John Loudon, wife adopted son with Down syndrome

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

Republican Missouri state senator John Loudon and his wife are the adoptive parents of Sammy, a little boy with Down syndrome. The couple, who have deep roots in the anti-abortion movement, are also at the center of an ongoing national discussion about genetic testing, the acceptance of people with disabilities, and the type of information about Down syndrome that new or expecting parents are getting from their doctors.

Last year Loudon pushed through a state law, named for his son, that requires medical professionals to provide accurate information on the outcomes of people with Down syndrome and inform mothers with a Down diagnosis of adoption resources.

Some physicians and abortion rights activists worry that “Sammy’s law,” as well as the recently approved federal Kennedy-Brownback Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act, could interfere with the privacy of the doctor-patient relationship.

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