Free online conference this Saturday with a focus on disability, prenatal recommendations, and abortion
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I hope to talk with Jeanne Monahan of the Family Research Council later today to get a few more details, but I just found out about the First Annual Conference on Medical Advances in Prenatal Diagnoses.
Please don't let your eyes glaze over if medicine or science isn't your chosen field. It's not mine either.
But most visitors to this blog are at least marginally interested in welcoming people with disabilities into gospel-centered churches, which is what I get to do each week. And you probably know that I have not been shy about speaking against the abortion of unborn children with disabilities, in posts like this one. We, as the church, can't afford to be silent or uninformed on this topic when lives literally hang in the balance.
So when I read the description of this conference (which will be streamed live online THIS SATURDAY...oh, and it's FREE!), I knew I had to share it:
Here's another post about it from LifeNews.com.
Register HERE if you're interested. I'll definitely be tuning in.
Please don't let your eyes glaze over if medicine or science isn't your chosen field. It's not mine either.
But most visitors to this blog are at least marginally interested in welcoming people with disabilities into gospel-centered churches, which is what I get to do each week. And you probably know that I have not been shy about speaking against the abortion of unborn children with disabilities, in posts like this one. We, as the church, can't afford to be silent or uninformed on this topic when lives literally hang in the balance.
So when I read the description of this conference (which will be streamed live online THIS SATURDAY...oh, and it's FREE!), I knew I had to share it:
Council on Poor Prenatal Diagnoses & Therapeutic InterventionFounding Partners: Medical Students for Life, Family Research Council, LeJeune Foundation, USA & Keep Infants with Down Syndrome
First Annual Conference on Medical Advances in Prenatal Diagnoses
The Conference will bring together professionals from many different specialty areas, including genetic researchers, ob/gyn physicians, developmental pediatricians, hospital nursing staff, medical genetic counselors and medical students. Other invited participants and guests include peer ministry providers, social service support professionals, advocates for persons with disabilities and public policy specialists.The goals of the Conference are:
An agenda for the day will be available soon. Our host for the day, the Family Research Council (FRC), has limited space, so this first Conference is by invitation only. However, FRC will be webcasting all general sessions that day, which can be viewed viawww.frc.org. For more information, contact Jeanne Monahan at Family Research Council, jmonahan@frc.org (202-225-4008) or Peg Kolm, at mlkolm@mindspring.com, (240-994-0603).We welcome your interest and expertise in this effort, and hope you can join us on January 21.
- affirm the life and dignity of all persons, especially those diagnosed prenatally with a disability or lethal condition
- review how information about prenatal diagnoses of disability or lethal condition is currently delivered
- consider how this information might be delivered more comprehensively
- consider the impact of a new blood test for Down syndrome in obstetric care
- explain the work of the Council and its year-long engagement on prenatal diagnosis issues
- review best practices for postnatal care of infants with disabilities in perinatal hospice and in hospital, home and medical daycare settings
Here's another post about it from LifeNews.com.
Register HERE if you're interested. I'll definitely be tuning in.