Actor Sally Phillips, whose 11-year-old son has Down's syndrome, discusses the ethical stance behind DNA screening for Down's syndrome. The NHS may introduce a new non-invasive test that could reduce the number of miscarriages, but there are moral concerns. Click here to view the full article. [vc_video link='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A1IjfvkMhM']...
Actress Sally Phillips has argued that there is a case for banning screening tests to detect Down’s Syndrome in unborn babies. The Bridget Jones’ star, whose 11-year-old son Ollie has Down’s Syndrome, argued that if we’re trying to become a more “inclusive society” such tests should...
The prime minister said 'ethical issues' must be taken into account Campaigners have applauded David Cameron’s statement that new screening techniques must be introduced in “the right way” to confront the “ethical issues” around testing the unborn for Down’s syndrome. A new screening technique has been proposed which...
Myths about Down's syndrome lead to thousands of abortions every year. A new proposal will make it even harder for parents to resist social pressure If it were made possible, do you think Down’s syndrome should disappear from society?” Put in this stark form, the question...
Today UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, was questioned during Prime Minister's Questions on the screening out of people with Down's syndrome. Nigel Evans, the MP for Ribble Valley, asked a question about the proposed implementation cf DNA pre-natal testing into the current Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme....
It is not only junior doctors who are trying to get their voices heard by Jeremy Hunt. One young lady last week made an impassioned plea directly to the health minister, on an issue that is arguably more about life and death than is the case...
Don't Screen Us Out. That's the message from a young women with Down's syndrome whose passionate speech outside Parliament has gone viral...
A video of 20-year old Heidi Crowter’s speech at this week’s Don’t Screen Us Out demonstration outside Parliament has gone viral online, clocking up over 150,000 organic views on Facebook since it was released on Tuesday. Heidi, who works in a Hair Salon in Coventry, talked...
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 Daisy Hill Mews,...
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...