Kurt Kondrich is a true champion for life.
By Maria Gallagher
Life News
A former police officer, Kondrich quit his job in law enforcement to work full-time advocating for children with special needs. The cause is personal for him. His daughter, Chloe, has Down syndrome. But that diagnosis has not stopped her from accomplishing feats well beyond her years. The high school student has met the President, Vice-President, numerous lawmakers, sports figures, musicians, and many other celebrities. She has even had her photo displayed for all the world to see in New York’s Times Square.
Kondrich and his daughter have been lobbying in their home state of Pennsylvania for a bill that would ban abortions in the case of a Down syndrome diagnosis. The bill, known as House Bill 2050, passed the Pennsylvania House of Representatives by an overwhelming, bipartisan, veto-proof majority this past spring.
The Pennsylvania Senate adjourned for campaigning without passing the bill, which had already been reported out of committee. While there is an outside chance the bill could be voted on before the end of the year, it is more likely the legislation will be re-introduced next year.
Kondrich offers a cogent rationale for House Bill 2050, also known as the Down Syndrome Protection Act:
Children diagnosed prenatally with Down syndrome are being identified, targeted and terminated with the instrument of abortion at an alarming rate, and this represents the ultimate, extreme form of eugenics, prejudice, bigotry, profiling, bullying, discrimination and hate.
Kondrich and his daughter have been lobbying in their home state of Pennsylvania for a bill that would ban abortions in the case of a Down syndrome diagnosis. The bill, known as House Bill 2050, passed the Pennsylvania House of Representatives by an overwhelming, bipartisan, veto-proof majority this past spring.
The Pennsylvania Senate adjourned for campaigning without passing the bill, which had already been reported out of committee. While there is an outside chance the bill could be voted on before the end of the year, it is more likely the legislation will be re-introduced next year.
Kondrich offers a cogent rationale for House Bill 2050, also known as the Down Syndrome Protection Act:
Children diagnosed prenatally with Down syndrome are being identified, targeted and terminated with the instrument of abortion at an alarming rate, and this represents the ultimate, extreme form of eugenics, prejudice, bigotry, profiling, bullying, discrimination and hate.
This prenatal death sentence given to a group of innocent, amazing people who have no malice or evil is a global genocide that must be stopped, and we will restore a culture of LIFE where people ‘Embrace don’t erase’ Down syndrome.
It has been estimated that the vast majority of babies who receive a Down syndrome diagnosis in utero are aborted. At a time when disability rights are in the news, the case for protecting preborn babies with Down syndrome is all the more compelling.
Unfortunately, while portraying himself as an advocate for disability rights, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, a Democrat, has threatened to veto the life-saving legislation. Wolf is on record opposing any restrictions on abortion.
He once volunteered as a clinic escort for Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion operation. Planned Parenthood, by its own count, commits more than 300,000 abortions each year—about a third of the total number of abortions in the country.As part of the advocacy effort for House Bill 2050, a coalition of groups, including the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference, the Pennsylvania Family Institute, and the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation, established a popular website https://protectatdiagnosis.com/. The website’s motto is “Disability rights start at diagnosis.” The site includes stories of 21 individuals who are not simply surviving, but are thriving, with Down syndrome.
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