Yes, Down Syndrome Is A Life Worth Living, And A Life Worth Saving
People with Down syndrome are at a growing risk of being targeted for abortion. And unless minds change, it’s only going to get worse.
Don’t Scrub The World Of Priceless Moments Like This Soccer Game With My Special-Needs Son
My imperfect son with cystic fibrosis turned a dozen grammar school kids into more perfect children. Kind. Compassionate. Empathetic.
How Expanding Medicaid To Able-Bodied Adults Is Stripping Care For Disabled People
Over the last several years, states that expanded Medicaid to able-bodied adults have seen costs skyrocket and patients lose access to critical medical care.
Selectively Aborting Down Syndrome Babies Is An Absolute Moral Depravity
Frankly, a lot of Down Syndrome people are better than a lot of other people are. And the idea that they shouldn’t exist is chilling and horrifying.
College Freshmen’s Self-Reports Of Psychological Disorders Doubled Since 2010
You can’t tell me 20 hours a week of milquetoast make-work is so stressful that it causes two-thirds of college students to feel ‘overwhelming anxiety.’
Parents Fight With U.K. Hospital To Feed, Give Oxygen To, And Diagnose Their Sick Toddler
His parents have the choice of either holding Alfie Evans or letting him lay in a crib as a medical team watches but refuses to provide care. These actions will lead to Alfie’s death.
People With Down Syndrome Deserve Our Love, Not Genocide
Killing those with Down syndrome serves no rational purpose. It is a policy born of ignorance and fear. Worse, what it communicates to those so affected is simply unimaginable.
How Accepting Down Syndrome Frees Everyone To Be Loved When We Become A ‘Burden’
People who support aborting Down syndrome children are judging the worth of all who, for whatever reason, cannot stand on their own two feet. One day, that will be all of us.
Three Cheers For Delta’s Decision To Restrict Pets On Flights
Don’t destroy the last semblance of civilized air travel by subjecting your fellow passengers to the noise, smell, and annoyance of pets you’re pretending are people.
Crackdowns On Flying With Pets Illustrate Hazards Of Special Privileges
What originated as a protection for highly trained service dogs and the people who rely on them has become an exploit available to any unscrupulous pet owner.
For Proof Abortion Is Inhumane, Look No Further Than Supporters’ Defenses Of Killing Disabled People
Abortion isn’t about choice, or bodily autonomy, or what’s best for the unborn. It’s not even about what’s best for women.
Trump Administration To Reconsider Race-Based Special Education Quotas
If this Obama administration rule went into effect, its biggest victims would likely be those who don’t need any more disadvantages: minority special-needs kids.
Abortion Supporters Defend Killing Babies For Their Disabilities
It is something of a horror-movie marvel to witness just how far pro-choicers will go to defend abortion.
Pro-Choicers Should Explain Why They Think Eugenics Is Acceptable
Due to the rise of prenatal screening tests, Iceland is ‘eradicating Down syndrome births.’ In other words, abortion is now being used for eugenics.
Meet The Man Who Built A $51 Million Theme Park For His Special-NeedsDaughter
A Texas dad built a $51 million water park for his daughter Morgan, who has special needs, so she could have fun with other children.
In The Name Of Social Justice, Seattle Plans To Make Disabled People Unemployable
Persons with disabilities lead much more difficult lives than most of us, and attempting to legislate them into wage equality will only make life more difficult.
Charlie Gard’s Case Delivers Déjà Vu Of Twentieth-Century Eugenics
The brief but meaningful life of Charlie Gard forces us to confront how we view our society’s weakest members.
UK Authorities Ran The Clock Out On Charlie Gard’s Life
Having denied Charlie’s parents the right to seek treatment, then wasting time through a protracted legal process, the defendants in the case effectively ran out the clock on Charlie.
Doctors Across The World Are Fighting To Treat Charlie Gard. Will The UK Let Them?
The ultimate question in Charlie’s case is: who should decide what’s in his best interest? The answer: His parents. Not the courts. Not the hospital. Not the government.
The Vatican’s Statement On UK Baby Condemned To Die Is Frightening
If this is where the Vatican now makes its stand, then the most vulnerable members of society—which is to say all of us, at some point—are in trouble.
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