In 1970 a report issued by the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine:
“It takes about $5,000-$6,000 per year to pay the costs of institutionalized care for retarded individuals. The 50,000 persons now receiving institutional care for Down’s syndrome alone represent an expense of some $250-$300 million per year. “
Their response was:
“prenatal diagnosis in combination with selective abortion.”
“Legalized Abortion and Public Health” Report of a Study by a Committee of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, May 1975, p 107
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