Pro-life organizations are trying to build support for the legal definition that an unborn child is a person to exploit a weakness that was cited by author Harry Blackmun when he wrote the creative Roe V. Wade abortion precedent in 1973.
But their work has generated a huge argument within the pro-life movement: whether it's better to chip away at the opportunities abortionists have to conduct their business or a challenge should be mounted to confront Roe's very premise that the unborn are only tissue.
'Personhood' silver bullet to kill Roe v. Wade?
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At two-and-a-half years old, Evan is a special little boy who sings himself to sleep with "Jesus loves me." Declining all testing for which there was not a positive health intervention, Chris and Julie Messina welcomed their first child. "Joyful," "friendly" and "loving" are just some of the attributes that make Evan unique. He also has an extra (third) copy of the 21st chromosome, a condition known as Trisomy 21, or Down syndrome.
Over ninety percent of parents abort their children after receiving a pre-natal diagnosis of Trisomy 21.1 In an effort to remedy this, the Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act has been introduced to "increase the provision of scientifically sound information and support services to parents who receive a positive diagnosis" of Down syndrome and other conditions. This would help ensure parents receive up-to-date information and support services as well as real alternatives to abortion.
Bill Seeks Support for Parents of Children with Down Syndrome
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