{"id":214130,"date":"2019-11-21T08:19:56","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T14:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=214130"},"modified":"2019-11-19T21:15:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T03:15:07","slug":"cystic-fibrosis-end-thriving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/cystic-fibrosis-end-thriving\/","title":{"rendered":"A cystic fibrosis diagnosis was supposed to end his life. Instead, he’s thriving."},"content":{"rendered":"
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During the House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on Thursday<\/a> regarding “Examining State Efforts to Undermine Access to Reproductive Health Care,” Rep. Chip Roy of Texas took a moment to share the story of one of his staff members, whom doctors suggested should have been aborted, along with his twin brother.<\/p>\n

“In the winter of 1996, a couple went in for a checkup,” Roy said. “They were excited. They were recently informed they had twins.” But that routine checkup took an unexpected turn when the doctor diagnosed the preborn baby boys with cystic fibrosis, a genetic condition. He (wrongly) informed the parents that the twins would die within hours of their birth.<\/p>\n

“‘I would recommend termination,’ said the doctor. The couple said the first thing that came into their mind was, ‘No,’ and walked out,” Roy explained. “They chose life.”<\/p>\n

He continued, “Those twins would grow up to become excellent men. I know this because Jonah works for me. Right there. He is one of my staffers.”<\/p>\n