{"id":264829,"date":"2022-03-21T16:38:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T21:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=264829"},"modified":"2022-03-21T20:42:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T01:42:53","slug":"west-virginia-down-syndrome-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/west-virginia-down-syndrome-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"World Down Syndrome Day: Fox & Friends talks WV legislation, welcomes host’s daughter with Down syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UPDATE, 3\/21\/22, 9:41p EST<\/strong>: West Virginia Governor Jim Justice has signed<\/a> SB468, “The Unborn Child with Down Syndrome Protection and Education Act,” into law.<\/p>\n

3\/21\/22, 5:38p EST<\/strong>: Today is World Down Syndrome Day and according to Fox News, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is expected to sign into law a bill<\/a> that would ban abortion for a Down syndrome diagnosis.<\/p>\n

“We in West Virginia are very thankful that we have a state legislature and a governor who are taking this opportunity to use World Down Syndrome Day to really educate our communities on Down syndrome and to celebrate the lives of Chloe and Dalton and so many West Virginians,” sponsor of the bill Kayla Kessinger told<\/a> Rachel Campos-Duffy of “Fox & Friends Weekend” this past weekend.<\/p>\n

In honor of World Down Syndrome Day, Campos-Duffy also brought her daughter Valentina on air today with her to speak to Ainsley Earhardt, showing viewers how “amazing” her daughter is. “[People with Down syndrome] are human,” she said, later adding, “The WHO put out a statement just this month listing Down syndrome in a list of birth defects. It is not a birth defect… I think these kinds of statements just lead to discrimination and clearly lead to abortion….”<\/p>\n