Medicine's Public Enemy Number One: Prevailing Attitudes towards Those with Down Syndrome

Utilization of ultrasound for dating and following a child’s progress during pregnancy was in its own “infancy” when I was a student. At that time, my experience also reflected the nascence of amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling. Recent forays into standards of care for obstetric practitioners forced me to confront a less than brave new world of contemporary practice--one that targets vulnerable humanity with technology. The covering of the womb, itself made by a Divine Weaver, no longer protects those with Down syndrome as it had prescriptively in Psalm 139. CBHD