Wyn Evans of “Musings of a Proud Dad : beating Downs barriers” shares an article that was recently published in the Cardiff Times in Wales. As I write these words the two biggest news stories are Baby Gammy and The Yazidis. At present, the facts of the Baby Gammy story are disputed. But they involve an Australian couple who used a surrogate mum to give birth to twins. The couple took home the girl
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 world first, Saving Downs in New Zealand has secured a commitment from the Human Rights Commission to address prenata
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 give high priority to this work under their monitoring role for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Per