My Little Girl has Down Syndrome But She’s Perfect, Sadly Children Like Her at Aborted

When most parents hear of a prenatal Diagnosis of Down syndrome, they are afraid. They fear what it might mean for their child, and what it might mean for themselves.

I am not afraid of Down syndrome. Instead, I fear what my life might be like if we hadn’t been given my little girl Josie. He has an extra copy of chromosome 21. He is perfect.

My family and I recently traveled to New York City to participate in the National Down Syndrome Society’s Buddy Walk, part of their nationwide fundraising and awareness effort. Josie was chosen for a special honor this year: Her picture will be displayed on a jumbotron in Times Square, as part of the event.

When his face appeared, we all cheered for him, but he didn’t care. He was busy trying to get lost in the crowd with his brothers. He is 3 years old. And like every 3 year old, he loves to play on the stairs.

Later, I walked through Central Park with other participants in this year’s Buddy Walk. I picked him up, just like I did last year. And just like last year, he quickly fell asleep on my chest.

I walked and thought about his life. I thought of all the joy he brought to those who knew him or knew him. I walked and thought how many babies with Down syndrome have been aborted: all around 67%though the estimated range is wide and difficult to track.

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These abortions don’t just end a “pregnancy,” they end human life. Without Josie, no one would laugh when he sees himself in a New York window and dances. No one can play with his toes and laugh at his giggles. No one could wave, smile or cheer for him.

This is the cost of abortion. Babies like Josie, are killed every day before they even have a chance to breathe. People like the 25-year-old man with Down syndrome who dances nonstop in the middle of the park with his parents, lost in utero because of a terrifying diagnosis.

But the world is better with Josie in it. It is more apparent to him here, to my family and to many others. It’s better with every baby in it, precisely because of who that baby is.

That’s true whether a baby has Down syndrome or not. This is true whether or not a person goes on to cure cancer or fly to the moon. This is true regardless of an infant’s medical complexity.

That’s not to say that parenting a child with Down syndrome is all sunshine and rainbows. It’s difficult. During our short trip to New York, I thought about how Josie seemed like a burden to those who didn’t know her. He had to be carried to make sure he didn’t walk in front of the cars. He walked past people on the sidewalks, and struggled to get up and down stairs.

But under the guise of “women’s health care” or “women’s rights,” pro-abortionists have convinced large swathes of the American public that it’s OK to kill babies like Josie. In fact, many who abort babies diagnosed with Down syndrome consider it a “mercy killing.”

I don’t just mourn the lost children. I mourn for the love lost from parents. I mourn the joy and goodness that has left their lives forever. I mourn these things, and hold my Josie tightly.

I will never forget seeing his face in Times Square. I will never forget holding her close and safe, surrounded by a national community of her biggest cheerleaders, in a state where people like her are routinely aborted. I will never forget watching her dance in a room of mirrors, surrounded by the New York skyline at One Vanderbilt Avenue.

But without him, nothing will really be remembered. And that’s what we lose, when a child has Down syndrome aborted: human life of equal value to you and me.

LifeNews notes: Jason Law is the director of communications for the Human Coalition, one of the nation’s largest pro-life organizations that operates a growing network of Telecare and brick-and-mortar women’s care clinics across the country.