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Demsrule86

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16. I don't know what I would have done but I was tested with my last child...and I have

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #4)

Fri May 14, 2021, 09:40 PM

May 2021

seen how difficult it is for parents of these kids. And the parents are older...when they are gone, the kids often end up in awful group homes...it is not Ohio or any State's business to force women to have to continue a pregnancy period.

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Court: Ohio can enforce ban on abortions after Down syndrome diagnosis [View all] Diamond_Dog Apr 2021 OP

RSO rso Apr 2021 #1

So basically no abortions for women older than 35, since statistically it is well known the risk of hlthe2b Apr 2021 #2

Even though the risk is much higher, PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2021 #5

This issue is going after providers who supposedly know or should know DS is a likely possibility... hlthe2b Apr 2021 #7

DS can be diagnosed very early in pregnancy Freddie Apr 2021 #3

While I personally do not think I'd have had an abortion PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2021 #4

I had two "Geriatric" pregnancies leftieNanner Apr 2021 #6

Exactly. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2021 #9

38 and 41 leftieNanner Apr 2021 #10

There's a lot to be said for being an older parent. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2021 #11

I 'admonished' my OB for referring to me as a 'geriatric primo whatever,' elleng Apr 2021 #15

While it is true that the risk for Down Syndrome is PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 #17

So what do they call it when women are made redundant in corporate mergers, acqusitions, re-orgs, or Backseat Driver Apr 2021 #13

I don't know what I would have done but I was tested with my last child...and I have Demsrule86 May 2021 #16

Oh god, this makes me sick! Lunabell Apr 2021 #8

+1000 Diamond_Dog Apr 2021 #12

Disgusting ruling! Backseat Driver Apr 2021 #14