“It felt like a bomb dropped,” my daughter Emily recalled over lunch as she shared the circumstances and moments of terror that she and her husband, Josh, felt—the time they were given a pregnancy diagnosis of a potentially serious brain abnormality, which included being presented with the option to have ... Read More The post The Time Abortion Touched Our Family: Life Decisions After a Prenatal Diagnosis appeared first on Equal Rights Institute .
Flanders recounts Stephanie Levesque Murphy's allegation that intended parents pressured her to abort after a prenatal heart-condition diagnosis. Murphy describes refusing abortion, losing support, and being left without information about the child after birth.
Meyrat examines a reported dispute in which surrogate mother McKenna West refused an intended couple's request to abort a baby with a heart condition. He uses the custody and treatment conflict to argue that commercial surrogacy compromises children's dignity and makes their protection depend on contractual demands.
Medical professionals can provide realistic and compassionate support to parents living with children who have trisomy 13 and 18 by avoiding certain discouraging statements and offering encouraging communication. A full study on this topic is available at journals.sagepub.com, and related guidance on building trust with these parents has been published by Secular Pro-Life.
Van Maren responds to an influencer couple's public account of choosing abortion after a prenatal Down syndrome diagnosis. He criticizes disability-selective abortion and highlights responses from people describing the value of relatives with Down syndrome.
The writer responds to criticism of Live Action’s Baby Olivia fetal-development video and argues that the underlying embryology is accurately represented. The piece treats disputes over the video as part of a broader argument about fetal development and public education.
What does a parent do when they receive devastating news about their preborn child’s health? What if the child is not expected to survive birth or have a good quality of life? Is that child still valuable? Is abortion justified then? Many moms and dads face this heartbreaking moment with fear, grief, and confusion. Parents […] The post What If a Child Receives a Prenatal Diagnosis? appeared first on Human Coalition .
Conservative Ladies of America interviews OB/GYN William Lile about fetal development, abortion and pro-life strategy after Dobbs. The discussion presents a medical and advocacy case for protecting unborn children while urging the movement to remain engaged in state and national debates.
Beverly Jacobson, founder of Mama Bear Care and speaker at the 2025 March for Life in D.C., joins Rich Bennett on The LifeCast for a powerful conversation. They discuss the vital role of medical professionals in using life-affirming language when delivering a life-limiting diagnosis to the parents of a preborn baby, emphasizing the inherent dignity of every human life. Beverly also shares how Mama Bear Care supports parents facing a prenatal diagnosis and reflects on her experience speaking at the 2025 March for Life. Mama Bear Care: https://mamabearcare.org/ Beverly Jacobson: https://beverlyj
I once spent the afternoon taking part in a webinar focused on providing support, Church teaching, and information to families who receive a prenatal diagnosis that their child will be disabled in some way. Perhaps they are informed that the child will have Down syndrome or perhaps a birth defect that will lead either to early death […] The post ‘A Life Like Yours’: On the Dignity of the Disabled and the Call to Save Them from Abortion appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
