The Killing Of People With Down's Syndrome: BBC Report "Not content with killing Down's Syndrome babies -- 90% of whom are now hunted down and aborted before their births -- we're now seeing attempts to eliminate them and to let them die rather than treat them in our NHS Hospitals. Is this the same NHS that we were celebrating in the Olympic Stadium? What a contrast, too, with the inspirational achievements of disabled athletes, during the Paralympics celebrated in the same stadium, and who have taught us so much about courage and the overcoming of seemingly impossible odds. "As we rush pell-mell into Nietzschean-style eugenics and ethics, we should recall those inspirational moments, remembering that people with  Down's Syndrome are human beings -- not "a drain on public finances"; that disabled people would not be "better off dead" and that by allowing the elimination of the weak it is we who expose ourselves as the truly weak"  -- David Alton -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - 13 September 2012 Last updated at 01:21 Down's syndrome patient challenges resuscitation order By Jane Dreaper Health correspondent, BBC News A man with Down's syndrome is suing an NHS trust over a hospital's decision to issue a do-not-resuscitate order giving