Category Archives: Down Syndrome
Fourth Annual KIDS Event at the 2012 March for Life in DC
KIDS (Keep Infants with Down Syndrome) held its fourth annual event at the March for Life in Washington, D.C. We had approximately 75 attendees at our event, which was held at the headquarters of the National Right to Life Committee.
“KIDS” to meet once again at National Right to Life prior to March
By Leticia Velasquez Editor’s note. Every January 22, prior to the March for Life, it is now National Right to Life’s privilege to host a gathering of “Keep Infants with Down Syndrome” (KIDS) at its offices. The March gives families
“We see beauty in bodies and minds which are less than perfect”
By Dave Andrusko I had promised myself a couple of months back that I would read “A Special Mother is Born,” but now I have firmly moved to the next level: I actually ordered the book edited by Leticia Velasquez.
‘Deselecting’ our children
By MARGARET SOMERVILLE Editor’s note. Dr. Somerville’s article is in response to an article in a Danish newspaper headlined “Plans to make Denmark a Down syndrome-free perfect society.” She is the founding director of the Centre for Medicine, Ethics and
Down Syndrome and the True Meaning of Perfection
By Dave Andrusko Amy Julia Becker is author of “A Good and Perfect Gift: Faith, Expectations, and a Little Girl Named Penny.” I have learned a great deal from her posts on Christianity Today and her own blog. I also
Down Syndrome adult speaks for herself
By Nat Hentoff The foundation of this constitutional republic, as we used to be taught, is individual liberties — as in the Bill of Rights. Enter 25-year-old college student Melissa Reilly, brought to us by health news writer Kimberly Hayes
Are medical advances and health-care reform leading to the elimination of unborn babies with Trisomy 21?
The Fight to Eliminate Down Syndrome: Eugenics at Work? By Leticia Velasquez Editor’s note. This appeared last month in the National Catholic Register and is reprinted with permission. October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. It should be: Down Syndrome is
New Blood Test Poses Enormous Threat to Babies with Down Syndrome
By Dave Andrusko I’ve been promising to get to this all week. Since I do not have time to do justice to “The Reckless, Profitable Elimination of Down Syndrome,” by Mark W. Leach, fortunately you can read his essay online. As
“A World Without Redheads”
By Dave Andrusko I try to reserve the last story of the day for a special topic. The following was prompted by an email from a reader who said “Thank you” for the stories we ran during October’s National Down
Actual Experience Contradicts Negative Picture of Children with Down Syndrome
By Dave Andrusko When I wrote a piece earlier week about a series of three surveys conducted by doctors at Children’s Hospital in Boston that paint a very positive picture of the reality of Down syndrome that is overwhelmingly at