{"id":1360422,"date":"2022-03-05T18:51:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T23:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1360422"},"modified":"2022-03-05T23:52:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T04:52:35","slug":"who-calls-down-syndrome-a-severe-birth-defect-blasted-by-parents-of-special-needs-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-calls-down-syndrome-a-severe-birth-defect-blasted-by-parents-of-special-needs-children\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO Calls Down Syndrome A \u2018Severe Birth Defect,\u2019 Blasted By Parents Of Special Needs Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwho-calls-down-syndrome-a-severe-birth-defect-blasted-by-parents-of-special-needs-children%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1360422&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/13FF127E-462B-41DF-A279-994B8447C7A1-scaled.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The World Health Organization (WHO) received fierce criticism for calling Down syndrome a \u201csevere birth defect.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a blog post discussing \u201cWorld Birth Defects Day,\u201d the WHO explained that birth defects take \u201ca significant toll on individuals, families, health care systems and societies.\u201d Congenital heart defects, neural tube defects, and hemoglobin disorders were featured alongside Down syndrome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The WHO \u2014 which voices <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/health-topics\/abortion#tab=tab_1\"><span>support<\/span><\/a><span> for \u201ccomprehensive abortion care services\u201d \u2014 highlights in the blog post that \u201cultrasound can be used to screen for Down syndrome and major structural abnormalities during the first trimester, and for severe fetal anomalies during the second trimester.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Twitter, however, parents with special needs children \u2014 especially those with Down syndrome \u2014 responded to the WHO\u2019s callous approach toward the matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cPlease could you explain how #DownSyndrome is a birth defect in the context of the determining criteria you are using,\u201d one mother asked. \u201cSurely you mean #GeneticCondition? The presence of an extra chromosome does not make my son defective and I do not see any defect in this image!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Please could you explain how <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DownSyndrome?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DownSyndrome<\/a> is a birth defect in the context of the determining criteria you are using. Surely you mean <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GeneticCondition?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GeneticCondition<\/a> ? The presence of an extra chromosome does not make my son defective and I do not see any defect in this image! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nSw09zHmV4\">pic.twitter.com\/nSw09zHmV4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kate Harris (@welshkate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/welshkate\/status\/1499707616527802368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201c@WHO we are shocked, this post seems defective,\u201d another user said. \u201cPlease clarify that you do NOT believe people with #DownSyndrome are defective and you do NOT think they should be prevented. \u2026 and you believe in #HealthForAll, however many chromosomes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Please could you explain how <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DownSyndrome?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DownSyndrome<\/a> is a birth defect in the context of the determining criteria you are using. Surely you mean <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GeneticCondition?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GeneticCondition<\/a> ? The presence of an extra chromosome does not make my son defective and I do not see any defect in this image! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nSw09zHmV4\">pic.twitter.com\/nSw09zHmV4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kate Harris (@welshkate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/welshkate\/status\/1499707616527802368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201c#DownSyndrome is NOT a severe birth defect that is preventable. It is a genetic variation,\u201d a third user explained. \u201cThis post is false and needs to be edited\/removed. I\u2019m appalled that the World Health Organization doesn\u2019t know the difference. PS nothing about my son is defective.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DownSyndrome?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DownSyndrome<\/a> is NOT a severe birth defect that is preventable. It is a genetic variation. This post is false and needs to be edited\/removed. I\u2019m appalled that the World Health Organization doesn\u2019t know the difference. PS nothing about my son is defective \ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc9b\u267e <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xna0MtIPgd\">pic.twitter.com\/xna0MtIPgd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Evolution Vintage (@EvolutionVtg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EvolutionVtg\/status\/1500155316687671298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cSo you are telling me this girl is a \u2018birth defect\u2019? Down syndrome is not a birth defect!\u201d another user added. \u201cTime to educate yourselves.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So you are telling me this girl is a \u201cbirth defect\u201d? Down syndrome is not a birth defect! Time to educate yourselves. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2Pe7lVAupR\">pic.twitter.com\/2Pe7lVAupR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Wolfe (@Wolfie_64) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wolfie_64\/status\/1500006725948084224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Down syndrome <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ncbddd\/birthdefects\/downsyndrome.html\"><span>arises<\/span><\/a><span> from a condition in which a person has an extra chromosome, resulting in altered mental and physical development. As Down syndrome activist Katie Shaw <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/we-all-have-an-equal-life-down-syndrome-advocate-speaks-at-packed-march-for-life\"><span>explained<\/span><\/a><span> at the most recent March for Life, \u201cThere is a waiting list of babies with Down syndrome to be adopted.\u201d However, many children conceived with the condition are aborted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI am broken-hearted to think of all my friends who are not here today because of abortion,\u201d Shaw, who happens to have Down syndrome, said at the event. \u201cWe all have an equal life, and it starts in the womb. Everybody has a soul, no matter how small.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a recent interview with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/how-an-mlb-pitcher-and-gun-rights-lobbyist-are-teaming-up-to-abolish-abortion-one-state-at-a-time\"><span>The Daily Wire<\/span><\/a><span>, Dennis Sarfate and Zach Lautenschlager \u2014 who lead <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.takeactionforlife.org\/\"><span>Action for Life<\/span><\/a><span>, the legislative arm of the Christian ministry <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/endabortionnow.com\/\"><span>End Abortion Now<\/span><\/a><span> \u2014 explained that abortion is the murder of an image-bearer of God, meaning that government officials must ensure equal protection under the law for preborn babies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cLife starts at conception \u2014 that is a baby,\u201d Sarfate, a former MLB pitcher, explained. \u201cThat is a human being worthy of respect and worthy of protection. God even calls it murder. We don\u2019t have the authority to take life \u2026 You\u2019re killing an innocent human being that deserves life, that God is allowing to be put into a woman.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) received fierce criticism for calling Down syndrome a \u201csevere birth defect.\u201dIn a blog post discussing \u201cWorld Birth Defects Day,\u201d the WHO explained that birth defects<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1360422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1360422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1360422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1360422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1360422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1360422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1360422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}