Down Syndrome Births Plummet Due to High Abortion Rates, but Advocates Highlight Each ‘Wonderful, Beautiful Life’

Down Syndrome shouldn't be a death sentence

In the era of genetic testing, when we can know so much about babies while they are still in the womb, there has arisen an alarming practice of deciding to abort babies shown to have Down Syndrome by prenatal testing. ...

Down Syndrome births plummet due to high abortion rates, but advocates highlight each ‘wonderful, beautiful life’

(The Lion) — YouTuber Jesse Ridgway and his wife recently announced their decision to abort their unborn son, joining the 67% of preborn babies in the U.S. aborted after a Down Syndrome diagnosis. “We made a difficult decision that we believe in the long-run will be beneficial for our family,” Ridgway wrote on X. “Thankfully, we had a choice. It will take a little time to move on, but we are excited to try again in the future and hopefully have …