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Haaretz: ‘This Couple Wants Israelis to Stop Abandoning Down Syndrome Babies at the Hospital’

This Couple Wants Israelis to Stop Abandoning Down Syndrome Babies at the Hospital Infants with special needs are sometimes left behind – including by ultra-Orthodox Jews hoping to hush up genetic disorders in a community...

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Down Syndrome Awareness Day and Neshikha

My presumptive life trajectory sharply changed three decades ago when I had my fifth child. I was in my early thirties, and, on paper, at least, my pregnancy was presumably normal: Normal hematocrit (blood...

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A Beautiful Blond: Down Syndrome and Victoria’s Secret

A Beautiful Blond: Downs and Victoria's Secret By Chaya Ben-Baruch I am used to seeing beautiful models, they come in an assortment of eyes shapes, hair color, and skin tones. Korean actress Jung Ho-Yeon in the...

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