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Concerns have been raised about a government-backed bill that would provide new rights to social care and other services, but only to a small minority of people with learning difficulties. The Down syndrome bill is due to receive its second reading […]
A former cabinet minister is hoping that his bill aimed at improving services for people with Down’s syndrome will be the first such legislation in the world. Dr Liam Fox, a former defence secretary, told a fringe meeting at this week’s […]
Disabled campaigners have given contrasting responses to a court’s high-profile ruling on whether abortion laws are discriminatory. The high court dismissed a legal challenge that argued that it was “morally and ethically wrong” and discriminatory to allow disabled fetuses to be […]
A disabled campaigner was in the high court this week to hear her legal team argue that it was “morally and ethically wrong”, and discriminatory, to allow disabled fetuses to be aborted up until the moment of birth. Heidi Crowter, from […]
Government plans to introduce a new safer form of pre-natal testing for Down’s syndrome and other conditions send a message to disabled people that they are “better off being dead than being born”, according to a leading activist. The Department of […]