Down syndrome Archives

Federal appeals court says Ohio can enforce Down syndrome abortion law

Apr 15, 2021

A federal appeals court April 13 upheld a 2017 Ohio law that prohibits doctors from knowingly participating performing an abortion because of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome.

By Catholic News Service

Loving the church, student with Down syndrome becomes Catholic at Easter

Apr 11, 2021

At the Easter Vigil April 3, Jessica Rutherford became a full member of the Catholic Church, receiving the sacraments in the same school where she first began learning about Catholicism.

By Matt Riedl

Advocate with Down syndrome promotes employment for ‘friends like me’

Apr 6, 2021

Mark Hublar has Down Syndrome, and is a motivational speaker advocating for employment of those with disabilities.

By Natalie Hoefer

Northern Ireland: Legislators vote to stop abortions of disabled fetuses

Mar 17, 2021

Politicians in Northern Ireland voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill to prevent the late-term abortions of babies with disabilities.

By Simon Caldwell

Bishop: Blanket DNR orders for Britons with learning disabilities ‘immoral’

Feb 19, 2021

Medical orders against attempting to resuscitate patients with learning disabilities during the latest COVID-19 lockdown in the UK are “wholly unacceptable and immoral,” said the bishops of England and Wales.

By Simon Caldwell

Pope moves Down syndrome advocate closer to sainthood

Jan 21, 2021

The French doctor who discovered the genetic basis of Down syndrome but spent his career advocating against abortion as a result of prenatal diagnosis has taken his first major step to possible sainthood.

By Nicole Winfield

Top theologian: Argument just keeps ‘foot in the door’ waiting for a saint

Dec 18, 2020

Archbishop Rowan Williams offered the example of Malcolm Muggeridge, a celebrated British journalist and satirist who was attracted to Communism in his youth and later converted to Christianity under the influence of St. Teresa of Calcutta.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Pre-natal screening can lead to ‘moral ugliness’ of aborting disabled, theologian says

Dec 14, 2020

Brian Brock is Professor of Moral and Practical Theology at the University of Aberdeen. He is also a husband and father of three children, including Adam, who is 16, who has Down Syndrome and autism.

By Charles C. Camosy