Monday, 19 July 2021, 8:58 am
The New Zealand Down Syndrome Association (NZDSA)
urgently calls on the Government to invest in disability
attitude training for health professionals.
A deeply
disturbing article in the Sunday-Star Times yesterday
clearly articulated and emphasised the traumatic
discrimination many families experience during pre-natal
screening tests, as well as the pressure to terminate their
pregnancies by medical professionals.
In the story,
one expectant mother explains that as she was heading into
theatre to have her baby delivered by caesarean, she was
asked if she would want the doctor to resuscitate her baby
if it was required.
“The stories from these parents