{"id":71988,"date":"2015-08-24T11:30:31","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T15:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=71988"},"modified":"2015-08-24T11:13:47","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T15:13:47","slug":"ohio-pro-lifers-move-ban-syndrome-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/ohio-pro-lifers-move-ban-syndrome-abortions\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio pro-lifers move to ban Down syndrome abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>The Ohio Legislature is poised to take up the issue of banning abortions sought due to a Down syndrome diagnosis, the New York Times <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/08\/23\/us\/ohio-bill-would-ban-abortion-if-down-syndrome-is-reason.html?_r=0\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou go to any supermarket or mall and see these families who just happen to have a child with Down syndrome, and they will tell you how fortunate they are to have those children,\u201d Ohio Right to Life president Mike Gonidakis said, explaining the organization has prioritized the ban due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lozierinstitute.org\/new-study-abortion-after-prenatal-diagnosis-of-down-syndrome-reduces-down-syndrome-community-by-thirty-percent\/\">likelihood<\/a> of DS findings leading to abortion. \u201cPretty soon, we\u2019re going to find the gene for autism. Are we going to abort for that, too?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>But NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio executive director Kellie Copeland blasted the move as \u201cinterference with a medical decision following a complicated diagnosis,\u201d arguing that \u201cnot knowing the family and the circumstances, the legislature can\u2019t possibly take into account all the factors involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bill is expected to easily clear the legislature due to pro-lifers holding over two-thirds of the seats in each chamber, though Ohio Governor John Kasich has yet to comment on whether he would sign it. As Live Action News has <a href=\"\/news\/john-kasich-roe-v-wade-live-law-land\/\">previously covered<\/a>, several recent statements indicate Kasich may be attempting to stake out a more centrist position on abortion as he runs for president.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Live Action also <a href=\"\/news\/mother-disabled-child-abortion-handicapped-babies-impoverishes-us\/\">highlighted<\/a> the contention of Amy Julia Becker, the mother of a Down syndrome child, that \u201cit impoverishes us all when we selectively abort babies based upon particular characteristics,\u201d and that she \u201chate[s] the thought that mothers of children with Down syndrome think they are alone. Yes, some women choose abortion when they see a karyotype with three 21st chromosomes. But many others choose life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ohio Legislature is poised to take up the issue of banning abortions sought due to a Down syndrome diagnosis, the New York Times reports. \u201cYou go to any supermarket or mall and see these families who just happen to have a child with Down syndrome, and they will tell you how fortunate they are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":61348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473],"tags":[19,1049,429,3865,4886,4887,668,4199,4832,433,34],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ohio pro-lifers move to ban Down syndrome abortions - Live Action News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The bill is expected to easily clear the legislature, though Ohio Governor John Kasich has yet to comment on whether he would sign it.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/ohio-pro-lifers-move-ban-syndrome-abortions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ohio pro-lifers move to ban Down syndrome abortions - 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