More children with Down’s Syndrome are being born in the UK, according to today’s Times Online.
Widespread screening was introduced in 1989, and led to a steady fall in new instances of Down’s syndrome. From 717 babies born with Down’s that year, the total decreased each year, to 594 in 2000.
During the next six years the birth rate for children with Down’s rose by 15 per cent, reaching 749 in 2006, the most recent year for which figures are available from the National Down Syndrome Cytogenetic Register.
It’s noted that, while most women who receive a prenatal diagnosis of Down’s Syndrome choose …read more