down syndrome

A sweet video recently went viral of young New Jersey woman, Ashley Greenhalgh, receiving a promise ring from her boyfriend of two years at her 21st birthday party and simultaneous high school graduation bash.
“The pair, who both have Down syndrome, plan to wed in the next four years. Her boyfriend, Danny Griffiths, says he is saving up to get Ashley a better ring, throw a wedding, and support the pair in their new life together.

Michigan woman Lori Cichewicz is suing her doctor for “wrongful conception,” claiming compensation for the stress caused by an unplanned pregnancy.
Cichewicz expected to undergo a procedure to permanently shut off her ability to get pregnant in 2008 after her doctor told her that if she ever were to get pregnant, she would have a child with Down syndrome.

In what has evolved into a heart-breaking story between a father, his wife, and his newborn son, a man named Samuel Forrest was forced to choose between his wife and his new baby diagnosed with Down Syndrome. Sadly, he had to make this decision because his wife’s family was too ashamed of the newborn’s condition. Just hours after the birth, his wife of 18 months gave him an ultimatum – the woman he loved, or his newborn son.