by Lynn Murray | Nov 25, 2016 | Media
Down’s syndrome advocacy group Don’t Screen Us Out are calling on the Isle of Man Government to revoke a decision to roll-out a new-prenatal test that is projected to lead to a profound increase in the number of children with Down’s syndrome screened out by...
by Lynn Murray | Nov 25, 2016 | Media
Campaigners are calling on the Isle of Man Government to revoke a decision to roll out a new pre-natal test for Down syndrome. The advocacy group ‘Don’t Screen Us Out’ says the procedure – which allows for more accurate and earlier detection of...
by Lynn Murray | Oct 31, 2016 | Media
Ministers have now given the go-ahead for a new Down’s syndrome test They claim it will help women ‘make informed’ decisions about pregnancy But campaigners fear the new test could lead to more terminations Ministers have given the go-ahead for a...
by Lynn Murray | Oct 30, 2016 | Media
More than 100 doctors, nurses and other medics have signed letter It attacks the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Bridget Jones actress Sally Phillips also branded suggestion as ‘dark’ Doctors have accused a medical body of suggesting that unborn...
by Lynn Murray | Oct 26, 2016 | Media
Our letter signed by 900 people with Down’s syndrome and their families is delivered to the office of Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt. [vc_video link=’https://youtu.be/0Ld0Qy8ZHo0′]
by Lynn Murray | Oct 13, 2016 | Media
People with Down’s syndrome and their families deliver petition signed by over 900 people with Down’s syndrome and their families opposing “discriminatory” prenatal screening proposal to Jeremy Hunt asking him to not ‘screen them out’ Individuals with Down’s syndrome...
