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Actress refuses abortion: ‘He was my son and he needed me’
Lifesite News ^ | 8/24/2017 | Staff

Posted on 09/05/2017 8:24:14 AM PDT by simpson96

August 24, 2017 (SPUC) — All too often, parents are pressured by doctors to undergo genetic screening, and even to abort their babies if it is thought they have a disability. Now a video where an actress hilariously relates how she resisted this pressure is going viral.

When actress Lynn Fergusson (most famous for voicing Mac in Chicken Run) became pregnant with her first child at the age of 37, she was surprised to find that her pregnancy was labeled "geriatric." However, she was even more surprised by the relentless pressure doctors put on her first to undergo an amniocentesis, and then to abort her baby. Her talk, published by storytelling website The Moth, is related with humor, and is a beautiful example of a mother determined to do the best for her son.

The pressure begins

From the beginning, Fergusson was determined not to have the amniocentesis, which carries a 1 percent risk of miscarriage. "It’s not technically the baby’s fault that I’m old, you know," she said. "So I’m not gonna take a risk. Not unless there’s a good reason."(snip)

But the doctors continued to push, first because they suspected Down's syndrome, and then, terrifyingly, Edwards' syndrome, a condition where most babies die in the womb, or shortly after birth. Her response was amazing:

"You know, we had so many scans," said Ferguson. "I had seen my son. I’d seen his heart. I’d seen the inside of his eyes. (snip) He was my son and he needed me. He depended on me to make the right decision. So I said, ‘No.'"


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To: BJ1

You’re on the wrong thread. This isn’t the “men who hate women thread”. That was yesterday.


21 posted on 09/05/2017 10:02:32 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Mr. K
Yes, all you women love those short haired MEN’s haircuts and tell each other “Oh its SO CUTE!” It’s not.

Many of those women have very short hair because of chemotherapy. No need to tell them it's not cute.

22 posted on 09/05/2017 10:09:40 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: subterfuge

she looks good to me


23 posted on 09/05/2017 10:14:53 AM PDT by RaginRak
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To: subterfuge

Good eye. She’s 52. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0272521/


24 posted on 09/05/2017 10:18:11 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: BJ1

Do they practice sharia where you live?


25 posted on 09/05/2017 10:23:57 AM PDT by bar sin·is·ter (Climate Scientology - another example of science fiction morphing into a religious cult)
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To: bar sin·is·ter

Are you offended I presume a husband should be consulted before his wife cuts her hair short? Just asking bc I don’t know where the sharia comment came from.


26 posted on 09/05/2017 10:25:31 AM PDT by BJ1
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To: jiggyboy

Thanks jiggy


27 posted on 09/05/2017 10:29:08 AM PDT by subterfuge (Save the monuments!!)
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To: georgiegirl

About a month before I was born my parents were informed that something was wrong. The doctors wanted to abort. My Father thought it would be OK because they could have another baby. My Mother said NO! She went through with it and I was 75 years old in July!


28 posted on 09/05/2017 10:29:35 AM PDT by PeteyBoy (The wall. Build it and they won't come.)
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To: Dawn53Fl

You can thank the lawyers for that. You hear the ads all the time.


29 posted on 09/05/2017 10:30:01 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #cishet #MyPresident #MAGA #Winning #covfefe)
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To: a fool in paradise

So what ended up happening with the boy she courageously birthed? Anyone?


30 posted on 09/05/2017 10:30:41 AM PDT by subterfuge (Save the monuments!!)
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To: subterfuge

She said he’s 11 years old now. And she said he is perfect, some of the time.


31 posted on 09/05/2017 10:33:50 AM PDT by BJ1
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To: PeteyBoy

Big smile on my face reading this! Praise God for your Mother’s loving decision, and God’s protection on you.


32 posted on 09/05/2017 10:36:52 AM PDT by georgiegirl (Count me covfefe in the Deplorable Basket)
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To: BJ1

Great. Normal kid, then.

Thanks for the reply.


33 posted on 09/05/2017 10:38:58 AM PDT by subterfuge (Save the monuments!!)
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To: simpson96
She is a commendable woman and mother, and a very funny lady, too—she used to write for her brother's show, Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.


34 posted on 09/05/2017 10:44:49 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: georgiegirl

Same here. I was labeled “elderly” by the time I was 36. My healthy, nearly 10-lb offspring now has a doctorate.


35 posted on 09/05/2017 10:48:17 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: All

If everyone pregnant could hear her beautiful, loving response, “He was my son and he needed me.”


36 posted on 09/05/2017 10:48:17 AM PDT by pke
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To: BJ1

Many women cut their hair short after having been reduced to a sex symbol, underestimated at work and sexually harrassed one time too many.


37 posted on 09/05/2017 10:52:24 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: trisham
You’re on the wrong thread. This isn’t the “men who hate women thread”. That was yesterday.

LOLs! For pity's sake, don't ping Miss M!

38 posted on 09/05/2017 10:53:32 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: Albion Wilde

I love miss m!


39 posted on 09/05/2017 10:56:18 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: subterfuge

She’s 52 and married to a man. Odd, her wiki page doesn’t list or have one word about her son.


40 posted on 09/05/2017 10:56:36 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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