Individuals with Down syndrome and their families have held a rally outside Parliament today to protest against a discriminatory new pre-natal screening proposal. The new screening technique, which has yet to be introduced, is expected to lead to a marked increase in...
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Investigation finds half of Down syndrome abortions missing from register
By Xavier Symons An investigation into terminations of Down’s Syndrome foetuses in the UK has revealed that half of these abortions go unrecorded. The probe was conducted by the independent National Down’s Syndrome Cytogenetic Register (NDCR), an organisation...
The Department of Health is grossly under-reporting the true number of abortions for Down’s syndrome
By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and is CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. Some of the most common congenital abnormalities accounting...