by Lynn Murray | May 5, 2016 | Media
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...
by Lynn Murray | May 5, 2016 | Media
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,...
by Lynn Murray | Apr 29, 2016 | Media
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 with employment contracts....
by Lynn Murray | Apr 26, 2016 | Media
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… The BBC feature is available below. To view the original broadcast...
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...
