If true the hospital people need to suffer. Bigly
If true the hospital people need to suffer. Bigly
When parents are told their unborn baby has a disability, there is an enormous pressure to have an abortion. Doctors, nurses, family, friends and society tells couples that there is something wrong with an “imperfect baby,” and somehow killing the child in an abortion is the compassionate choice.
That pro-abortion mantra and pressure is bad enough – killing millions of babies just because they are disabled.
But it’s even worse when parents learn the test was wrong — as happens often — and their baby was perfectly healthy.
That’s what’s happening in the UK.
Two couples have revealed to the BBC that they proceeded with abortions after being mistakenly informed by an NHS hospital that their unborn babies had serious genetic conditions. They claim that medical errors made by doctors at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust led them to make the devastating decision to abort healthy babies.
The Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, which is currently under scrutiny in the largest maternity inquiry in NHS history, stated that its foetal medicine teams strive to provide “compassionate and professional” care. However, for Carly Wesson and Carl Everson, the experience has been nothing short of heartbreaking.
Wesson, who aborted her baby at 14 weeks, is devastated.
“Our daughter should be here,” she said.
In January 2019, during a routine 12-week scan, the couple was informed that their unborn baby had a high chance of having Down’s Syndrome and were offered further genetic testing.
The couple underwent a test called chorionic villus sampling (CVS), which screens for chromosomal abnormalities. Two days later, doctors at City Hospital in Nottingham informed them that the initial results indicated their daughter had Patau’s Syndrome, a rare condition often resulting in miscarriage, stillbirth, or severe health complications after birth.
Wesson recalls a conversation with a foetal care consultant, who told her that her baby would have significant care needs and might not survive the pregnancy. Believing that their child was suffering, the couple made the decision to have an abortion, despite asking if further testing might yield a different result. They were assured that it would not.
Six weeks after the abortion, they learned their daughter was killed because of a faulty test.
Wesson and her partner were called in for what they assumed was a routine follow-up appointment. Instead, they were informed that a secondary, more detailed test had revealed their daughter had no chromosomal abnormalities.
Wesson recalls the moment with devastation, saying the consultant bluntly stated, “I have got something to tell you, your results have changed.”
When they inquired whether their daughter would have survived, they were told, “Well, you could have miscarried anyway” – adding insult to injury.
Wesson describes the response as deeply hurtful, leaving her with the painful realization that their baby, whom they had lovingly nicknamed Ladybird, could have been born healthy.
This horrific case underscores how genetic testing is often wrong and should never be used to justify killing babies in abortions.
When parents are told their unborn baby has a disability, there is an enormous pressure to have an abortion. Doctors, nurses, family, friends and society tells couples that there is something wrong with an “imperfect baby,” and somehow killing the child in an abortion is the compassionate choice.
That pro-abortion mantra and pressure is bad enough – killing millions of babies just because they are disabled.
But it’s even worse when parents learn the test was wrong — as happens often — and their baby was perfectly healthy.
That’s what’s happening in the UK.
Two couples have revealed to the BBC that they proceeded with abortions after being mistakenly informed by an NHS hospital that their unborn babies had serious genetic conditions. They claim that medical errors made by doctors at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust led them to make the devastating decision to abort healthy babies.
The Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, which is currently under scrutiny in the largest maternity inquiry in NHS history, stated that its foetal medicine teams strive to provide “compassionate and professional” care. However, for Carly Wesson and Carl Everson, the experience has been nothing short of heartbreaking.
Wesson, who aborted her baby at 14 weeks, is devastated.
“Our daughter should be here,” she said.
In January 2019, during a routine 12-week scan, the couple was informed that their unborn baby had a high chance of having Down’s Syndrome and were offered further genetic testing.
The couple underwent a test called chorionic villus sampling (CVS), which screens for chromosomal abnormalities. Two days later, doctors at City Hospital in Nottingham informed them that the initial results indicated their daughter had Patau’s Syndrome, a rare condition often resulting in miscarriage, stillbirth, or severe health complications after birth.
Wesson recalls a conversation with a foetal care consultant, who told her that her baby would have significant care needs and might not survive the pregnancy. Believing that their child was suffering, the couple made the decision to have an abortion, despite asking if further testing might yield a different result. They were assured that it would not.
Six weeks after the abortion, they learned their daughter was killed because of a faulty test.
Wesson and her partner were called in for what they assumed was a routine follow-up appointment. Instead, they were informed that a secondary, more detailed test had revealed their daughter had no chromosomal abnormalities.
Wesson recalls the moment with devastation, saying the consultant bluntly stated, “I have got something to tell you, your results have changed.”
When they inquired whether their daughter would have survived, they were told, “Well, you could have miscarried anyway” – adding insult to injury.
Wesson describes the response as deeply hurtful, leaving her with the painful realization that their baby, whom they had lovingly nicknamed Ladybird, could have been born healthy.
This horrific case underscores how genetic testing is often wrong and should never be used to justify killing babies in abortions.
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