Posted on 10/26/2011 2:20:17 PM PDT by wagglebee
A new photo of a young boy holding a sign talking about how he survived abortion as one of the 10 percent of Down syndrome children not victimized by abortion before birth has gone viral on Facebook today.
The photo has received thousands of shares and likes and is inspiring pro-life people across the world, including Josh Mercer of CatholicVote.
“This powerful message is making its way around Facebook,” he said after viewing the photo. “When I speak with friends who have a child with Down Syndrome, unfailingly they all say how much joy their child brings into their life. It makes me feel ashamed to live in a country that chooses death instead of life for 90% of babies who are diagnosed with Down Syndrome.”
Recently, LifeNews reported on a new study showing how researchers at Children’s Hospital in Boston surveyed families where a member had Down Syndrome and found that Down Syndrome is a positive. From MSNBC.com:
The Reillys represent some of the experiences reported in three surveys conducted by doctors at Children’s Hospital in Boston that suggest the reality of Down syndrome is positive for a vast majority of parents, siblings and people with Down syndrome themselves.
Among 2,044 parents or guardians surveyed, 79 percent reported their outlook on life was more positive because of their child with Down syndrome….
Skotko also found that among siblings ages 12 and older, 97 percent expressed feelings of pride about their brother or sister with Down syndrome and 88 percent were convinced they were better people because of their sibling with Down syndrome. A third study evaluating how adults with Down syndrome felt about themselves reports 99 percent responded they were happy with their lives, 97 percent liked who they are, and 96 percent liked how they looked.
As writer Rebecca Taylor noted her in LifeNews post, “So once again the culture of death distorts the truth by suggesting that parents are doing the right thing by killing their Down Syndrome child. The culture of death says, “Better dead than have Downs.” But 99% of adults with Down Syndrome report they are happy with their lives. I doubt you would find anything close to that percentage in the “healthy” adult population. And yet it is these very happy adults that are being targeted for destruction in the womb.”
She is exactly right!
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I heard a down syndrome girl address the congregation after Mass a couple of weeks ago. The line that got me was when she said that she is not less important that a polar bear.
No more “not perfect” than any of us.
We must do whatever it takes to unwind Roe v. Wade!
What a sweet boy! May his life and the lives of all around him be filled with God’s grace.
I helped spread this around a bit today. Such sweet little kid!
What a beautiful young girl! She did nothing wrong. Please thank her mother, from me, for choosing life for her child!
Occupy Womb Street
There exists no greedier self interest than that which bails out Convenience at the cost of Innocence.
No more Baal outs!
Glad you agree. :-) I will pass on the message to her mother.
I have a 40 year old niece pregnant for the 1st time..she has MS and takes some serious meds.. They wanted to do tests on the baby to se if it was “normal” ..she refused..she told them she already loves her baby and would not do anything to harm it..
Good luck with that.
Went to our areas Special Olympics yesterday. I work with special needs children. Got to hear a sweet girl with downs syndrome sing the national anthem..... had tears flowing down my cheeks. Words cannot express how beautiful it sounded and how proud it made me.
Just sent this to my son and daughter in law who have a Down Syndrome child of their own and an adopted one from the Ukraine.
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