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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. B

  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

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

  The Abortion Law Reform Association of NZ (ALRANZ) recently published “16 Reasons to Change NZ’s Abortion Laws”, as part of a campaign to lobby on this issue in the upcoming parliamentary elections in New Zealand. As an advocacy group, we leave the wider abortion debate to othe

In a first for any US State, Louisiana is poised to pass a new law that prohibits the presentation of pregnancy termination as an option in written information provided to parents when receiving a prenatal diagnosis. Currently in the US, there is a national model that will lead States

Wyn Evans of “Musings of a Proud Dad : beating Downs barriers” shares an article that was recently published in the Cardiff Times in Wales. He shares his love and joy of being a Dad and the importance of our mission. A Wednesday morning, 0930 hours, and The Girl is not yet

 Rita Joseph with Mike and Rebecca Sullivan Rita Joseph gave the following presentation to the “Rise up together in the service of life conference”, in Auckland, New Zealand in September 2013.  It explores the issue of prenatal discrimination from the human rights and theo