by Lynn Murray | Apr 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
A DOWN syndrome charity founder is set for a Westminster protest in response to a screening programme which campaigners say could lead to “informal eugenics”. Mother-of-three Maggie Hart will represent the North-East as she joins members of the Don’t...
by Lynn Murray | Apr 7, 2016 | Event
Join people with Down’s syndrome, their families, and the wider community outside Parliament, as we send a message loud and clear to Jeremy Hunt and the Government that: 1/ Proposals to introduce a new pre-natal screening test that is projected to lead to a profound...
by Lynn Murray | Mar 19, 2016 | Press releases
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On World Down’s Syndrome Day, parents and campaign groups are calling on Jeremy Hunt to reject a new pre-natal screening proposal that is projected to lead to a profound reduction in the number of children born with Down’s...
by Lynn Murray | Jan 27, 2016 | Media
Emma Lowe, from Preston, was told it was a one in a million chance that her twins would have Down’s syndrome. As the NHS offers a new Down’s syndrome blood test, mum of ‘one in a million’ Down’s twins, Emma Lowe, 36, of Preston, Lancashire says it will encourage...
by Lynn Murray | Jan 27, 2016 | Media
As the NHS offers a new Down’s syndrome blood test, mum of ‘one in a million’ Down’s twins, Emma Lowe, 36, of Preston, Lancashire says it will encourage more terminations “I’m sure every parent thinks their kids are one in a million, but my twin boys really are....
