Oh, Brave New World!

I recently blogged about the use of pre-natal testing as a means to eliminate those who do not fit our preconceived ideas of perfection.  I mentioned that over 90% of all Down Syndrome babies are aborted.  Peter Lawler directs us to this piece that argues that, with the regular use of pre-natal based eugenics, we are successfully (if one can put it that way) eliminating Down Syndrome by aborting all those who bear the genetic defect.  Interestingly, the piece argues that 20-40% of all tests for Down Syndrome are incorrect.  Some of the rhetoric of this piece is overheated (I think we can just leave all Nazi rhetoric at the door), but it is thought provoking.