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Creating a world where people with Down’s syndrome are equally valued
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We are a group of over 17,000 people with Down’s syndrome, their families and supporters who are actively working to build a United Kingdom (UK) where people with Down’s syndrome are equally valued and have an equal chance of being born.
Currently around 90% of babies found to have Down’s syndrome in the UK are aborted. This alarmingly high percentage is as a result of discriminatory legislation, policies and practice – as well as wider cultural attitudes towards life with Down’s syndrome.
our focus
We support the updating of UK legislation to ensure that babies with Down’s syndrome are not singled out by abortion law
We support a programme of medical reform to improve the delivery and quality of information and support provided to parents expecting a baby with Down’s syndrome
We highlight the negative impact that national screening programmes are having on increasing the number of babies that are screened out because they have Down’s syndrome.
We support reforms to UK legislation and policy to improve support and equality for people with Down’s syndrome and their families throughout their lives
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BBC News: Women with Down’s Syndrome’s message to Jeremy Hunt goes viral
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...
PRESS RELEASE: Woman with Down’s syndrome’s powerful message to Jeremy Hunt goes 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,...
Morley tot joins campaign against new Down syndrome pre-natal test
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...
The Sun: ‘The public were never asked’: Sally Phillips speaks out against genetic screening tests to detect Down’s syndrome
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 concerned...
The Northern Echo: Campaigner represents North-East at Parliament demo against “discriminatory” screening
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,...
PRESS RELEASE – SUCCESS OF DON’T SCREEN US OUT PARLIAMENT DEMONSTRATION
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,...
City centre rally held to highlight society’s ‘ignorance’ over Down Syndrome children
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 rally was to highlight...
PRESS RELEASE – DON’T SCREEN US OUT PARLIAMENT DEMONSTRATION TODAY
OPERATIONAL NOTE – PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: Mon 18 April 10:30 – 12:30 (speeches at 12:00) Houses of Parliament, Statue of George V, Abingdon Street, London, SW1P 3JY Today individuals with Down’s syndrome and their families are protesting outside Parliament regarding...
Mother to join Westminster demo in response to screening programme which could lead to “informal eugenics”
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 Screen Us Out...
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Heidi Crowter, a 26-year-old woman from Coventry who has Down’s syndrome, together with Máire Lea-Wilson from Brentford, West London, whose two-year-old son Aidan has Down’s syndrome, are challenging the UK Government over a disability clause in the current law which singles out babies with disabilities such as Down’s syndrome.
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