Pro-life advocates are applauding the Ohio legislature’s passage of a bill to ban abortions of babies diagnosed with Down syndrome. They expect a signature from Gov. John Kasich within the next week or so.
Ohio Right to Life President Mike Gonidakis was pleased to have Senate bill 164 move one step closer to outlawing the abortion of a child with Down Syndrome.
Tomorrow is World Down Syndrome Day, a day to celebrate the lives of these special people. According to a recent article on John Piper’s Desiring God website, those with Down Syndrome are some of the happiest people alive.
The French Council of State recently upheld the French Broadcasting Council’s ban of a commercial intended to convince mothers not to abort their babies after discovering they have down syndrome.