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To: C19fan
A close friend and her husband found out last week that their unborn child has a 90% chance of having Down's Syndrome.

They love they are showering him with already is absolutely a thing of beauty.

Just can't imagine how anyone could abort any child.

None of us are perfect. And sometimes God lets some people be born a little different.

He brings them into this world so that they can teach us how to have compassion.

3 posted on 04/04/2016 6:46:26 AM PDT by Samwell Tarly
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To: Samwell Tarly

When my wife was pregnant with our daughter, the baby was diagnosed with an almost certain chance of Down ’s syndrome. The obstetrician, a well respected department head of a large metro hospital, repeatedly tried to convince us to abort the baby. Specialists were brought in to back up his diagnosis and to let us know the extreme challenges of raising a Down’s syndrome child. We were told that our baby would be born weighing less than two pounds and fraught with care challenges. Our doctor was motivated by compassion; he did not want to see our lives uprooted by the daunting care needs of a Down’s syndrome child. My wife and I decided that we would accept the baby on the Lord’s terms, even though we were unsaved at the time. On the day of delivery, the doctor took me aside to prepare me for the certain eventuality of Down’s syndrome. My daughter was born a beautiful and healthy baby, weighing slightly over six pounds. After her birth, the doctor came to me and apologized. He wept as he relayed that in his 30+ years of practice, he had never made such a wrong diagnosis. He said my daughter was a miracle and in that fact we both agreed. My daughter Anne has a spark of life like no other I know. She is a champion of justice, loves the outdoors, and she is unafraid of challenges. She graduated as Valedictorian of her large high school class and today she attends the University of Notre Dame. Most importantly, she has a love for her heavenly father God, who has prepared her to bring light into this world.


15 posted on 04/04/2016 9:37:26 AM PDT by compassionman
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