On September 25, 2003 the Subcommittee on Science Technology, and Space of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a hearing on Scientific and Medical Advances in the Field of In Utero Surgery. Member James Thorp, M.D. of Pensacola, Florida, was invited to present testimony to this Senate Subcommittee. Read his testimony:

On November 30, 2003 Steve Calvin, M.D. published an editorial regarding partial birth abortion in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune: “A confession: As a pro-life physician I have played a minor role in engineering the tactical shift in this debate that has so exercised the editorial staff. This shift came because America finally faced the reality of abortion. Stealth and snookery had nothing to do with it.” Read more:

On January 7, 2007 Steve Calvin, M.D. published an editorial in the Minneapolis-St Paul Star Tribune regarding the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommendation that all pregnant women be offered prenatal screening for Down syndrome, preferrably in the first trimester of pregnancy: "Early pregnancy can be a mixture of anticipation and anxiety. The possibility of abnormality always lurks in the back of a mother's mind. One of these abnormalities is Down syndrome -- caused by the presence of an extra chromosome 21. It occurs at conception, and the risk increases with maternal age. In an unscreened population, 1 in 800 babies are born with DS. In Minnesota, that would be 75 to 80 children per year, or 5,000 in the entire United States. Approximately 350,000 people with DS are currently our fellow citizens." Read more:

Patricia E. Bauer, mother and former Washinton Post reporter and bureau chief responded to the January 2007 recommendation from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) that all pregnant women be offered prenatal screening for Down syndrome, preferably in the first trimester. Her op-ed piece “What's Lost in Prenatal Testing: Why Encourage Testing for Down Syndrome?” was published in the Washington Post, Sunday, January 14, 2007 (pg B07):

"Her eyes flicked over to where my daughter sat, shovel gripped in a tiny fist, and then traveled quickly away. The remark that followed was directed to the woman next to her, but her voice carried clearly across the playground. 'Isn't it a shame,' she said, an eyebrow cocked in Margaret's direction, 'that everyone doesn't get amnio?'" Read more: