France bans video with Down syndrome kids to avoid ‘disturbing the conscience’ of abortive moms

A beautiful “Dear Future Mom” video has been banned by the French Broadcasting Council and the French State Council because it includes smiling children with Down syndrome. The award-winning video, produced in 2014, was made to encourage and alleviate the fears of pregnant mothers who have been given a Down syndrome diagnosis. It shows children…

France: To e-defend the right to live could become a crime

On October 13th, French socialist deputies proposed a bill “to widen the offence of forming an obstacle to the voluntary interruption of pregnancy through the online dissemination of “false information” on abortion”. Created by a 1993 law, the offence of ‘obstacle’ sanctions both preventing and attempting to prevent an abortion, by interfering with access to…