Mom of Baby Without Forearms Pens Letter to Doctor Who Advised Abortion: ‘I Remember You’

Mom of Baby Without Forearms Pens Letter to Doctor Who Advised Abortion: ‘I Remember You’
Left: (Courtesy of Melissa Hopfner Photography); Right: Courtesy of Vanessa McLeod
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Two years ago, a terrified mom, 19 weeks pregnant with a baby girl missing both forearms, sought a doctor’s guidance on how to effectively care for her tiny daughter. But the doctor advised her to abort the unborn child instead.

Coming across the unexpected suggestion, mother Vanessa McLeod, from Vancouver, British Colombia, went from hopeful to horrified. The doctor’s words felt like a “funeral toll” to her.