Senator Inhofe to Introduce Bill to Protect Preborn Babies with Down Syndrome
By: Brittany Raymer
In honor of Down Syndrome Awareness Month, Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) has introduced the Down Syndrome Discrimination by Abortion Prohibition Act. This bill would help protect babies diagnosed with Down syndrome in the womb from being aborted simply because of the condition.
A piece of legislation like this cannot come soon enough. Abortion and prenatal diagnoses have had a devastating impact on the Down syndrome community.
It is estimated that at least 67% of all preborn babies diagnosed in the womb with the condition are aborted, but that statistic is likely wildly inaccurate.
In the United States, there is no requirement that abortion doctors report any of their abortion statistics, except in the cases of catastrophic complications (even then it’s questionable how often they report these issues).
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