Eugenic Abortion (Selective Abortion)

06/16/2009 - "Prenatal diagnosis and selective abortion have been effective in decreasing the number of beta-thalassemia births in some countries that have instituted carrier screening and genetic counseling. "
03/01/1988 - "These results clearly indicate that even people affected by thalassemia major, who are the potential victims of prenatal diagnosis and selective abortion, largely accept prenatal diagnosis as a means of preventing their disease."

10/01/1983 - "Huether summarizes the findings of a study to project the annual number of Down's syndrome births in the United States during the years 1979-2000, and to estimate the effect of prenatal diagnosis and selective abortion on these projections. "
12/01/2013 - "This article presents evidence that the availability of a new noninvasive test for Down syndrome (known as "MaterniT21") could result in increased uptake of prenatal testing for Down syndrome and an increase in selective abortions of affected fetuses. "
01/01/2002 - "I argue that there is an important analogy between sex selection and selective abortion of fetuses diagnosed with Down syndrome. "
08/01/1996 - "Selective abortion of fetuses with Down syndrome was discussed in terms of current abortion perspectives, genetic testing, legislation, and ethical principles. "
08/01/1996 - "Ethical and legal issues regarding selective abortion of fetuses with Down syndrome."

10/01/2005 - "We conducted population specific confidential enquiries among immigrants who had never experienced hemoglobinopathies, to study the reliability of this approach in estimating the wish for primary prevention by prenatal diagnosis and selective abortion. "

11/15/1997 - "To describe the epidemiological impact of prenatal diagnosis and selective abortion on the frequency of neural tube defects (NTD) in the period 1980-1992 in the Northern Netherlands in comparison with data from other European regions. "
01/01/1994 - "The birth prevalence of neural tube defects fell by 95% in England and Wales between 1970 and 1990 largely as a result of antenatal screening, subsequent diagnosis and selective abortion of affected pregnancies. "
01/01/1985 - "A survey in the Northern Region of England, with official statistics from Scotland, shows that in spite of the contribution made by selective abortion, there appears to be a genuine reduction in the population incidence of neural tube defect in Scotland. "
10/19/1985 - "This model suggests that screening for neural tube defects or Down's syndrome, and then preventing the birth of those afflicted through selective abortion, is more cost beneficial than previous estimates have indicated."

06/01/1979 - "May spina bifida result from an X-linked defect in a selective abortion mechanism?"
04/20/1974 - "Prenatal diagnosis and selective abortion for anencephaly and spina bifida."
01/01/1995 - " There was no consensus among Canadian physicians on the acceptability of abortion, but more than 55% of respondents from France and Quebec would accept the selective abortion of a fetus affected with trisomy 21, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis, Huntington's chorea, or spina bifida. "
01/01/1995 - "While there was no consensus among all Canadian physicians regarding the acceptability of abortion, more than 55 percent from France and Quebec would accept selective abortion of a fetus affected with trisomy 21, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis, Huntington's chorea, or spina bifida. "