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Press Release: Human Rights Commission to prioritise Down syndrome discrimination

  In light of the huge international interest around the surrogacy case involving baby Gammy and the father’s admission that he would have asked the surrogate mother to terminate her pregnancy if he’d known their son had Down syndrome, it is a significant development that in a wo
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Human Rights Commission to address prenatal discrimination

New Zealand Disability Rights Commissioner Paul Gibson   In a world first, Saving Downs has secured a commitment from the New Zealand Human Rights Commission (HRC) to address prenatal discrimination against the Down syndrome and wider disability communities. The HRC has agreed to
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