{"id":172998,"date":"2017-10-12T09:02:05","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T13:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=172998"},"modified":"2017-10-23T22:07:39","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T02:07:39","slug":"we-chose-life-mothers-children-poor-prenatal-diagnosis-explain-why-rejected-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/we-chose-life-mothers-children-poor-prenatal-diagnosis-explain-why-rejected-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"‘We chose life’: Mothers of children with poor prenatal diagnoses explain why they rejected abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On October 3, 2017, a Facebook group created for parents raising children with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia shared an article from the website Motto<\/a> detailing how a woman aborted her child with the condition. The article was meant to show the injustice of a ban on abortion after 20 weeks gestation; however, mother after mother commented on the Facebook post with stories of how they chose life and how their children are now thriving.<\/p>\n

CDH is a condition in which the diaphragm does not form properly and this allows the stomach, intestine, liver, spleen, and kidneys to move into the chest. This leads to underdevelopment of the lungs and pulmonary hypoplasia. If the child’s lungs are too small, he may not be able to breathe at birth and will not survive. At least, that’s what doctors say before advising abortion. The truth is, while some children unfortunately do not survive, many do.<\/p>\n