Almost five thousand people have already signed a petition asking the popular British soap, Emmerdale, to change an abortion storyline that campaigners say is “prejudiced” against people with Down Syndrome. Set up by mum Rachel Mewes, whose daughter Betsy has Down Syndrome, the petition says the soap’s storyline will “influence the masses as a perpetuation […]
Every so often, a headline catches me off guard. Like this one, from the Catholic News Agency earlier this month: “Only 18 babies with Down syndrome born in Denmark in 2019.” This isn’t at all shocking. I’ve written about the ongoing destruction of children with Down syndrome by abortion for years. Many pro-life activists have been shouting themselves […]
Almost all babies diagnosed with Down Syndrome in Denmark are now being aborted, the latest published numbers suggest, as the lowest number of babies born with the condition was recorded in 2019. Just 18 children with Down Syndrome were born in the country last year according to a new report from the Danish Central Cytogenetic Registry (DCCR), a national […]
Irish supporters are being encouraged to “Vote for Conor” after a young man from Drogheda, County Louth, has reached the finals of an international photography competition. Conor O’Dowd, who has Down syndrome, is locally known as a talented photographer and his portrait named ‘My friend Jason the model’, is one of twenty-five shortlisted in the Down’s Syndrome […]
Parents of 670 teenage students with Down syndrome have won a battle to ensure they can be enrolled in a summer education programme for children with special needs. Draft guidelines published by the Department of Education last month indicated that the students would not be eligible for the summer tuition, causing much distress to parents and […]
In a recent report on genome analysis of ancient remains found in Irish burial sites, one ground-breaking finding received little attention. In the tests conducted on the remains of over 30 people from the Poulnabrone burial site in the Burren in Clare, the earliest proven example of a skeleton of a person with Down Syndrome […]
A bid by the Democratic Unionist Party in the north to outlaw abortions on the grounds of disability has gained support and put pressure on Sinn Féin to support a change in the law to protect some people with disabilities. Abortion legislation, imposed on the region by the British Parliament in Westminster has remained enormously controversial ever since […]
A profoundly shocking news clip from Al Jazeera has again raised the disturbing practice of ‘screening out’ people with Down Syndrome before they are born. The clip, posted by disability awareness group, Don’t Screen Us Out, shows a spokesperson for Chinese biotech company BGI Genomics talking up the company’s ability to provide screening tests for […]
A woman with Down Syndrome has launched a unprecedented case against the UK government because she says the abortion law discriminates against babies with disabilities by allowing abortion up to birth where a range of conditions are diagnosed, including Down Syndrome and cleft lip. 24-year old Heidi Crowter says the current abortion laws amount to “downright discrimination”, and […]
People with Down Syndrome are showing the world that there should be no limitations to what they can achieve. Karen Gaffney amazed Irish audiences in 2017 when she shared her story of becoming a champion swimmer, TED talker and recipient of an honorary doctorate, shattering many of the stereotypes of people with Down Syndrome – […]
If you’re short a present or two for Christmas then Thomas Barry has just what you need. The 34-year old from Tallaght is the owner of Thomas’s Trendy Socks, and his stall at the Dún Laoghaire Christmas Market is attracting a lot of attention this year. Thomas has Down Syndrome and other serious illnesses including a […]
BARRED because she had Down Syndrome. Campaigners protested a decision by New Zealand to refuse Bumikka Suhinthan, an Irish resident, entrance to New Zealand because she has Down Syndrome.
Michael O’Dowd, a candidate in the European elections, and a disability campaigner handed in a letter explaining the decision was in breach of international human rights conventions.