Playing devils advocate on the woman defending abortion in this video.
What if it wasn’t Down syndrome that was the factor but race…
Should a woman be legally allowed to abort a baby if we’re to be born black (not by r@pe). If that were her only reason. Is abortion okay then?
@PatsKam It’s been a tough day on X… I want to read and watch more but it’s devastating some of these responses.
The level of evil, hypocrisy and selfishness over an innocent human life is astounding…
The art of crafting a headline that is both technically factual, but an absolute lie. TMZ should be embarrassed, but then again this is TMZ the network that cheered Charlie Kirk's death live on air
I refused to have one genetic test done for all three for my children and that was for Down Syndrome. It would make absolutely no difference to me about how I'd choose to love and care for my gift from God.
I pray that we all start speaking out against eugenics. The amount of people that are destroyed internally from what they did to their own child because it was normalized in our culture, is absolutely horrifying. I agree with Caleb. We need to pray for these parents. What they did will possibly haunt them forever.
The amount of morally reprehensible cowards responding to this thread and trying to justify child murder and their self centered nihilism and evil world view has further radicalized me.
May God have mercy on your souls
I'd choose my baby everytime in every reality.
For all the parents out there dealing with a decision... let me give you another perspective
In 2018 my wife and I went in for our 20? week ultra sound at Beth Israel in Boston... the rep was very quiet the whole time, something seemed off. My wife & I were first time parents... didn't have much context. The doctor pulled us into her office and told us our sons nuchal fold was abnormally large... she went on to say there is a significant increased chance of Down Syndrome and even Turner's syndrome... talked about options to terminate the pregnancy. My wife was inconsolable, rightly so ... even thinking about it now brings back a lot of heavy emotions because of how hard of a day it was... hard...
I did a lot of research on the topic ... my wife & I prayed non stop about it. All we could do. The doctors wanted to do an amniocentesis which has its own host of risks..run more tests...
We came to the conclusion, which was not easy... it didn't matter... no amnio, no more tests.... I felt in my soul the Lord's plan was perfect and if our son was going to have Down Syndrome we would love him and shepherd him through this world the best we could. We get what we get. Anything from the Lord was a BLESSING and I was not going to point my finger at Him
Fast forward to today... our son is going to be 8 in the fall. He is perfect. Just hit a homerun the other day... a much better baseball player than I was at his age. My best friend
I share this deeply personal story for nothing more than to give just ONE parent hope... the Lord's plan is perfect... stay the course
Can be refined if one is aware of it and willing to grow.
Zuby, I have a cool Army story about a situation rely to this thought process if you’d like to hear it.
If you can stay calm and rational when most people are panicking then it's easier to win in every aspect of life. I'm not sure if this can be taught though. It might just be a personality trait.
@ChrissieMayr@ZubyMusic Awareness of it, willingness to work at it and level up the next time in a similar situation from what was learned previously.
Not easy but pays off over time. Not taught but experienced.
I am so shattered by this YouTuber and his wife for aborting their disabled baby, not only because it’s evil incarnate, but because I’ve been in a similar position with my daughter Sage. I’ve gotten bad news. I’ve sat with it, ruminated on it, and lost sleep over it, but ending her life never crossed my mind. And thank God, because that bad news was wrong. Medical testing can be deeply flawed.
When I was 20 weeks pregnant with Sage, her measurements reflected that her head had stopped growing, and her brain. I was told I still had “options” at 20 weeks, to which I gave a firm Fk you to. Within a week, her measurements were perfectly normal, the error the previous week was the result of how she had been positioned that day.
At 34 weeks, I developed oligohydramnios (low amniotic fluid). This went undiagnosed for a month despite my insistence that something wasn’t right. Finally, a doctor caught it and I was sent to be induced immediately (July 2).
I was given an antibiotic immediately, as a precaution for the oligohydramnios, however, it sent me into anaphylaxis. The Benadryl they gave me to save our lives did, but it caused hallucinations.
I was monitored overnight and induced the following morning. Sage arrived healthy and happy and perfect, she however had a tilt in her neck— A 30° rotation of C1 on C2, a mild shift in her jaw and the plates in her head, the result of her position and the low fluid going undiagnosed for as long as it did. This would result in 8 years of physical therapy at Shriners hospital, a baby helmet, and several other ongoing interventions to this day.
