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WASHINGTON, D.C., January 25, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Aborting a child because of a Down syndrome diagnosis is okay, some 2018 Women’s March participants said, arguing that abortion is better than a child not being cared for and that a woman’s purported right to “choose” comes before the child with Downs.
In one case, a special education teacher insisted she would refuse to support any law that would get in the way of a woman’s “right” to choose abortion.
“I’m a special ed teacher,” she said, “so that isn’t something I personally support, but again, it’s not my choice (to tell someone else what to do).”
“As long as it’s not my choice,” she said. “I refuse to support any legislation that’s going to hinder a woman’s right to choose.”
The marchers expressed their support for aborting unborn children with Down syndrome during interviews on abortion limits with The Daily Signal.
The 2018 event was a repeat of last year’s pro-abortion, anti-Trump event with far fewer participants.
The Daily Signal cited a January 2018 Marist poll that found 76 percent of Americans support stricter laws on abortion but noted, “Women’s March attendees clearly aren’t on the
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