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Protecting Babies with Down Syndrome

May 21, 2015

Last Tuesday evening, I presented testimony at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, representing the Center for Bioethics and Ohio Right to Life. I spoke before the Community and Family Advancement Committee in the Ohio House, in favor of H.B. 135, a statute to prohibit abortion solely because of a diagnosis... View Article

Could understanding nature help us treat trisomy?

May 4, 2015

 Image Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons by Dr. Heather Kuruvilla What if we could actually treat the root cause of conditions like Down’s Syndrome, rather than simply ameliorating symptoms?  Although the life expectancy of Down’s Syndrome patients has increased dramatically in the past few decades, and is now approximately 60 years of... View Article