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  • Aborting a Baby with Down Syndrome: Islamic Perspectives

    10/28/2024 10:49:45 AM PDT · by Morgana · 14 replies
    About Islam.net ^ | October 19, 2024 | staff
    Question: Respected scholars, as-salamu `alaykum. I am a mother of 4 children, and I am 5 months pregnant. When I did ultrasound, my doctor told me that I have a baby with Down's Syndrome. The first time I didn't believe her, so I went and took the amniocentesis test, which gave me a positive result, which means the baby has Down's syndrome with heart defects and other problems. My faith in God is bigger than ever. My question is what is the fatwa about the abortion? Jazakum Allahu khayran. Answer Sheikh Muhammad Al-Mukhtar Ash-Shinqiti 19 October, 2024 Wa `alaykum as-salamu...
  • Vogue loves to celebrate people with disabilities… as long as they’re born first

    10/08/2024 11:35:14 PM PDT · by Morgana · 2 replies
    Live Action News ^ | October 8, 2024 | Nancy Flanders
    In a recent interview, model Ellie Goldstein shared that doctors offered her parents little hope about her future, saying she would never walk or talk. Goldstein, however, proved them all wrong, becoming the first model with Down syndrome to appear on the cover of British Vogue, and recently publishing a children’s book. British Vogue has celebrated Goldstein, saying that her appearance on its cover “was a battle cry against the historic beauty ideals that have long excluded disability.” Yet Vogue has been known for promoting the abortions of preborn children diagnosed with health conditions like Down syndrome —and in the...