Leticia Valesquez is calling all mothers of Down Syndrome babies to converge on DC for the 2009 March for Life. Currently 90% of all Down Syndrome babies are aborted. Read all about it at her blog, Cause of our Joy

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Face of Pro-Life #60 – Christine Velasquez, born in 2002 ( 30min) >>> Play

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Freelance writer Leticia Velasquez talks openly about the joys and graces of having a child with down syndrome and about the war against children whom the secular society considers “unfit for life”.  Upwards of 90% of children diagnosed with down syndrome in their mother’s wombs are killed before being allowed to see the light of day.  In this engaging discussion, Leticia also gives a brief history of the modern movement against life and how women, their children, and society in general are still being assaulted by the forces of darkness.

To read more from well-known Catholic writer Leticia Velasquez, visit her blog: causa-nostrae-laetitiae.blogspot.com

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Roving Reporter #54 – Fr. Vander Woude on his life, vocation and family ( 14min) >>> Play

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The Roving Reporter catches Fr. Thomas Vander Woude at his parish, Queen of the Apostles, in Alexandria, VA. He relates his vocation story, starting with a good, prayerful family life. He then tells of the recent, tragic death of his father who died saving his brother who has Down Syndrome and the amazing number of people who were inspired to noble action by this news. Listen to this pro-life, pro-family, inspirational story.

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Face of Pro-Life #82 – Leticia Velasquez on how to Keep Infants with Down Syndrome ( 30min) >>> Play

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Leticia Velasquez tells her plight on the difficulties of finding health care for her child Christa who has Down Syndrome. In her effort to look out for her child and help others in the same situation she started an organization called K.I.D.S. for Keep Infants with Down Syndrome. The group especially tries to encourage expectant mothers who have a pre-born child diagnosed with Down to keep their child in the face of tremendous pressure from their medical community, family and friends to have an abortion. She focuses on the joys of having one of these special children and how they go down to Washington DC each year for the March for Life.

You can read her blog:
Keep Infants with Down Syndrome blog

and Facebook:
Keep Infants with Down Syndrome Facebook Group

Last year’s K.I.D.S. trip to March for Life in DC!

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Face of Pro-Life #85 – Gabriella and her  mom, Leticia, with hostess Corinn Dahm ( 29min) >>> Play

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Leticia Velasquez and her daughter Gabriella relate their decades long experience in going as a family to the March for Life in Washington, DC. They highlight the sacrifices but also the thrill of joining so many pro-lifers in one of the grandest annual events in our nation’s capitol. They also offer their insights about bringing the y0ungest member of their family, Christina, who has Down Syndrome, 90% of whom get aborted, and the joys and challenges of contending with her handicaps on such a busy day.

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Face of Pro-Life #94 – Corinn Dahm with guest Leticia Velazquez ( 60min) >>> Play

A staggering ninety percent of children diagnosed with Down Syndrome are aborted! Leticia Velasquez, mother of a Down Syndrome child and an active pro-lifer, and hostess Corinn Dahm discuss the upbringing of down syndrome children. Leticia gives valuable advice to mothers, families with down syndrome children and pregnant women and the impact of the new health care bill on this issue is also discussed.

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Face of Pro-Life #106 – Hostess Leticia Velasquez with Eileen Haupt ( 60min) >>> Play

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This week Leticia Velasquez fills in for Corinn Dahm, interviewing Eileen Haupt who with Leticia is co-founder of Keep Infants with Down Syndrome (KIDS) and heads the Vermont branch. She recounts how having a Down Syndrome child changed her life, became actively pro-life and started KIDS.

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Corinn Dahm and Leticia Velasquez discuss the progress K.I.D.S. (Keep Infants with Down Syndrome), their participation in the 2011 March for Life. They cover the plight of kids with down syndrome and how they have a positive effect on parents and families. How they talked with Congressmen in DC, the story of Servant of God Dr. Legeune and his fight for children with Downs Syndrome.

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