Bill would prohibit abortion when motivation for it is Down syndrome

SALT LAKE CITY — When Amber Merkley and her husband received a diagnosis of Down syndrome for their unborn son, she concedes "we were devastated."
Immediately, Merkley thought of how the news could affect her other children.
"Would they be proud of him? Would he be a burden to them, us, or (everyone) else?" she remembers thinking. "Would he be accepted?"
As the West Valley City woman learned more from her medical providers about what raising a child with Down syndrome would be like, she sa