June Buggy knew that McDaniel had molested her daughter because the police interviewed her about it. THAT is why Anna was removed from her house. The only reason the other girls weren't removed was that McDaniel got removed - to prison for the molestation of another girl. The information about Anna was used to help…
Most americans think of communism as "a centrally run state that aspires to provide equal protection to all citizens, regardless of social status" which sounds nice, but of course has problems. The centrally run bit has been the issue with most so-called communist regimes... they quickly devolve into fascism or just…
I've found the clitoris, but my gf still won't tell me where the giant squid is hidden.
Even a bad production with Christopher Walken is still a production with Christopher Walken.
The best interview ever the end everyone stop interviewing people from now on.
i am excellent at writing laws i need to be elected immediately.
Well, genocide has been brought up multiple times...surely that counts for something.
In that case, let's go out with some STYLE! :D
Not only do I not care for it, it's flat out wrong. The reason the majority of Downs births are to women under 35 is that the vast majority of ALL pregnancies are in that age group. The risk of Downs does, in fact, increase with the age of the mother. I think Tracy may have been attempting to preempt that factoid but…
Yeah, about 50% of Downs is likely caused by the male gamete according to my repro professor.
I think I read somewhere that advanced paternal age has a correlation to autism, but I may be wrong. Regardless, the older you get, the more hit or miss your junk gets, it seems.
Oh no, I understood :) it definitely wasn't you that I found offensive in this thread.
Oh definitely but my meaning was that religious qualms are irrelevant when deciding whether or something like this *should* be used.
It would be interesting to find out if the age of men's sperm has anything to do with Down Syndrome. But when I was having kids, and was already over 35, all I heard was how likely it was that I could have a baby with Down Syndrome. I was subjected to all sorts of tests just because of my age. It was pretty…
I would also be curious to see how much old sperm contributes to higher percentages of down's syndrome!
Probably because that is a really stupid statistic; many, many more babies are born to women under-35, but for women over-35, the chances of having a down's syndrome child are higher. So I'm not sure why the author thinks why the demographic to whom the absolute number of children with down's syndrome is relevant at…
I would also wonder about a family's options to care for a child with different needs. Not everyone can afford special schooling, or or medical necessities, or long-term financial care. I know a lot of families who have made it work, despite limited resources, and love their children no matter what. But I also can't…