Reproductive health

Down's tests are great risk for all babies

Screening for syndrome puts healthy foetuses in danger of being miscarried, new research shows

Victoria Macdonald, Sunday September 14 2008, The Observer.



My baby, right or wrong

Rebecca Atkinson has not had her unborn baby tested for Down's syndrome. She knows some people will say that was irresponsible. But how, as a disabled person herself, could she let her child's physical condition decide whether or not it was born?

Monday March 10, 2008, The Guardian.



Any request to remove a disabled person's ability to reproduce should be treated with great caution
Liz Sayce, Tuesday October 9, 2007, The Guardian.


Parents don't always know what is best for their disabled children
Preethi Manuel, Tuesday October 9, 2007, The Guardian.


Mother defends hysterectomy for disabled daughter
Monday October 8, 2007, Owen Bowcott, The Guardian.


Meet Tyran and Leanne - they learnt of love and sex in a school for the disabled [sic.]
Sunday October 7, 2007, Anushka Asthana, education correspondent, The Observer.