Scotland’s shame: Down syndrome abortions jump 82% since 2021
Our collective choice to destroy children with Down syndrome says nothing about them and everything about us.
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Articles tagged Down Syndrome Abortions
Bioethicists are speaking out against Iceland aborting almost every baby with Down syndrome
An Icelandic bioethicist admitted that her country does not offer many positive representations of life with Down syndrome, allowing people to remain fixed on negative, outdated stereotypes of what raising a child with a disability is like.
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Abortion is the reason why Down syndrome babies are vanishingly rare in Denmark
The numbers of babies born with Down syndrome in Denmark has been dropping since 2004, when the nation began offering early pregnancy screening to all pregnant women rather than just mothers with higher-risk pregnancies.
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Some European countries sterilize disabled people without their consent
When Kristin Smith was twenty, her mother arranged for her to be sterilized via tubal ligation. When Kristin asked her mother about having children, she was told that it 'would be too difficult.'
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How should the world see people with Down syndrome? Just ask these two brothers
It’s way past time that the world sees people with Down syndrome or other challenges just as the family members of these individuals do—as beautiful, unique, and loved.
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95% of babies with Down syndrome in Ireland are aborted: report
There is the all-out eugenic war on people with Down syndrome.
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Supreme Court lifts lower court rulings blocking Down syndrome abortion bans, other pro-life laws
By invalidating the 1973 precedent that forced all 50 states to allow most abortions, the Supreme Court has triggered the activation or restoration of pro-life laws across the country.
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World Health Organization includes Down syndrome in list of ‘severe birth defects’ to be ‘prevented’
The World Health Organization included Down syndrome with 'congenital heart defects' and 'neural tube defects' as 'severe birth defects' in a recent social media post.
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UK court rejects bid to end late term abortion of Down Syndrome babies
Heidi Crowter, who has Down Syndrome, declared that she 'will keep fighting’ the law which allows abortion of disabled babies until birth.
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Missouri AG urges Supreme Court to uphold Down syndrome abortion ban, overturn Roe
'My son Stephen has shown me the inherent beauty in life, and he brings immense joy and love to his loved ones and those around him,' the attorney general said.
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