PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE24% increase in abortions where baby had Down’s syndrome, as landmark case against UK Govt to be heard by Court of Appeal 21 June 2022 - The most recent abortion statistics released by the Department of Health and Social Care today...
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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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...
Don’t Screen Us Out Parliament Demonstration – Monday 18 April – London
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...
PRESS RELEASE: World Down’s Syndrome Day – Jeremy Hunt should reject proposal to adopt controversial new pre-natal test
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...
Mirror: Mum of identical Down’s syndrome twins says new NHS test is ‘genetic cleansing’
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 more...
Mum of identical Down’s syndrome twins says new NHS test is ‘genetic cleansing’
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. When...
BBC Radio: Down’s syndrome test
BBC Radio interviews a mother from Wallingford along with Don't Screen Us Out spokeswomen Lynn Murray on cfDNA screening and the Don't Screen Us Out campaign. [vc_video link='https://youtu.be/fyWfh6xRM7E']
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It’s time our law’s caught up
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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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