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RE: Downs Syndrome Has Been Eliminated in Iceland. But was it Ethical?
Yes, if it's voluntary, there's nothing to bitch about.
There are countries (France comes to mind) whose governments use heavy-handed convincing tactics to encourage women to abort if the fetus has Down Syndrome. (And by the way, it's Down, not Downs.) I see this as morally wrong. But there are other countries where tests are not readily available, and children with Down Syndrome are commonly seen as a curse, so the affected populations end up in orphanages. This is also morally problematic.
We agree that this is where it stops being ethical. Human reproduction is a sufficiently personal and intimate aspect of life that if the government controls it, then citizens do not even have the most basic level of freedom.