Should a new test for Down’s syndrome that is projected to lead to a profound increase in the number of children with Down’s syndrome screened out by termination be introduced onto the NHS without people with Down’s syndrome and their families being consulted and the impact on their community assessed?
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Press release for immediate release Almost 90% of all babies prenatally diagnosed with Down's syndrome were screened out by abortion in 2021 Disability campaigners have called for MPs to urgently update abortion legislation after statistics released by NHS England...
Press release for immediate release Sir Liam Fox MP tables amendment to stop abortion up to birth for babies with Down's syndrome Sir Liam Fox, former GP, cabinet minister and defence secretary, has tabled an amendment to the Government's Criminal Justice Bill, signed...
Press release for immediate release 1,428 abortions for disability, as landmark case against UK Govt goes to European Court of Human Rights The Department of Health and Social Care has this morning released abortion statistics for the first six months of 2022 (1...
Press release for immediate release 84% increase in abortions where baby had Down’s syndrome in Scotland, disability group call on Scottish Government to undertake urgent inquiry 31 May 2023 - Abortion statistics released by Public Health Scotland show that there has...
Press release for immediate release Woman with Down’s syndrome to take landmark case against UK Govt over discriminatory abortion law to European Court of Human Rights A woman with Down’s syndrome has announced that she will be taking her landmark case against the...
PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Disability abortion bill passes Committee Stage with 99% of submissions supporting law change The Severe Fetal Impairment Abortion (Amendment) Bill has passed Committee Stage at the Northern Ireland Assembly, after 99% of the...
Heidi Crowter, a 24-year-old woman from Coventry who has Down’s syndrome, has joined forces with Máire Lea-Wilson from Brentford, West London, whose eleven month-old son Aidan has Down’s syndrome, and have launched a landmark case against the UK Government over the...
The Advertising Standards Authority ruled in January 2020 that ads from some providers of the latest Down's syndrome screening test, the Non-Invasive Prenatal Test (NIPT), were "misleading because they were likely to exaggerate to consumers the accuracy with which the...
PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Disability abortion bill passes Committee Stage with 99% of submissions supporting law change The Severe Fetal Impairment Abortion (Amendment) Bill has passed Committee Stage at the Northern Ireland Assembly, after 99% of the...
Heidi Crowter, a 24-year-old woman from Coventry who has Down’s syndrome, has joined forces with Máire Lea-Wilson from Brentford, West London, whose eleven month-old son Aidan has Down’s syndrome, and have launched a landmark case against the UK Government over the...