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The article offers the author's insights on the restrictions of the laws on abortion and free speech of pro-life activists in Europe. He mentions that abortion-on-demand was legalized in France despite of being a country composed of mostly Catholics. The author also cited that the free speech of students in Europe are hostile in relation with the issue.

An essay is presented on speaking honestly about raising a disabled child. The author relates his challenges of writing about his daughter who has Down syndrome. Experiences of people who are raising children with special needs are presented, including caring for a child with alobar holoprosencephaly (HPE) and adoption of children with Down syndrome. The author stresses the need to include grace, dignity and authenticity when writing on the subject of raising a child with special needs.

The article presents a reprint of the article "The Medical Pros Are Wrong on Down Syndrome" by Matthew Hennessey, which appeared in the October 12, 2016 issue of the "National Review." Topics discussed include an awareness on the Down syndrome disease, the denial of the advantages of the disease, and the need for children with the disease to be educated of their condition.

The article offers the author's insights on the stand of his friend about the issue of abortion in the U.S. He says that his friend wants abortion to stop obstructing and animating the discourse of the country's politics. He mentions the issues facing the country such as taxation and assumption of the federal government related to state war debts. He adds that mistrust on the abortion issue will compromise solution for such topic.

The article offers the author's insights on the statistics regarding the abortion of children with down syndrome. The author states that the role of maternal age to determine whether a fetus to be conceived has a down syndrome was the cause of the sharp increase of the number of expected births of babies. The author says that the 1998 paper by D. Mutton and colleagues shows that there are 4,438 abortions out of 4824 confirmed prenatal Down syndrome diagnoses between 1989 and 1997.

The article offers the author's opinion on the remarks made by biologist Richard Dawkins and philosopher Peter Singer about the abortion of unborn children diagnosed with Down syndrome. The author is critical on these remarks, saying that Dawkins and Singer's scientific morality is cold and dark. He also reflects on having his daughter Magdalena, who has Down syndrome.

The article offers the author's insights on the concept of political suicide in the U.S. The author mentions the blunder of Todd Akin regarding legitimate rape wherein the leadership of the Republican Party distanced theirselves from the comment. However, the author argued that the Republicans should issue statement that condemned the comment of Akin but at the same time must insists against abortion even in rape and incest.

The article presents a reprint of the article "Down Syndrome and the Texas Sonogram Law," Matthew Hennessey, which appeared in the May 23, 2011 issue of "First Things." The author mentions that the sonogram law passed in Texas on women seeking for an abortion is morally repellent since it allows women to have a sonogram view of a fetus and abort it whenever some abnormalities like down syndrome are found out. He believes that women bearing a child with down syndrome are not victims.