READ: Patricia Heaton blasts Iceland for aborting every single baby with Down syndrome

Further, the bill defines both what abortion is and is not. While abortion advocates may tend to hyperbolize certain pro-life measures by claiming that the measures would ban things that they would not, this bill specifically states that “abortion” does not mean the “removal of a dead unborn child” or the “removal of an ectopic pregnancy.” In other words, this bill would certainly not make those things illegal.

Down syndrome is most often diagnosed midway through pregnancy, sometime around 20 weeks gestation. At this point in pregnancy, a commonly used abortion procedure is the D&E, or dilation and evacuation, in which a living preborn child is brutally dismembered in the womb and is then removed piece by piece. Former abortionist Dr. Anthony Levatino explains in the video below:

Some parents of children with Down syndrome believe that the decision to abort a child with a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome is made out of fear, as was noted by Fox13 Salt Lake City. Parents are sometimes given either inaccurate and outdated information on the condition, or are not given proper resources at all. The pressure from the medical community — as well as society in general — to abort a child with a prenatal diagnosis can be intense, as has been noted multiple times by Live Action News. Around the world, there is pressure to abort children with disabilities, and thankfully, there are also voices speaking out against it.

If House Bill 205 passes in the Utah House, the state could join Ohio, Indiana, and North Dakota as another state which signed legislation into law protecting preborn children with Down syndrome.

READ: Patricia Heaton blasts Iceland for aborting every single baby with Down syndrome

Further, the bill defines both what abortion is and is not. While abortion advocates may tend to hyperbolize certain pro-life measures by claiming that the measures would ban things that they would not, this bill specifically states that “abortion” does not mean the “removal of a dead unborn child” or the “removal of an ectopic pregnancy.” In other words, this bill would certainly not make those things illegal.

Down syndrome is most often diagnosed midway through pregnancy, sometime around 20 weeks gestation. At this point in pregnancy, a commonly used abortion procedure is the D&E, or dilation and evacuation, in which a living preborn child is brutally dismembered in the womb and is then removed piece by piece. Former abortionist Dr. Anthony Levatino explains in the video below:

Some parents of children with Down syndrome believe that the decision to abort a child with a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome is made out of fear, as was noted by Fox13 Salt Lake City. Parents are sometimes given either inaccurate and outdated information on the condition, or are not given proper resources at all. The pressure from the medical community — as well as society in general — to abort a child with a prenatal diagnosis can be intense, as has been noted multiple times by Live Action News. Around the world, there is pressure to abort children with disabilities, and thankfully, there are also voices speaking out against it.

If House Bill 205 passes in the Utah House, the state could join Ohio, Indiana, and North Dakota as another state which signed legislation into law protecting preborn children with Down syndrome.