Planned Parenthood's Discrimination Against Babies with Down Syndrome

By Maria Gallagher, Legislative Director
Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation 

A new book puts into sharp focus abortion giant Planned Parenthood's discrimination against babies with Down Syndrome.

In Mad Politics, Dr. Gina Loudon tells the story of her search for a child with Down syndrome to adopt. For years, she called Planned Parenthood centers, asking if they knew of any mothers whose preborn babies had been diagnosed with Down syndrome who were thinking of placing their children for adoption. She did not receive a single lead. Dr. Loudon talks of the day she decided to take her search beyond the borders of Missouri, calling Planned Parenthood facilities in other states. She writes, "It was a lady in Kansas who finally drove the truth home to me after I gave her my name and number and asked if I could send her the little booklet of photos of our family that I had put together for a prospective mother."

The Planned Parenthood worker responded, "We are not in the business of adoptions. I suggest if you want an adoption, you call an adoption clinic. We are paid to do abortions."

So much for choice!

Dr. Loudon continued her quest, asking an adoption agency official why the center had no children with Down syndrome available for placement. The woman stated, "They're all aborted today. Genetic testing has made it so that the only people having babies with Down syndrome are those who decided to keep (the baby) even after they know."

Undaunted, Dr. Loudon and her husband were finally united with a baby with Down syndrome--a boy named Samuel. As Dr. Loudon says, "Samuel doesn't focus on those who don't love him. He is fixed on the love he sees, and he finds joy in things I could never appreciate before. He taught me to love the unlovable, and I think we in politics have a lot to learn from my Samuel."

Currently, a bill is pending in the Pennsylvania Senate which would ban abortion for the sole reason of a Down syndrome diagnosis. House Bill 2050, which earlier passed the PA House of Representatives by an overwhelming, veto-proof, bipartisan majority, provides a legislative answer to the problem of discrimination against children with Down syndrome.

For the sake of the Samuels of the world, this legislation needs to be enacted into law.

 

The Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation is a grassroots right-to-life organization with members statewide. As the state affiliate of National Right to Life, PPLF is committed to promoting the dignity and value of human life from conception to natural death and to restoring legal protection for preborn children.  For more information on the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation, please use this link. 

Pennsylvania Action Alert! Please Urge Your State Senator to Protect Children with Down Syndrome

from Maria Gallagher, Legislative Director
Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation


Good News! The Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to report House Bill 2050, the Down Syndrome Protection Act, out of committee. The vote was a solid 10-5 in favor of the bill. To see how individual Senators voted, please use this link. 

The bill now goes onto the full Senate, which could vote as early as this week on the bill. Please call your state Senator and urge him or her to vote for House Bill 2050 because you want to see children with Down syndrome protected. If you don’t know who your state Senator is, or you need contact information, please use this link. 

Thank you for making these critical calls and sending these important emails!

 

The Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation is a grassroots right-to-life organization with members statewide. As the state affiliate of National Right to Life, PPLF is committed to promoting the dignity and value of human life from conception to natural death and to restoring legal protection for preborn children.  For more information on the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation, please use this link. 

 

Pennsylvania Action! Help Us Protect Children with Down Syndrome

from Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation 

Please call your state representative and urge him or her to vote Yes on House Bill 2050, the Down Syndrome Protection Act. This common sense bill would ban abortion for the sole reason of a Down syndrome diagnosis. If you don’t know who your state representative is, or you need contact information, please click here. 

For more information about the bill, please visit www.ProtectAtDiagnosis.com. Thank you for making these critical calls and sending these important emails!

Pennsylvania Action Alert! Please Act Now to Protect Babies from Harm

from the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation


We need your help! Please call and email your lawmaker in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and urge him or her to support House Bill 2050, the Down Syndrome Protection Act. 

This common sense bill would ban abortions for the sole reason of a Down syndrome diagnosis. If you need contact information for your state representative, or you need to find out who your state representative is, please click here. 

For more information about the bill, as well as inspiring stories about people diagnosed with Down syndrome, please click here. Thank you for making these critical calls and sending these important emails!