{"id":303562,"date":"2023-12-14T13:42:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T19:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=303562"},"modified":"2023-12-14T12:37:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T18:37:18","slug":"families-trisomy-18-fire-back-calls-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/families-trisomy-18-fire-back-calls-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Families of individuals with Trisomy 18 fire back at calls for baby’s death"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When Kate Cox sued<\/a> the state of Texas earlier this month hoping a judge would allow her to abort her baby at 21 weeks, her story spread rapidly across the media. She claimed she wanted to do what was “best” for her daughter but asked the court to allow a D&E abortion which is carried out by dismemberment.<\/p>\n

Abortion advocates rallied around Cox, arguing that her daughter should<\/em> die by dismemberment D&E abortion rather than be born and “suffer,” fully ignoring how a child at 21 weeks is pain-capable and dismemberment isn’t a way anyone would wish to die. They agreed with Cox that she should be able to kill her preborn daughter due to her disability, and try again for a healthy baby.<\/p>\n

Even Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont got in on the action<\/a>, urging Cox to come to his abortion haven state so the abortionists there can participate in killing her child. “We have a safe harbor rule here and I said, you’re welcome to a state like Connecticut, where you respect a woman’s right to choose,\u201d said Lamont. “We\u2019re a firewall. We’re not going to let those that want to take away people’s freedoms in other states try and bring that here.\u201d<\/p>\n

But then, families of individuals with Trisomy 18 began firing back at the discriminatory remarks and the widespread support for the baby girl’s killing.<\/p>\n

Faith Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Grace Fisher, whose sister Faith Smith<\/a> has Trisomy 18, shared<\/a> her heartfelt thoughts about her sister and Cox’s baby.<\/p>\n

“The baby who my parents were told was ‘incompatible with life’ and a ‘fetal fatal anomaly’ was a bridesmaid in my wedding in May,” she wrote, continuing (emphasis added):<\/p>\n

And turns out she’s no longer a baby. Faith is going to be 15 years old in just a few days. As we are looking forward to celebrating her life, there is a mother in Texas seeking to murder her child. Because her baby is going to be like Faith. A death sentence because her baby is going to be different. <\/em><\/p>\n

Being 20 weeks pregnant with my own child, I have a new perspective on what being the expecting mom is like. And I have to say it’s made it even more unfathomable to me that the answer to the possibility of suffering is to kill the child. <\/em><\/p>\n

Death is not a cure. It’s not compassionate to rip a baby to pieces. The child in the womb with a significant diagnosis is not unworthy of life. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Faith loves her life!! Trisomy 18 is what she has, but it is not who she is. She is funny, kind, loving, brave, beautiful, and joyful. Her diagnosis does not dictate her value. Her worth is not dependent on what a doctor says. She is beautifully and wonderfully made. <\/em><\/p>\n

And so is Kate Cox’s baby.<\/em><\/p>\n