The Fabulous Ones: The Forgotten Discoverer

Théâtre La Reine Blanche, 2bis Passage Ruelle

Marthe Gautier and the discovery of Down syndrome.\n\nThis fourth installment of the theatrical series Les Fabuleuses deals with the discovery of Down syndrome by Marthe Gautier, a finding long attributed to her colleague Jérôme Lejeune. Quickly sidelined, Gautier only tells her truth about this story fifty years later. The Ethics Committee of INSERM will vindicate her. The play also shows the battle for the liberalization of abortion to which Lejeune was vehemently opposed.\nThe press talks about it\n"At a time when the right to abortion is attacked, even in Europe, this theater piece docum…