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International Criminal Court

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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Birth numbers for Down syndrome point to widespread discrimination and eugenics

Earlier this month I came across a blog indicating that the UK’s Department of Health is grossly under-reporting the true number of pregnancy terminations for Down’s syndrome. This raises a red flag because the accurate monitoring of birth and termination numbers is important fo
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Further evidence to be provided to the International Criminal Court on antenatal screening complaint

      PRESS RELEASE: 1 November 2012 Further evidence to be provided to the International Criminal Court on antenatal screening complaint Saving Downs is following up with the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), filing a request for full reasoning to guide additional
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International Criminal Court to examine New Zealand antenatal screening programme

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has decided to initiate a formal preliminary examination into a complaint laid by SavingDowns against the New Zealand Government’s antenatal screening programme for Down syndrome and other conditions. SavingDowns Spokesman Mike
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