Down Syndrome

90% of Babies in the UK Diagnosed With Down Syndrome Were Killed in Abortions

03/28/2024 at 8:54 PM By Kevin Edward White
By International Right to Life (UK), March 28, 2024 In 2021, nearly 90% of all babies prenatally diagnosed with Down’s syndrome in England and the Crown Dependencies had their lives ended by abortion, according to statistics released by NHS England. Statistics released by NHS... read more

New Barbie seen as affirmation of children with Down syndrome even while abortion claims more of them

05/09/2023 at 1:23 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Kimberly Heatherington, Our Sunday Visitor/ the Pilot, May 9, 2023 (OSV News) -- When Mattel announced the release of a Barbie doll portrayed with Down syndrome April 25, the global toymaker explained the addition to its product line is intended "to allow even more children to see themselves... read more

‘This law makes me feel I am better off dead’: UK court hears Down syndrome abortion law challenge

07/11/2021 at 7:02 PM By Kevin Edward White
By CNA Staff, Catholic News Agency, July 7, 2021 A woman with Down syndrome said on Tuesday that a U.K. law allowing abortion up to birth for disability made her feel that she was “better off dead.” Heidi Crowter, a 26-year-old from Coventry, in central England, made the comment outside... read more

Lord Alton Makes Impassioned Speech After Irish Abortion Referendum Result

06/02/2018 at 3:42 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
“In Britain and now Ireland this is the most dangerous time in history to be an unborn child.” K.V. Turley Blog, June 1, 2018 Speaking in Clitheroe, Lancashire, at the Bank Holiday Monday Right to Life Whit Walk, David (Lord) Alton reminded walkers that St. Teresa of Calcutta had said... read more

Boy Scout With Down Syndrome and Autism Stripped of His Badges

03/21/2018 at 10:49 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By  Micaiah Bilger,  Mar 21, 2018 A Utah family is advocating for their son with Down syndrome after a decision by the Boy Scouts to reject the teen’s merit badges. The Autism Site reports Logan Blythe, 15, of Utah, has Down syndrome and autism; and his local scout troop made... read more

Babies with Down syndrome reveal the gruesome outcome of abortion ideology  

03/16/2018 at 9:25 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Wesley J. Smith March 14, 2018 (National Review) – Ruth Marcus has boldly declared that if she were pregnant and discovered her baby had Down syndrome, that child would never see the light of day. From her column: Down syndrome is life-altering for the entire family. I'm going to be... read more

Record-Breaking Crowd of 100,000 Pro-Life People Rally in Ireland Against Legalizing Abortion

03/12/2018 at 7:58 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
International   Save the 8th   Mar 12, 2018   |   Dublin, Ireland Save the 8th has said that its campaign is “energised and motivated ” by the huge attendance at today’s Rally for Life in Dublin, which saw up to 100,000 people take to the streets to reject the Government’s plan... read more

On Important Issues, the Alt-Right and Life-Style Left Agree

10/11/2017 at 8:40 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Jennifer Roback Morse, October 09, 2017 The dust has settled on the clash between the Alt-Right and the Left in Charlottesville. But the labeling (or libeling) of conservatives will be back. Powerful people and organizations on the Left want to link the Alt-Right with the entire Right, as a... read more

Sarah Palin Compares Down Syndrome Abortion to Nazi Germany

08/17/2017 at 9:24 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Katie Yoder | August 16, 2017 Aborting unborn babies with Down syndrome “hearkens back to neo-Nazi Germany,” according to Sarah Palin. On Tuesday, Fox anchor Martha MacCallum invited former Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on her show, The Story, to discuss... read more

Rauner’s New Staffer Denounced by Leftists

07/20/2017 at 5:14 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
Written by Laurie Higgins, Illinois Family Institute Following the override of his budget vetoes, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner has been making over his team, firing several senior staff members and hiring some sorely needed conservatives, which has led to several protest resignations. In... read more

This is the first laundry with Down syndrome workers in Latin America

05/30/2017 at 9:50 AM By Mary Anne Hackett
By Barbara Bustamante Concepción, Chile, May 28, 2017 / 04:09 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Three years ago the Church in Chile launched “Lavandería 21,” a new work inclusion project for people with Downs syndrome, whose results today far exceed what was hoped. It all began in 2012 when the... read more

A Father’s Love: The Story of Charles and Anne

05/15/2017 at 3:34 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

The Dark Side to Europe’s Happy Baby Statistics

04/17/2017 at 11:58 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

Cardinal Sarah: Fight against abortion is ‘part of the final battle…between God and Satan’

04/06/2017 at 4:20 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Nation Brags How It Has Aborted 100% of The Babies With Down Syndrome

03/06/2017 at 9:32 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

French Court Rules: Children with Down Syndrome Not Allowed to Smile on TV

01/22/2017 at 3:02 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

TV Station Won’t Air Video of Kids With Down Syndrome Smiling: It Would “Disturb” Women Who Aborted

11/27/2016 at 5:35 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Modelling Down syndrome: how advertisers are responding to a cause

11/27/2016 at 5:33 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Notre Dame honours pro-life geneticist who discovered cause of Down’s syndrome

10/19/2016 at 10:18 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

‘To kill or not to kill, that is the question’

06/24/2016 at 2:51 PM By Mary Anne Hackett