Scandinavia’s War on Babies with Down Syndrome

In Iceland, every single baby diagnosed with Down syndrome is aborted.

Mary Kate, a twenty-five-year-old from New York, is just like many millennials. She loves listening to music, spends much of her free time watching YouTube videos and pursues her passion for acting by getting together with a theatre group once every week.

She has an incredible memory; she was learning Shakespeare plays by heart in fifth grade and can recall the birthdays of nearly everyone she knows. She lives with her parents and feels loved and valued by her family and friends.

Mary Kate also has Down syndrome.

Her mother Meg, who asked that I leave out their family’s last name, would not change a thing about the events that brought Mary Kate into her family’s life.

“I think she’s made all of us better people, my sons included,” she said. “We’ve learned to be more compassionate and understanding of people in general.”