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December 5, 2020 40 mins

In this episode we talk with Cristina Bowman of Diff-Ability about the British soap opera Emmerdale and it’s recent storyline which depicts a couple having an abortion because their baby has Down syndrome. 

Petition against Emmerdale: https://www.change.org/p/itv-bin-emmerdale-s-prejudiced-storyline-about-down-s-syndrome?recruited_by_id=2f3349b0-f96d-11e5-80fd-c1f380c9ade0 

DIff-Ability: https://www.diffability.co.uk 

10% Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzOTYSYK2uvr96j-WowLKrxwDG-u9EsRx 

Episode Transcript: https://ifweknewthen701833686.wordpress.com/2020/12/05/37-our-communitys-response-to-emmerdales-negative-storyline-about-down-syndrome-with-cristina-bowman/2/ 

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