Today, she is almost 16, happy, beautiful, brilliant, kind, funny, and an absolute blessing. She is the top of her class, an animal whisperer, and a talented singer. She loves history and wants to be a psychologist or a vet.
Whatever is in the heart of a mother who would conditionally love her child, who would place her own safety above her child’s, and who would see her child as anything less than perfect, is not in my heart, and I thank God for my beautiful children and an unburdened soul.
@McJuggerNuggets I’ll never be able to explain how grateful I am to have been adopted over being aborted. I’m now a father myself and can’t imagine a world where I would decide to end the life of my baby son or daughter at any stage or condition.
All God’s Children Deserve a Chance to Survive and Thrive.
The consequence of Free Will is the innocent sometimes pay the ultimate price for the actions of others. In this case parents who created new life and ended it. (And will now profit from the story shared)
Now we have no idea how much potential Good that child could have brought to the world.
I don’t share this very often but was inspired by what @The_Epic_Mike said about his child.
I was adopted from a birth mother who had many issues and could not raise a child from what I was told. Due to her Catholic faith she decided to give me up for adoption over the easier option to abort. I was born extremely small but I was given chance to fight to live. I was adopted by two loving parents who couldn’t have children together and picked me from nearly day one.
I’m grateful everyday to be here and will always do my best to try to do the most Good I can with the time I have as well as be the best Father to my son and any number of children God will bless me with…
My adopted mother passed a few months ago and father a decade ago. It’s empty without them here. I hope to do as much Good in my life as they did choosing and raising me all these years.
All God’s Children Deserve a Chance to Survive and Thrive.
This week, my wife and I made the very difficult decision to terminate the pregnancy due to Trisomy 21.
The choice was not made lightly. We really appreciate all of the personal stories that you guys shared with us, especially the unconditional support we received from fans with no matter what we decided.
I know some of you may be very disappointed to hear this news. We are devastated. This has been extremely traumatic for both of us, especially Ashley.
She underwent the procedure earlier this week and is on the mend. Thankfully, everything went smoothly, but emotionally we are drained.
Trisomy 21, also known as Down Syndrome, is caused by an extra chromosome. It is caused by an error in cell division, like a glitch. The odds of a baby having it is 1 in 1000.
When I first confronted this news, I was shocked but optimistic. If they’re a little slow intellectually, then we’ll make it work. I signed on to be a parent, come what may…but I just didn’t fully understand what Down Syndrome entailed.
Once we made it public, it became clear that MOST people don’t know what Down Syndrome entails (and no, it’s not the same as Autism):
50% of babies with DS have heart defects. 75% will have hearing challenges. Over 50% will have vision problems. Impaired immune function, developmental disabilities, learning disabilities, delayed physical development, poor muscle tone, structural issues with face, decreased lifespan, etc…Sadly, the list is long, feel free to look it up…Down Syndome isn’t a “blessing”, it is objectively shitty from a health perspective.
I didn’t realize just how rough it is for the child, let alone the family…more often than not, they would be fully dependent on others for the rest of their life.
The miscarriage risk is also close to 50%, which made matters worse…they may never see the light of day and it puts Ashley further at risk.
We spoke with doctors, friends, family and genetic counselors and learned that up to 90% of women terminate their pregnancy after learning the baby has Trisomy 21.
This was WAY higher than I expected, I thought it would be lower given that I hear so many say they kept or would keep the baby. I believe that’s because most terminations happen privately, it feels shameful. A lot of judgment being cast.
You never think you’d be in this type of situation until it happens to you and then things change.
To all of my fans who have weighed in on this topic who have Autism, Down Syndrome or any other conditions…we appreciate you. You matter a lot and we’re glad you’re here. I commend you and your families for having the strength and courage to push forward.
As for us, we made a difficult decision that we believe in the long-run will be beneficial for our family. Thankfully, we had a choice.
It will take a little time to move on, but we are excited to try again in the future and hopefully have a better outcome.
Love you guys & thank you for understanding. ❤️