NSW Birth Trauma Inquiry to hear families of Down Syndrome babies feel pressure to terminate from anime give birth Watch Video

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✓ Published: 08-Mar-2024

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The experience of families of children with Down Syndrome will be shared at the next hearing of an NSW parliamentary inquiry into birth trauma. The peak body for Down Syndrome has lodged a submission detailing parents’ distress at how the diagnosis was delivered by medical staff and the subsequent pressure to abort the pregnancy. They are warning the majority of people are given outdated and inaccurate information about the condition.