{"id":219684,"date":"2020-03-08T11:40:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T16:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=219684"},"modified":"2020-03-06T22:32:53","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T04:32:53","slug":"down-syndrome-office-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/down-syndrome-office-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman with Down syndrome runs for office in France: &#8216;I am fighting for inclusion&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Eleonore Laloux has never let Down syndrome hold her back in life. Now, the 34-year-old is taking on a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/03\/04\/this-34-year-old-could-become-frances-first-local-politician-with-down-syndrome\/\">new challenge<\/a>: running for a local council seat in France\u2019s upcoming municipal council elections. If Laloux wins, she will be one of the first women with Down syndrome in France to hold such a public office.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eleonorelaloux\/posts\/2626167650955275\">Laloux<\/a> has run her campaign primarily by knocking on doors in her hometown of Arras in northern France. With determination and a radiant smile, Laloux is well suited to canvassing. She told the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/03\/04\/this-34-year-old-could-become-frances-first-local-politician-with-down-syndrome\/\">New York Post<\/a>, \u201cI\u2019ve fought hard to live with Down syndrome. It doesn\u2019t trouble me any longer.&#8221; She added, \u201cNow I am fighting for inclusion. Handicapped people have their place in society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said she has &#8220;loads of ideas&#8221; that she works on daily. Those ideas include\u00a0audio and brail aides to help the hard of hearing and sight cross streets, electric buses with wheelchair ramps, and dedicated parks for dogs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php%3Ffbid%3D1897047193867328%26set%3Da.1407919172780135%26type%3D3&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"440\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>France has a history of discrimination against people with Down syndrome. It is estimated that <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/france-bans-positive-down-syndrome-video-because-it-may-disturb-post-abortive-women\/\">86 percent <\/a>of babies diagnosed with Down syndrome\u00a0before birth in the country are killed through abortion. This environment of deadly discrimination prompted France\u2019s Conseil d\u2019Etat to ban the positive and inspiring <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/france-bans-positive-down-syndrome-video-because-it-may-disturb-post-abortive-women\/\">\u201cDear Future Mom\u201d commercial<\/a> in 2016. The reason given was that the sight of happy and smiling children and young adults with Down syndrome featured in the video was \u201clikely to disturb the conscience of women who had lawfully made different personal life choices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite this environment of prejudice and lethal discrimination against people with Down syndrome, Laloux\u2019s parents raised her to be confident and self-directed. They chose not to place her in a special education school. Her mainstream education and daily challenges to be included have led her to advocate for herself and succeed in her job as a hospital administrator.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/down-syndrome-uk-discriminates-aborting-birth\/\">Young woman with Down syndrome: UK discriminates against babies like me by aborting up to birth<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Running for office is not Laloux\u2019s first time in the public eye. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/03\/04\/this-34-year-old-could-become-frances-first-local-politician-with-down-syndrome\/\">New York Post<\/a>, she founded Friends of Eleonore, an association which challenges the social stigmas confronting individuals with Down syndrome, and has written a book, &#8220;Down Syndrome, So What?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The mayor of Arras, Frederic Leturque, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/03\/04\/this-34-year-old-could-become-frances-first-local-politician-with-down-syndrome\/\">said<\/a> of Laloux, \u201cThe disability she has, the force of her character, the ideas she has, will make us think differently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first round of elections will be held on March 15.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eleonore Laloux has never let Down syndrome hold her back in life. Now, the 34-year-old is taking on a new challenge: running for a local council seat in France\u2019s upcoming municipal council elections. If Laloux wins, she will be one of the first women with Down syndrome in France to hold such a public office. 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