Last August CBS published a report on the shockingly low number of Down syndrome births in Iceland and other European countries. CBS’s report was controversial because it claimed Iceland was “close to eradicating Down syndrome births.” In fact, Iceland was not “eradicating” Down syndrome by cure or medicine, but by prenatal testing and abortion. As CBS reported, “the vast majority of women — close to 100 percent — who received a positive test for Down syndrome terminated their pregnancy.”
How would the state even know that the woman made her decision “solely” on the basis of a Down syndrome diagnosis?