It is about people with Down syndrome and the title refers to the sad reality that there are fewer people with Down Syndrome — sad because they are being exterminated in utero solely due to their genetic flaw (an extra chromosone).

…“a scene about women who choose to have abortions rather than delivering children with Down syndrome.” There’s a letter to women pregnant with children diagnosed in utero with having the condition in which the character urges them to be brave. “Thompson says she fears Down syndrome adults may be a disappearing community as fewer children are being born with Down syndrome because of genetic testing.  Read more... (123 words, estimated 30 secs reading time)

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It is about people with\u00a0Down syndrome and the title refers to the sad reality that there are fewer people with Down Syndrome \u2014 sad because they are being exterminated in utero solely due to their genetic flaw (an extra chromosone).<\/p>\n

\u2026\u201ca scene about women who choose to have abortions rather than delivering children with Down syndrome.\u201d There\u2019s a letter to women pregnant with children diagnosed in utero with having the condition in which the character urges them to be brave. \u201cThompson says she fears Down syndrome adults may be a disappearing community as fewer children are being born with Down syndrome because of genetic testing.  Read more...<\/a> (123 words, estimated 30 secs reading time)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n