This article draws connections between reproductive technologies, disability and eugenics. Shares a critic and statistical information from The Disabled Women's Network (DAWN).
“People with Down syndrome enhance the learning, lives and citizenship in our schools, workplaces and families”
Owning Org:
Canadian Women's Health Network (CWHN)
Media Type:
Online
Author:
Canadian Down Syndrome Society
Discusses, with regards to new recommendations from the SOGC for pregnant women, how it is critical that value-neutral information convey not just the challenges of Down syndrome but also the richly rewarding lives possible for those with Down syndrome.
Provides a definition for prenatal screening: tests that are performed before the 20th week of pregnancy to determine the likelihood of adverse health conditions being present in the developing fetus.
Explains what the optimum time is for a pregnant woman to have the maternal serum screen test, and what steps need to be taken to have this test performed.
Explores the implications of prenatal testing leading to pregnancy terminations when potential disabilities are detected. Includes other related articles.
Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence (PWHCE)
Media Type:
Paper
Online
Author:
Yvonne Peters
Karen Lawson
Discusses reproductive technologies and their implications for women's equality and recognition of disability rights. Explores the medicalization of disability and disability-based discrimination.