My child was perfect
A mother reflects, two years after a life-changing diagnosis
In 2014, already a mother to two girls, Courtney Baker was told that her as-yet-unborn third child had Down syndrome—a chromosomal disorder that occurs in approximately 1 in 1,000 babies delivered each year—and that her best option was to terminate the pregnancy. Despite an abortion b…
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