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Richard Dawkins Apologizes for Saying Couples Should Abort Down Syndrome Babies, Try Again
Atheist intellectual and author Richard Dawkins has issued an apology following the controversy over his recent remarks claiming that Down syndrome children should be aborted.

http://www.christianpost.com/news/richard-dawkins-apologizes-for-saying-couples-should-abort-down-syndrome-babies-try-again-125226/

Quite understandable that he apologized, considering some of the reaction he caused. It may well be time he reconsidered Twitter as a medium for expressing his thoughts.

Down's Syndrome girl passes six GCSEs as dad calls Richard Dawkins 'an ignorant idiot'
Jessica Skelton, 16, achieved six passes in the week that biologist Richard Dawkins caused fury by insisting it is right to abort Down's foetuses.

Atheist author Dawkins provoked fury when he suggested it would be "immoral" to bring a Down's child into the world "if you have a choice" during a Twitter debate.


Today Jessica's father Tim, 47, said: "Dawkins is an ignorant idiot sitting in an ivory tower.

"Jessica's success is proof people with Down's Syndrome can live successful lives and I have no doubt she will work in the future and have a happy, independent and full life.

"When she was born, doctors painted a rather bleak and negative picture. They said Jessica would never be able to achieve what other children did.

"At the time, I remember saying if our daughter got one GSCE in the future it would be the equivalent to having a child who went to Oxford - now she has six."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/downs-syndrome-girl-passes-six-4095031#ixzz3BJK12ZfZ