Dear people of Ireland,

For a baby born with Down syndrome today, the outlook has never been better. Medical and social advances have radically changed what it means to live with a disability such as Down syndrome. They live healthier, longer and increasingly independent lives. They are university students, councilors, actors, models and restaurant-owners. It is ironic that children with Down syndrome are used as a battering ram to get the door open to legalizing abortion in Ireland.

The legalization of abortion is slickly marketed with positive terms like 'reproductive freedom' and 'women's choice' that seem hard to oppose. But these euphemistic terms barely hide the real and cruel consequences for those who go through it. History teaches us that legal doesn't always equal ethical. The media remains quiet about what really propels the abortion movement nowadays: not women rights, but eugenics and economics.