PRESS RELEASE: DOWN’S SYNDROME ADVOCATES PRAISE INCLUSION OF DISABILITY SUPPORT IN NEW TYNWALD ABORTION BILL, BUT ARE ALARMED AT INTRODUCTION OF ABORTION UP TO BIRTH FOR CONGENITAL CONDITIONS

PRESS RELEASE: DOWN’S SYNDROME ADVOCATES PRAISE INCLUSION OF DISABILITY SUPPORT IN NEW TYNWALD ABORTION BILL, BUT ARE ALARMED AT INTRODUCTION OF ABORTION UP TO BIRTH FOR CONGENITAL CONDITIONS

by | Jan 30, 2018 | Press releases

Down’s syndrome advocacy group Don’t Screen Us Out have given a mixed review of the latest draft of an abortion Bill on the Isle of Man, praising its latest inclusion of information for parents who receive a pregnancy diagnosis of foetal impairment, but equally...
PRESS RELEASE: Down’s syndrome advocacy group fear introduction of abortion up to birth for disabilities on Isle of Man could lead to more children with Down’s syndrome being screened out by termination

PRESS RELEASE: Down’s syndrome advocacy group fear introduction of abortion up to birth for disabilities on Isle of Man could lead to more children with Down’s syndrome being screened out by termination

by | Aug 23, 2017 | Press releases

Down’s syndrome advocacy group Don’t Screen Us Out are concerned that a proposed abortion Bill on the Isle of Man would worsen eugenic screening against children with Down’s syndrome and other foetal impairments. Whilst the current IoM abortion law already allows for...