{"id":258124,"date":"2021-12-02T12:40:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T18:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=258124"},"modified":"2021-12-01T22:26:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T04:26:42","slug":"spina-bifida-abortion-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/spina-bifida-abortion-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Mom of daughter with spina bifida pressured to abort before confirmed diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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British mom Meghan Elise Bell recently reported that as soon as her preborn daughter was suspected of having spina bifida, doctors pressured her to have an abortion. Now, she’s sharing their story to give hope and strength to other families in her situation.<\/p>\n

In an article for iNews<\/a>, Bell said, “There was pressure on us from the beginning, even before the diagnosis was confirmed, to have an abortion,” she said.\u00a0However, Bell already knew what life could be like with a disability, and was unafraid \u2014 her mother had multiple sclerosis (MS) since the time she was 30 years old. “To me, disability was not a frightening unknown,” she explained. “And our baby was already a member of our growing family. Yet, professionals presented abortion to us like it was the usual route.”<\/p>\n

READ: Spina bifida surgeries in the womb get a little easier with new 3D models<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bell said that the issue of abortion was raised at every appointment. This, she said, exposes the flaws in a society that continually encourages parents to abort children who may have disabilities:<\/p>\n

The brutal truth of that argument broken down is: ‘Would you like to erase this baby and try again?’ What kind of a message is that in this society, where we seek to create equal opportunities, regardless of ability? Where should this equality begin: before or after birth? Already, we can see the harm that this abortion-focused ‘solution’ is leading to.<\/em><\/p>\n