Doctors Pressured Parents to Abort This Little Girl Just Because She’s Disabled, They Refused
Doctors Pressured Parents to Abort This Little Girl Just Because She’s Disabled, They Refused – LifeNews.com
Diagnosed with Trisomy 13 in the womb, Victory Downey inherited a fighting spirit from her parents. Doctors predicted that the now 3-year-old girl would not live past her first birthday, and several told her parents “very forcefully” to have an abortion, Live Action News reports.
Diagnosed with Trisomy 13, doctors advised abortion, but Victory is thriving
In 2019, Brian and Corrine Downey welcomed their baby girl, Victory, who was born with Trisomy 13, or Patau syndrome. Children with Trisomy 13 are often labeled as “incompatible with life” and because of this, doctors often encourage abortion.