It came across my Facebook stream. The sadness. The hurt. The unbelievable-ness of it all.
An almost Mother. A prenatal diagnosis. The decision to abort already made.
Because this child, the same child that yesterday held hopes and dreams and the love of it’s parents, has now been deemed defective.
I’ll never be able to understand the decision to terminate the life that just moments ago you were so grateful for.
There’s one message I’d like to spread far and wide.
There is no such thing as a defective child.
There is only a child that you’ve created, the child that is no different now than he was before the diagnosis.
The child that deserves a chance at life.
I firmly believe that the disability doesn’t lie within the child, but rather within the heart of the beholder.
WOW. I have a dear friend that is carrying her third little one. At the ultrasound to find out if it was a boy or girl, they were told their sweet baby girl has anencephaly. They decided to carry her for as long as possible, which was against almost all medical advise. This journey with her has been the most beautiful one i’ve ever been on. you’ll appreciate the love that this mommy has for their sweet girl, her name is Glory. She’s got a caring bridge site, her site is “libbaarmenta” if the link doesn’t work…. http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/libbaarmenta/journal
I declined pre-natal genetic testing for both my children. I was worried that if anything had come up in the tests, I’d give in to the pressured to abort. Yours is a powerful message. I hope it reaches a lot of people.
P.s. great picture of your sweet boy!
I firmly believe that the disability doesn’t lie within the child, but rather within the heart of the beholder.”
Amen.
I also refused prenatal testing. But not because I would abort, but because we knew a child was blessing no matter what.
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That is so sad . . . we would take the baby immediately if she would just choose to carry the baby and delivery it.
Praying she makes the right decision . . .
Amen!
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Wonderfully said, and shared on my fb too. Thank you.
Amy, there is a family who carried their baby who was diagnosed in utero with anencephaly to term, and loved him unconditionally for the ten days he was on this planet. Such an amazing story. http://gabrielsmessagelives.blogspot.com/
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