Lawyers said that if her mother, Olga Harriton, had known of the extent of the disabilities, she would have had an abortion.
*** I know it happens but somehow I'm still shocked that a mother would express such feelings to her child. Even if it's TRUE one should keep such things to the self. I suppose if one is very bitter about having a disabled child you can't hide for long.
More information here. It's even worse than that - there's no indication that the 3-year-old in the linked story is mentally disabled.