by Lynn Murray | Apr 19, 2016 | Media
The family of a Morley tot has joined forces with a campaign group protesting against a discriminatory new pre-natal screening proposal. Connie-Rose Seabourne was born two months premature and it wasn’t until she was two weeks old that parents Julie and Peter, of...
by Lynn Murray | Apr 19, 2016 | Media
AS the mother of a child with Down’s syndrome, Sally Phillips has spoken out about the need for attitudes towards the condition to change. The actress is outraged about a new screening test that is said to detect Down’s Syndrome in 99% of pregnancies and is...
by Lynn Murray | Apr 19, 2016 | Media
A MOTHER flew the flag for the North-East at a Westminster demonstration urging the Government to reconsider a screening test which campaigners say discriminates against people with Down syndrome. Down syndrome charity founder Maggie Hart, of Middleton St George,...
by Lynn Murray | Apr 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
Successful Don’t Screen Us Out demonstration highlights discriminatory consequences of new prenatal screening, and underscores need for Down’s syndrome voices to be heard Individuals with Down’s syndrome and their families led a rally outside Parliament today,...
by Lynn Murray | Apr 18, 2016 | Media
PARENTS held a rally to raise awareness of the “ignorance” surrounding children with Down Syndrome. About 15 families gathered in Centenary Square, Bradford, where they held a banner saying “We all belong, please don’t screen us out.” The...
