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Choosing life with Down syndrome

Posted on May 31, 2018

Originally published May 31, 2018 by Slate
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Celeste Blau holds her daughter, Clementine.

This piece follows Celeste Blau’s experience after discovering her child would likely have Down syndrome. It touches on prenatal Down syndrome diagnosis around the world and laws Republican legislators have proposed that would restrict access to abortion and disability activists’ argument for pro-information, anti-abortion and pro-choice laws and stances.

Read the full story from Slate here.

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