{"id":400,"date":"2010-10-18T09:06:38","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T09:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thinplaces\/2010\/10\/abortion-down-syndrome-surrogacy-and-in-vitro-fertilization-all-rolled-into-one-story.html"},"modified":"2010-10-18T09:06:38","modified_gmt":"2010-10-18T09:06:38","slug":"abortion-down-syndrome-surrogacy-and-in-vitro-fertilization-all-rolled-into-one-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinplaces\/2010\/10\/abortion-down-syndrome-surrogacy-and-in-vitro-fertilization-all-rolled-into-one-story.html","title":{"rendered":"Abortion, Down Syndrome, Surrogacy, and In Vitro Fertilization All Rolled Into One Story&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a new post over at her.meneutics. It begins:<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><\/p>\n<h2>Abortion Case: Womb vs. Egg<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"deck\"><\/p>\n<p>Ethical issues abound in case of British Columbia couple who wanted surrogate mom to terminate pregnancy after baby was found to have Down Syndrome.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"byline\" style=\"font-size: 12px;font-weight: bold;margin-top: 0px\">Amy Julia Becker<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;padding-left: 10px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.christianitytoday.com\/women\/upload\/2010\/10\/pregnant.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.christianitytoday.com\/women\/upload\/2010\/10\/pregnant-thumb.jpg\" width=\"187\" height=\"250\" alt=\"pregnant.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>A British Columbia couple creates an embryo using in vitro fertilization (IVF). They contractually hire a surrogate mother to carry the child. Then they discover, through prenatal screening, that the baby has Down syndrome. The couple asks the surrogate mother to terminate the pregnancy. The surrogate disagrees with their decision. According to their agreement, the surrogate can continue the pregnancy, but she will become responsible for raising the child. Then, the surrogate mother, citing problems it would create for her own two children if she kept the baby, goes ahead with the termination.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I know about&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.calgaryherald.com\/news\/Vital+debate+needed+surrogacy+other+issues\/3650858\/story.html\" id=\"n2y4\" title=\"this\">this<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bionews.org.uk\/page_71982.asp?dinfo=BEabmPcR68ZLXd9uxVYYpPal\" id=\"nk.y\" title=\"story\" target=\"_blank\">story<\/a>&nbsp;because I receive an e-mail every day from Google about news related to the key words &#8220;Down syndrome.&#8221; Our daughter Penny, who is four, has Down syndrome. Any given day offers me heartwarming stories about the accomplishments of a young adult with Down syndrome. Most days bring up some questions about genetic testing and prenatal screening. And every so often a story appears, like this one, that raises a host of ethical and legal questions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To keep reading, click <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.christianitytoday.com\/women\/2010\/10\/womb_vs_egg_who_gets_to_decide.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a new post over at her.meneutics. It begins: Abortion Case: Womb vs. Egg Ethical issues abound in case of British Columbia couple who wanted surrogate mom to terminate pregnancy after baby was found to have Down Syndrome. Amy Julia Becker A British Columbia couple creates an embryo using in vitro fertilization (IVF). 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Two major life experiences have shaped her writing and her faith\u00e2\u20ac\u201dcaring for her mother-in-law as she battled cancer and welcoming her daughter Penny into the world after she was diagnosed at birth with Down syndrome. Both experiences expanded and enriched her understanding of what it means to be human and to receive each and every person as a gift.\u00c2\u00a0 A graduate of Princeton University and Princeton Theological Seminary, she is the author of Penelope Ayers: A Memoir, and the forthcoming A Good and Perfect Gift (Bethany House). Her essays have appeared in First Things, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Christian Century, ChristianityToday.com, and Bloom, among other online venues.","sameAs":["http:\/\/amyjuliabecker.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinplaces\/author\/amyjuliabecker"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinplaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinplaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinplaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinplaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinplaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinplaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinplaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinplaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinplaces\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}