This article originally appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune. Read it in its entirety here. Legislation setting forth a potential ban on abortions performed because of a fetal Down syndrome diagnosis is closing in on final passage after clearing a Senate committee Friday. The panel of lawmakers voted 4-2 to send the bill to the
Last week, a House committee gave the green light to H.B. 166, Rep. Lisonbee’s resurrected bill prohibiting abortion if the sole reason is because the fetus has Down syndrome. It’s a bad bill for a number of reasons: it can’t go into effect right now because it would be unconstitutional; it’s more “resolution” than “bill”
This article originally appeared in the Deseret News. Read it in its entirety here. SALT LAKE CITY — Lisa Wilson, a woman with Downs syndrome, told lawmakers Wednesday she was “given a blessing” when she was born weighing 2 pounds, 3 ounces. At the time, a doctor said she would “never do anything,” not even “walk, talk, read or write” and she would be “bald,” she said. Wilson,
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