I was really.... reluctant to post this story here. I'm adept enough to know that it will cause an uproar for many of you. Please don't take it personal if you disagree.

A Down's syndrome diagnosis may soon be determined by a simple blood test in pregnant women.

Currently, women who want to definitively see if their children may have genetic diseases are faced with invasive procedures like an amniocentesis that might put the baby at risk. The new blood test, however, may provide a non-invasive option for expecting mothers.

Alot of the basis of abortion rights is not putting the burden of motherhood on women who can't financially sustain childbearing or who had it placed on them (rape). It's not about the pregnancy itself but about the rights of the woman carrying the pregnancy.

If you were to apply something like what is above, the path to targeted abortion would be built for possibly the first time. If Down syndrome becomes a reason to keep a pregnancy from developing, why not bipolar disorder or ADHD or autism? I mean, why not? It's no longer about the situation of the parent(s) but suddenly filtering of the gene pool.

Isn't that genocide?

Many people, and they are people, with Down Syndrome have accomplished more than most of us. Sure they look a little different but didn't we fight civil rights to protect people who look different?