Down Syndrome

On Tuesday a federal appeals court upheld an Ohio law protecting unborn babies diagnosed with Down syndrome by ruling that there "is no absolute" right under Supreme Court precedent to an abortion.

South Dakota's governor recently signed a bill banning abortions of down syndrome babies.

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves (R) recently signed a bill protecting down syndrome babies from abortion.

During the first wave of the pandemic in Great Britain, various facilities that care for people with intellectual disabilities, what the Brits call “learning disabilities,” issued blanket “Do Not Resuscitate” orders. These orders came, according to one source, directly from doctors, without consulting the patients or their families.

On Friday, a federal appeals court ruled that a Tennessee law banning abortions due to an unborn baby’s race, sex or a Down syndrome diagnosis can be enforced.

A recent Christian Post article described how women, 69 percent of the time, are immediately offered an abortion when their child is diagnosed with Down Syndrome in utero. If they decline, they are asked again. And often, again. One woman reported being asked fifteen times! Government policies in countries like Iceland and Denmark have resulted in only a handful of children with Down Syndrome born each year. In fact, about 90 percent of children diagnosed with Down Syndrome in Europe are aborted. In the U.S., the best estimates are about 65 percent.

Amy Coney Barrett is a pro-life justice whose youngest child received a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome. It might be easy to conclude that Barrett continued her pregnancy in order to live up to her ideology. But it is both overly simplistic and unfair to other parents of children with Down syndrome to conflate Barrett’s legal positions with her family choices.

President Trump issued a proclaimation on Thursday recognizing National Down Syndrome Awareness Month.

All 15 judges assembled at the 6th circuit to hear Ohio's arguments for and against Ohio's Down syndrome abortion ban.

The Justice Department is encouraging an appeals court to uphold an Ohio law prohibiting abortions based on Down Syndrom diagnoses.