Often, women who reject the pressure to abort their disabled children after an amniocentesis shows problems with the baby are not accepted or understood by others in society.
A woman named Sarah D who had two disabled children was berated by a “shocked” and “open mouthed” bystander who said:
“Not one… Not one but two. Don’t you know that kind of thing is preventable now?”
Sam Tormey “Making Perfect Babies” Griffith Review, Winter 2004
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