Shane Gillis’s jokes do not dehumanize or even mock – they highlight truths our culture badly needs to hear because people with Down syndrome are so often the targets of dehumanization and cruelty.
The numbers of babies born with Down syndrome in Denmark has been dropping since 2004, when the nation began offering early pregnancy screening to all pregnant women rather than just mothers with higher-risk pregnancies.
Poland was ordered to pay €16,004 ($17,549) in 'damages' to the mother, who procured an abortion for her Down syndrome baby in the Netherlands, after the European Court of Human rights ruled that Poland's law against aborting on eugenics grounds violated 'privacy' rights.
The bill requires the Department of Health to compile a resource sheet about Down syndrome for parents who are expecting a baby with Down syndrome, along with contact information for Down syndrome support groups and resources.
The World Health Organization included Down syndrome with 'congenital heart defects' and 'neural tube defects' as 'severe birth defects' in a recent social media post.