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2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Children with disabilities also lovable
The Danish government is planning an extended screening programme for pregnant women aimed at ensuring that no more children with Down syndrome are born in Denmark after 2030. Danish doctor Ann Tabor explained the measures this week on Swedish television citing the high costs that such children entail. The liberal daily Dagens Nyheter considers this a dangerous stance: "With this view on the value of the individual a number of children would have to be scraped out of their mother's wombs. Where do you put the limit for which children are too expensive? According to Ann Tabor, not a great number of parents want a child with intellectual limitations. But there are few who wouldn't love this little being once it was born. … The decision should be left to the parents, as it is now. But anyone who is deliberating the pros and cons of screening or abortion should be aware that ultimately the decision is also about what kind of society we want: one for everyone or one for a certain type of people."
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Heroes on the stage of democracy
The Italian author Roberto Saviano, who received death threats following the publishing of his anti-mafia bestseller "Gomorrha", recently visited Stockholm. "Roberto Saviano is a hero," writes Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter. "But we should bear in mind that he is in good and plentiful company. Others are fighting with equal valour and commitment for the freedom of the word - regardless of whether those who want to restrict [that freedom] are criminal organisations or repressive states. ... About a year ago prosecutor Barbro Jönsson was the target of a bomb attack, but this has not deterred her in her fight against organised crime in Sweden. ... She, too, is a hero on the stage of democracy. Perhaps the best life insurance for Saviano and Jönsson is their ... glorification. The more ... they are admired ... the more risky it becomes to kill them."
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