Senate Passes Brownback's Down Syndrome Bill

The Senate approved a measure that requires doctors to give expectant mothers more comprehensive information if they receive a positive test for Down syndrome.

The bill is the product of an unusual partnership between Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback, an anti-abortion Republican, and Sen. Edward Kennedy, an abortion-rights advocate from Massachusetts.

About 90% of women who learn they are carrying a fetus with the genetic disorder have an abortion.

Kennedy is a longtime advocate of disabled and children with special needs.

The bill requires doctors to give parents information about caring for children with disabilities and about support services.

Via Kake News.

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  1. This is marvelous news for babies like America's favorite, Trig Palin! Not to mention my little Christina!

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  2. Yay!

    And, if you run a beauty shop, dental office, or any other business with a waiting room, consider going to Band of Angels and ordering one of their beautiful "Common Threads" books for your coffee table. It's worth the cost of the hardcover.

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