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136 - I Choose Down Syndrome

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Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 12 March 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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My response to the recent opinion piece from the Washington Post regarding the choice to abort a child with Down Syndrome. ref: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-wouldve-aborted-a-fetus-with-down-syndrome-women-need-that-right/2018/03/09/3aaac364-23d6-11e8-94da-ebf9d112159c_story.html?utm_term=.057553e8bd77 - Mike Erre Learn more about the VOX Podcast: www.voxpodcast.com Subscribe on iTunes - http://apple.co/1Lla1Nj Introduction Music provided by Aaron Sprinkle available at www.soundstripe.com Outro music provided by Izzi Ray - http://www.soundcloud.com/izziray Music available on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/izzi-ray/id386256769 Support the VOX Podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/voxpodcast Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/thevoxpodcast Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/voxpodcast Follow Mike on Twitter www.twitter.com/mikeerre

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Hey everybody Mike here coming at you from Fleur Ravage Central Suburban Ohio. It is Ohio Ohio has shown us her true colors. It was 60 degrees, I don't know a couple weeks ago and then it snowed in two days. I mean we had a row of like 50 degree weather. I thought okay the

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Eries we've made it through, we've survived the flu, we've made it through the first winter, we're all good, right?

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I know how the answer was no.

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No, there's more winter, and because of all the craziness you will all be stricken with the

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1:37.9

Thanks for all the feedback you send in as I've apologized many times before we have loads and loads we're just backlogged on questions and so we'll try to get to a couple today

1:49.3

But I want to start by just reading bits and pieces of an article that was published in the Washington Post.

1:57.0

It was a columnist who argues that the title of the, it's on the opinion page or section the title is I would have

2:06.4

aborted a fetus with Down syndrome women need that right and so she says there is a new push in anti-abortion circles to pass

2:18.1

state laws aimed at barring women from terminating their pregnancies after the

2:21.6

fetus has been determined to have down syndrome.

2:24.8

These laws are unconstitutional, unenforceable, and wrong.

2:29.8

She goes on to say Ohio is actually one of the states that has just done this. This is a difficult

2:35.2

subject to discuss because there are so many parents who have and cherish a child with Down syndrome.

2:40.0

Many people with Down syndrome live happy and fulfilled lives. The new Gerber baby with Down syndrome is awfully cute.

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