Mattel worked with the National Down Syndrome Society in the United States to create its first Barbie with Down syndrome in a bid to make its famous doll range more inclusive.
An English woman with Down's syndrome Friday lost an appeal challenging an abortion law that allows babies with the syndrome to be aborted up until birth.
Russian doctors often push mothers to abandon disabled newborns to the state. The result is growing numbers of orphans, two years after Russia imposed a ban on American adoptions.