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Topic: down syndrome

Donald Trump | Lyndon B. Johnson Department of Education building in Washington, DC (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Back into the Dark Age for Down Syndrome

Melissa Hart
Abortion-rights activists stand in protest after passage of a bill banning abortions in cases of a Down syndrome diagnosis in Ohio (AP/Julie Carr Smyth)

ACLU sues Ohio over abortion ban

Nicole Karlis
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-68088p1.html'>John Michael Weidman</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

My daughter says her disability is love

Amy Silverman - Motherwell
Lucas Warren (Gerber)

New Gerber baby has Down syndrome

Gabriel Bell
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The Grown Ups

Justine Nagan
Ted Cruz; Sarah Palin (AP/ablo Martinez Monsivais/Colin Young-Wolff)

Reykja-vicious

Taylor Link
Bristol Palin (Reuters/Fred Prouser)

Bristol strikes back

Brendan Gauthier
Sofia Sanchez, Lenora May and Lucas Grabeel in "Switched At Birth" (ABC Family)

"Switched at Birth" politics

David M. Perry
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Mary Elizabeth Williams
Richard Dawkins (Comedy Central)

Richard Dawkins, wrong again

George Estreich
Richard Dawkins (Comedy Central)

Jenny Kutner
A photo of the author's daughter Laura

When my daughter was diagnosed

George Estreich
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SHAUNACY FERRO
Drake (AP/Lynne Sladky)

Mary Elizabeth Williams
This photo of Adam Holland was altered and used by radio station WHPT-FM for a "Retarded News" segment.

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(Andrew F. Kazmierski / Shutterstock.com)

Prachi Gupta
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