Press release for immediate release 84% increase in abortions where baby had Down’s syndrome in Scotland, disability group call on Scottish Government to undertake urgent inquiry 31 May 2023 - Abortion statistics released by Public Health Scotland show that there has...
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 – Disability abortion bill unlikely to proceed further following vote on wrecking amendments
PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Disability abortion bill unlikely to proceed further following vote on wrecking amendments The Severe Fetal Impairment Abortion (Amendment) Bill is unlikely to proceed further at the Northern Ireland Assembly. A group of...
Press Release – Disability campaigners back amendment to reform discriminatory disability abortion law
Press release for immediate release Disability campaigners back amendment to reform discriminatory disability abortion law Disability campaigners are urging MPs to support an amendment that has been tabled by a cross-party group of MPs to the Government’s Health and...
Press Release – Disability abortion bill passes Committee Stage, 99% of submissions support law change
PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Disability abortion bill passes Committee Stage with 99% of submissions supporting law change The Severe Fetal Impairment Abortion (Amendment) Bill has passed Committee Stage at the Northern Ireland Assembly, after 99% of the...
Press Release – Woman with Down’s syndrome’s landmark case against UK Govt over discriminatory abortion law plans to go onto Court of Appeal
PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Woman with Down’s syndrome’s landmark case against UK Govt over discriminatory abortion law to go onto Court of Appeal The women behind a landmark case against the UK Government over the current discriminatory abortion law that...
Join us outside the High Court on Thursday
I hope you are well. At 10:30am on Thursday (23 September) the High Court will be releasing their decision on Heidi Crowter and Máire Lea-Wilson's landmark case against the UK Government. We are going to be meeting at 9:30am outside the High Court to show support for...
Don’t Screen Us Out launch new website for their community
Press release for immediate release Don’t Screen Us Out launch new website for their community Down’s syndrome advocacy group Don’t Screen Us Out have, this evening, launched a new website. Don’t Screen Us Out is a group of over 17,000 people with Down’s syndrome,...
‘Update on Downright Discrimination court case’ by Heidi Crowter
Hiya This is Heidi again, as you may be aware, I was in London on the 6th July 2021 taking a landmark case against the government to court over the current discriminatory abortion laws, that a baby without Down’s syndrome can be aborted up to 24 weeks but a baby like...
Press Release – Down’s syndrome campaigners rally outside High Court as case over discriminatory abortion law heard
Photos available to be freely used by media: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWabgD1 PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Down’s syndrome campaigners rally outside High Court as case over discriminatory abortion law heard A large group of people with Down’s syndrome and their...
Press Release – Woman with Down’s syndrome’s landmark case against UK Govt over discriminatory abortion law to be heard by High Court on Tuesday July 6th
PRESS NOTIFICATION (PRESS RELEASE BELOW) Diary notice: Demonstration outside the Royal Courts of Justice against disability-discriminatory UK abortion law Details: People with Down’s syndrome and their families will gather for a demonstration outside the Royal Courts...
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It’s time our law’s caught up
with positive changes in attitudes towards people with Down’s syndrome
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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