{"id":175707,"date":"2017-12-02T09:54:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T14:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=175707"},"modified":"2017-12-01T22:02:06","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T03:02:06","slug":"officer-adopt-baby-addicted-heroin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/officer-adopt-baby-addicted-heroin\/","title":{"rendered":"Police officer offers to adopt baby of woman addicted to heroin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When Officer\u00a0Ryan Holets found an eight-months-pregnant Crystal Champ about to shoot up heroin behind a convenience store in Albuquerque, New Mexico, he was so sad and burdened about her situation that he did the one thing he could think of to do: offered to adopt her baby.<\/p>\n

Genuinely stunned to find that Crystal was both pregnant and homeless, Ryan asked her why she would do drugs while pregnant. Their 11-minute interaction was caught on Ryan’s body camera. “You’re going to kill your baby,” he told her.<\/p>\n

Crystal broke down in tears at his words.<\/p>\n

She told CNN that her first thoughts were, “How dare you judge me? You have no idea how hard this is,” tearfully remarking, “I know the horrible person that I am, and I know the horrible situation that I’m in.”<\/p>\n

CNN notes<\/a> that during their conversation, “Champ emotionally told Ryan that she desperately hoped someone would adopt her baby.”<\/p>\n

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A police officer explains to @edlavacnn<\/a> how he came to adopt a baby from a pregnant drug addict: “I just felt God telling me, ‘Tell her that you will do it because you can.'” https:\/\/t.co\/gtfadLV75Y<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 New Day (@NewDay) December 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n