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Naffi and Racheli Goldman tried for two years to conceive before they finally were able to get pregnant. The thrilled parents couldn’t wait to welcome their new bundle of joy into the world. They traveled from Manchester in the United Kingdom to Tel Aviv, Israel to visit friends and family, where they had a 3D ultrasound at seven months gestation. While all of the scans up until then had been normal, the excited parents were given difficult news: their baby girl had severe disabilities<\/a>, and the doctor said they should have an abortion<\/a>,\u00a0painting a grim scenario of what their life was going to be like if they didn’t.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was like an earthquake, a bombshell. We were so excited for when she arrived before the doctor told us we should kill our baby,” Naffi said in an interview with Somerset Live. “We were told she wouldn\u2019t make it through birth and if she did, would die in infancy. They said caring for her would make our lives unbearable. It was absolutely heartbreaking to hear and our world came crashing down. But God is a creator and he doesn’t make mistakes. We will look after the gift we have been given.”<\/p>\n

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Despite the grim news, Naffi said, “As soon as we walked out of the doctor\u2019s office we said straight away that we will keep the baby no matter what. We felt as though it was God\u2019s will. It\u2019s what our purpose in life is. There was nothing at all to debate. We knew it would be hard but we had to accept our destiny. To us, aborting at seven months would have been murder. She wasn\u2019t a fetus, she was a real life baby. We were not prepared to take a child\u2019s life and we were defiant about not aborting.\u201d<\/p>\n

At seven months, the most likely abortion procedure the Goldmans would have undergone is an induction abortion, a multi-day procedure which starts with a fatal shot of digoxin directly to the heart of the baby. Days later, the mother will deliver the body of her dead baby.<\/p>\n