{"id":220116,"date":"2020-03-15T13:24:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T18:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=220116"},"modified":"2020-03-14T16:36:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-14T21:36:24","slug":"amazon-down-syndrome-extinct-shirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/amazon-down-syndrome-extinct-shirt\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon criticized for selling &#8216;make Down syndrome extinct&#8217; shirt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/amazon-under-fire-for-selling-make-down-syndrome-extinct-t-shirt?utm_content=buffer0a6af&amp;utm_medium=LSN%2Bbuffer&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=LSN&amp;fbclid=IwAR0-aOzmOEyP8qNWXyPib3lyuL2A6tA_xkVaoraj-hPvquCFYtIZofl9wgE\">LifeSiteNews<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spuc.org.uk\/\">SPUC<\/a>) \u2014 A Scottish mother, who has a six-year-old son with Down syndrome, has slammed Amazon for selling t-shirts which read, \u2018let\u2019s make down syndrome extinct.\u2019 She said: \u201cTo target a group who are disabled is just disgusting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stacey Corrigan, aged 34 from Paisley has a six-year-old son with Down syndrome named Daniel. Ms Corrigan slammed the t-shirt slogan as \u201chateful\u201d and \u201cdisgusting\u201d, asserting that it should be treated as a crime.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cI can\u2019t believe they have been allowed to sell this. Who even thinks up an idea to design this? Daniel is just perfect to us and we wouldn\u2019t change a thing about him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey wouldn\u2019t be able to write homophobic slogans or racists ones. It is so hateful and should be a crime. To target a group who are disabled is just disgusting and I am horrified Amazon gave them a platform to share their hate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/offered-abortion-two-days-birth-down-syndrome\/\"><em>SHOCK: Mom offered abortion two days before giving birth to son with Down syndrome<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The t-shirts were initially spotted by two mothers from England who filed a complaint to Amazon accusing them of promoting a hate-crime on their website.<\/p>\n<p>The t-shirts have since been removed from Amazon, who have refused to comment on the situation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Iceland Celebrates \u2018Eradicating Down Syndrome\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2017, Iceland\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/down-syndrome-iceland\/?linkId=40953194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">celebrated<\/a>\u00a0\u2018eradicating down\u2019s syndrome\u2019 after it was reported almost 100% of unborn children diagnosed with Down syndrome were killed in the womb.<\/p>\n<p>Such claims were criticized by SPUC who highlighted that the chromosomal condition of Down syndrome was not being eradicated, but rather almost 100% of the people being diagnosed with the condition were being killed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Public Push Back Against Disability Abortion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recent weeks have witnessed a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spuc.org.uk\/latest-news\/latest-news\/mum-of-boy-with-down-s-syndrome-pleads-with-pm-not-to-permit-abortion-for-the-condition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">public backlash<\/a>\u00a0against abortion following a disability diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>Over 1,800 people with Down syndrome and their families have signed a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, urging him to ensure that abortion for disability will not be permitted in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, US states including Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee, urged federal appeals courts to uphold state laws which ban abortion following a diagnosis of Down syndrome.<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: This article was published at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/amazon-under-fire-for-selling-make-down-syndrome-extinct-t-shirt?utm_content=buffer0a6af&amp;utm_medium=LSN%2Bbuffer&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=LSN&amp;fbclid=IwAR0-aOzmOEyP8qNWXyPib3lyuL2A6tA_xkVaoraj-hPvquCFYtIZofl9wgE\">LifeSiteNews<\/a>, written by<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spuc.org.uk\/\">Society for the Protection of Unborn Children<\/a>, and is reprinted here with permission.\u00a0<\/em><\/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>(LifeSiteNews\/SPUC) \u2014 A Scottish mother, who has a six-year-old son with Down syndrome, has slammed Amazon for selling t-shirts which read, \u2018let\u2019s make down syndrome extinct.\u2019 She said: \u201cTo target a group who are disabled is just disgusting.\u201d Stacey Corrigan, aged 34 from Paisley has a six-year-old son with Down syndrome named Daniel. 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