From the UK, a story about a mother who was told that her unborn baby had Down’s Syndome, and was urged to abort- at 35 weeks, no less.

We don’t know what we’d do without him – he’s so adored," says Mrs Green. "The frightening thing is that, had we been told by the same doctor about the Down’s syndrome earlier in the pregnancy, there is a chance we might have decided to abort. That decision would have been based on incomplete and biased information."

But by the time of diagnosis, the Greens already knew that their feelings about their son were unconditional. In the end, the couple decided to act on biased information of their own: love.

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