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Stages of pregnancy. so iceland has a 100% termination rate after the screening indicates that compares to the united states which has a rate of 67%. it's a statistic that the vatican is speaking out about. they would like to see that number drop to zero. earlier this week, the parents of downs syndrome told the u.n. calling out countries like iceland and the u.s., the u.s. has laws to protect the eggs of bald eagles but not those children with downs syndrome. gina, thanks for being here with us. we have a picture of your son, daniel, who is beautiful on the screen right now. it's also worth p...

Termination rate reflect about icelandic society? >> i think it reflects a heavy handed -- >> shannon: new outrage showing down syndrome has nearly disappeared for nearly a 100% abortion rate for those carrying down syndrome. a actress says it isn't eliminating down syndrome, it is killing everybody that has it. your response, big difference? >> iceland is not eradicating a disease but a people and cbs is celebrating that fact. this is troubling. when you have two or possibly three out of a population of 300,000 being born with downs, this is moving toward a utilitarian view of life.

>> but the results are only 85% accurate. for daughter augusta now 7 was born with down syndrome. >> martha: shocking report from cbs news is opening eyes about what is going on in iceland and other countries. the country is boasting that they have now virtually eliminated down syndrome. not with any cure but by abortion. so here is a look at some of that report. watch. >> my understanding is that we are basically eradicated almost down syndrome from our society that is hardly ever a child born with down syndrome in iceland anymore. >> what does the 100 percent termination rate though you thin...

Of eugenic or genocidal attempt, i mean, when we look at abortions by race. i don't want to pretend that that stat isn't true. abortions by race. african-americans have a higher termination rate than other groups. actually, i think that might be a little off. it is 40% compared to 90%. so if we look at unintended pregnancies, they are much higher and, so, here we have hobby lobby saying that you're not going to have access to birth control simultaneous with people saying this is genocidal attempt and, of course, part of the solution would be to have more access to birth control, not less. >> i...