{"id":161879,"date":"2017-02-06T09:19:32","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T14:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=161879"},"modified":"2017-08-16T13:31:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T17:31:06","slug":"legal-abortion-leading-downs-syndrome-free-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/legal-abortion-leading-downs-syndrome-free-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal abortion is leading us to a ‘Down’s syndrome-free world’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Peter McParland, an obstetrician from the National Maternity Hospital, talked to the Citizens Assembly about the reality of what has happened in other countries once abortion was legalised for reasons of disability.\u00a0The numbers are stark and they are utterly devastating.<\/em><\/p>\n

“In Britain, 90% of babies with Down\u2019s Syndrome are aborted before birth. In Iceland, every single baby, 100% of all those diagnosed with Down\u2019s Syndrome, are aborted. There hasn\u2019t been a baby with Down\u2019s Syndrome born in Iceland in the past five years.”<\/p>\n

Denmark is following suit, and is expected to be \u201cDown\u2019s Syndrome-free\u201d by 2030 and these cold and chilling statistics show us exactly where legal abortion is leading the rest of Europe.<\/p>\n

Legal abortion is leading us to a \u201cDown\u2019s Syndrome-free\u201d world. I can barely type the words. It is utterly heart-breaking. Little wonder that, in Britain, Lord Shinkwin \u2013 a member of the House of Lords who has a congenital disability \u2013 last week gave a powerful speech pointing out, \u201cthe writing is on the wall for people like me. People with congenital disabilities are facing extinction.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~ Anne Trainer, TheJournal.ie<\/a>, February 4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Peter McParland, an obstetrician from the National Maternity Hospital, talked to the Citizens Assembly about the reality of what has happened in other countries once abortion was legalised for reasons of disability.\u00a0The numbers are stark and they are utterly devastating. “In Britain, 90% of babies with Down\u2019s Syndrome are aborted before birth. In Iceland, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":97649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[7,3058],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nLegal abortion is leading us to a 'Down's syndrome-free world'<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\""Denmark is following suit and is expected to be \u201cDown\u2019s Syndrome-free\u201d by 2030. 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