing PR tour by saying she referred to her infant son Trig, who has Down Syndrome, as "retarded." Moreover, he says she used the term repeatedly, and during the 2008 campaign, used the baby as a prop while in reality...

Levi Johnston On CBS' Early Show: I'm Going To Leak Things On Palin, That's Just How It Is (VIDEO)
Levi Johnston appeared on CBS' Early Show Wednesday, where he explained his reasons for spilling unflattering information about the Palin family and said he was keeping some "huge" secrets. Among other things, Johnston said Palin joked about her son Trig's Down Syndrome, calling him her "retarded baby." "I was just in shock the first time I heard it," he said, when host Maggie Rodriguez expressed disbelief. He also said Bristol took care of the baby much more than her mother: "Sarah was never...

Levi Johnston Says Sarah Palin Mocked Her Down Syndrome Baby; Palin Calls Him a Man-Whore: PHOTO
Levi Johnston is about to get totally undressed for a nude spread in Playgirl. Now he's also getting dressed Down by his baby mama's mama Sarah Palin. Yup, their ongoing war of words has been kicked up a notch . or 10. Picture of Levi Johnston Says Sarah Palin Mocked Her Down Syndrome Baby; Palin Calls Him a Man-Whore [source:TheHollywoodGossip.com] On CBS' Early Show today, Levi continued his Palin bashing PR tour by saying she referred to her infant son Trig, who has Down Syndrome, as...