Several hundred couples, each year, have children with down's syndrome. Most, if not all, have tests which confirm that their child will be born with this disorder during pregnancy at a time when they can still choose to end the pregnancy with an abortion. Some do end the pregnancy but many more do not.

At birth, some neonates born with down's syndrome experience a congenital defect of their intestinal tracts. They are born with blockages but these blockages are easily removed through a normal surgery that is relatively simple and safe. However, in order for the neonate to survive, the parents of the neonate must agree to allow the operation to take place. Some parents of these down's syndrome children, even though they had the opportunity to choose an abortion after discovering the disorder during the pregnancy, choose to deny treatment for their infant (which is the right of the family in these situations). Because of this, the infant is set aside, given pain killers, and the infant slowly dehydrates until infection and death occur. This process, as the nation saw with terri schiavo, can take several days.

The questions are:
1). If you found out that the pregnancy would result in a neonate with down's syndrome, would you choose to end the pregnancy?
2). If you did not choose to end the pregnancy and, after birth, the neonate was discovered to have an intestinal blockage, would you deny or allow treatment?