DS Bill Passed

President Bush signed and passed the bill for S. 1810, the "Prenatally and Postnatally Disgnosed Conditions Awareness Act," which authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a grant program to collect and disseminate information regarding Down syndrome or other prenatally or postnatally diagnosed diseases and to coordinate the provision of support services for those who receive a diagnosis of one of those diseases;

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/10/20081008-6.html

This is important because of a new mandate that will require ALL pregnant women to get screened for Trisomy 21 (which has a very high false positive). The bill will help educate doctors and medical staff to explain DS in a positive manner since 90% of prenatally diagnosed women choose abortion.