{"id":59878,"date":"2015-02-20T15:41:28","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T20:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=59878"},"modified":"2015-02-20T20:27:51","modified_gmt":"2015-02-21T01:27:51","slug":"couple-adopts-baby-with-down-syndrome-an-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/couple-adopts-baby-with-down-syndrome-an-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple adopts baby with Down syndrome, celebrates her first year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last May, Live Action News featured a story<\/a> on Sunflower Mae and the California couple who adopted her.\u00a0 Andy and Mercedes Lara adopted Sunflower, who has Down Syndrome, three days after she was born, and chronicled their journey with Sunny on social media<\/a> and Youtube<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While the Laras prayed to adopt a child with Down syndrome, tragically 90 percent<\/a> of preborn children who are given such a diagnosis are aborted. After working with special needs individuals, Mercedes and her husband sought out such a child. The couple documents meeting and adopting Sunny at birth:<\/p>\n