Parents of adopted children with down syndrome criticize the Government's decision to introduce screenings for pregnant women to detect the down syndrome in line with the "Antenatal Screening for Down syndrome and Other Conditions - Quality Improvements".

Before the new regulations were implemented, women were approved for a test screening usually if they already had a child with the disease or another disability.

The Government declared that the method does not aim to reduce birth rates of down syndrome affected babies. Nevertheless, statistics reveal that 90% of the diagnosed unborn get aborted.

The parental group of `pro-life' campaigners now tries to alert the Robert Hesketh, the Director of Human Rights Proceedings to support them in their case against the Government. In case Mr. Hesketh decides that the screening opponents have a valid case, it will be brought to the Human Rights Tribunal.

The parental initiative argues that screenings should be used to prepare mothers in later stages of their pregnancy to cope with the diagnosis of having a disabled child. It should not, however, become a reason for mothers in early pregnancy stages to abort.

The concerned parents claim: "If a child develops cancer do we say they're better off dead? We don't. Why are we discriminating against babies when they are still inside the womb?"