{"id":371,"date":"2010-09-20T09:53:04","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T09:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thinplaces\/2010\/09\/down-syndrome-and-prenatal-testing-an-interview.html"},"modified":"2010-09-20T09:53:04","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T09:53:04","slug":"down-syndrome-and-prenatal-testing-an-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinplaces\/2010\/09\/down-syndrome-and-prenatal-testing-an-interview.html","title":{"rendered":"Down Syndrome and Prenatal Testing: An Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning I was interviewed on WNYC’s “The Takeaway,” a Public Radio International Program. To listen to the clip, click here<\/a>. The interview discusses my own views and experience of prenatal testing with all three pregnancies, and it also includes a discussion with sociologist Barbara Katz Rothman<\/a>, who provides an explanation for why prenatal testing has developed into its current form. I was pleased with how the interview unfolded, but I will register two regrets. One, I used the words “risk” of Down syndrome, and I prefer these days to say “chance.” Two, I never used Penny’s name! Oh well. As I say in the interview, I’m still learning what it means to be human.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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