Human Interest
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23.4KBorn premature at 21 weeks, Eliora celebrates her first birthday
Saint Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, is proving that the age of “viability” is not set in stone. With advancements in...
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3.4KBallet helps six-year-old Archie, who has Down syndrome, to thrive
Six-year-old Archie Aspin was just two weeks old when his mother brought him to his sisters’ ballet class for the first time....
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6.5KMeet Kayla McKeon, the first lobbyist with Down syndrome
Kayla McKeon has such confidence that when she meets someone, she always leaves quite an impression. Her mother, Patti, recently told the...
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18.8KFirst couple with Down syndrome weds in the Netherlands: We were ‘made for each other’
Two people getting married doesn’t normally make headlines. But for Lize and Ruben, the congratulations are rolling in from around the world....
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22.1KPreborn babies ‘sing’ to Mozart, Christmas carols, and Mickey Mouse
After playing a wide variety of music for 300 preborn babies, researchers from Spain released the results of their intriguing study in June....
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150.4KMadison has Down syndrome, but she graduated high school with a 3.7 GPA
In 2016, Madison Essig, with a GPA of 3.7, graduated high school with 400 other classmates — including her own 17-year-old brother,...
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3.8KPizzeria in Rome highlights dedicated employees with Down syndrome
La Locanda dei Girasoli is a pizzeria in Rome, Italy, which might not seem unusual at all… except for the fact that...
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22.0KMom of 7 says babies adopted as embryos were waiting for ‘a chance at life’
Angela and CR Braniff hear it all the time: “Are they all yours?” When the family is out and about with all...
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2.8KNew Zealand prime minister becomes second world leader to give birth in office
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has given birth to a baby girl, becoming the second world leader to give birth while...
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4.9KPremature babies soothed by songs created from their own heartbeats
A premature birth can be stressful for everyone — for the baby, for his or her parents, and for the medical team...
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407.7K16-year-old boy with cancer uses his Make a Wish to ask for an end to abortion
When you’re 16 years old and living with and dying from cancer, no one would expect you to use the wish granted...
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5.3KFathers express post-abortion regret: ‘I’m a father of five, but I only raised three’
In a new video from Save the Storks, post-abortive fathers share their grief over the loss of their children to abortion. They...
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5.3KFamily welcomes third baby by adoption: A child is ‘the most precious gift’
Sean and Talya Hooker believe adoption is “a ministry focused on the needs of the child and led by the Lord for...
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6.6KSiblings of children lost to abortion say they have a ‘longing to have known’ their sibling
A new article at Romper purports to help women who have had abortions break the so-called abortion stigma: by telling their surviving...
