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The month of October is National Down Syndrome Awareness Month. Down syndrome is associated with intellectual disabilities, delays in physical growth, and characteristic facial features. Every year around 6,000 babies are born with trisomy 21 (Down syndrome). Down syndrome is too often misunderstood. There are many dangerous myths surrounding the quality of life for people […]
Is this the last generation of children with Down syndrome in Denmark and does it have implications for the United States? By Brittany Smith On Friday, after a five-month legal battle, a federal appeals court upheld Tennessee’s “heartbeat law.” The ruling means, among other things, that babies with Down syndrome will be saved from abortion. Gov. Bill Lee signed the “heartbeat law” in June which bans abortions after a fetal […]
One mom’s story of Down syndrome adoption World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD), is Saturday, March 21. The theme for this year is “We Decide” and it promotes the right for people with Down syndrome to fully participate in decision making for their lives. In celebration of WDSD we sat down to talk with Save the […]
Last month, pro-life advocate for children with Down syndrome Kurt Kondrich shared his story. Kondrich gave one of the closing speeches at the National Right to Life Convention in Charleston, South Carolina. Catholic Philly reports that as the proud father shared his story, many in the audience were moved to tears. Kondrich’s 16-year-old daughter, Chloe, […]
I read an article by a mother in Ohio who has a daughter with Down Syndrome. In it, she advocates for the right to abort a child diagnosed with Down Syndrome. There are several things she says that I appreciate and agree with, and one that I don’t. First – She declined amniocentesis because […]
“Knowledge is power,” said my doctor as he offered me the screening test for my first pregnancy. Thanks to developments in prenatal screening, it is possible for expecting parents to detect whether or not a child in the womb will have Down syndrome. My doctor is pro-life and I agree with his words. But power […]
Live Action News — People with Down syndrome are often targeted for death, even in our supposedly more ethical, tolerant world today. Women with prenatal diagnoses frequently choose to abort their preborn babies, with rates over 50 percent in virtually every country that has prenatal testing available. But while the Down syndrome community has been speaking out against the […]
“I am a man with Down syndrome and my life is worth living.” These powerful words spoken by Down syndrome activist Frank Stephens evoked a standing ovation at last week’s U.S. Appropriations Committee hearing. Stephens lives boldly as a man with Down syndrome, challenging society’s view of what it means to live a life worth […]
“Knowledge is power,” said my doctor as he offered me the screening test for my first pregnancy. Thanks to developments in prenatal screening, it is possible for expecting parents to detect whether or not a child in the womb will have Down syndrome. My doctor is pro-life and I agree with his words. But power […]
Live Action News — People with Down syndrome are often targeted for death, even in our supposedly more ethical, tolerant world today. Women with prenatal diagnoses frequently choose to abort their preborn babies, with rates over 50 percent in virtually every country that has prenatal testing available. But while the Down syndrome community has been speaking out against the […]
He was 16, but you might not have guessed it. As a toddler, the strapping blonde-haired lad suffered an illness that left him brain-damaged and childlike. Still, he was happy and healthy as the proverbial horse. That’s why it was so strange that, when he went to the hospital for a simple cold, he grew […]
Live Action News — While Iceland has been busy bragging about having “eradicated” people with Down syndrome from their country through abortion, Italy has also been putting Down syndrome in the spotlight. But instead of highlighting the killing of preborn people with the condition, they are singing the praises of their new hero, a teenage […]
