Love doesn't count chromosomes - Down's Syndrome

Let’s stop counting chromosomes*

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Three people have begun a case before Britain’s High Court to challenge the law allowing the termination up to birth of a foetus with Down’s syndrome (also known as trisomy 21) – a person with an extra 21st chromosome.

The case has been taken by Heidi Crowter, a recently married 26-year-old woman with Down’s syndrome who lives in her own flat and is seeking national vocational qualifications, 33-year-old Máire Lea-Wilson and her young s…

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