To the Editor: Coory and colleagues revealed a disturbing attitude to children with Down syndrome in their recent report in the Journal on trends in Down syndrome birth rates in Queensland.1
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- 1. Coory MD, Roselli T, Carroll HJ. Antenatal care implications of population-based trends in Down syndrome birth rates by rurality and antenatal care provider, Queensland, 1990–2004. Med J Aust 2007 186: 230-234. <MJA full text>
- 2. United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC). General comment no. 7. Implementing child rights in early childhood. Geneva: UN, 2005.
- 3. United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC). General comment no. 9. The rights of children with disabilities. Geneva: UN, 2006.
- 4. League of Nations. Geneva declaration of the rights of the child. Adopted 26 September, 1924. Geneva: League of Nations, 1924.
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