No lie can live forever

James & Juliet crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma, Alabama, January 20, 2019 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. declared that "no lie can live forever." I pray this is true for what some believe about Down syndrome. Continue Reading

Wrongful birth and abortion: what’s the damage of disability?

In a very moving article, Kristina Chew wrote of her son, who has autism, and whether she would have aborted him if given the chance through prenatal testing. In South Africa, a couple was awarded 4.4 million Rand (or about $440,000) precisely because they were not told prenatally their child had Down syndrome--they said they would have aborted had they known prenatally. Both stories are revealing in what they consider the damage of disability. Continue Reading