Presidential Message on Down Syndrome Awareness Month

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The White House issued a proclamation for Down Syndrome Awareness Month, describing the Administration's commitment to protecting what it calls innocent life and citing more than 5,000 babies born with Down syndrome in the U.S. each year. The statement credits the Administration with advancing research and opening doors for people with Down syndrome to thrive, without specifying particular programs, funding, or legislation.

It also praises families and caregivers as extraordinary, caring, and generous Americans, language consistent with the genre of presidential awareness-month messages, and pledges the Administration will never waver in its devotion to people living with Down syndrome.

The full dispatch is available from the source below.

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A proclamation that says a government will never waver is a promise with no expiration date and no way to check it against anything, which is exactly how these things are built. Saying you'll open every door is a fine sentiment until somebody asks which doors, which budget line, which program. Awareness months are cheap to proclaim and cost nothing to break.

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