Free Republic 2nd Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $36,544
45%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 45%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: janinesteckhuffman

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • She Thought Babies With Down Syndrome Were Better off Dead — Then She Had a Child With Down(s)

    07/07/2023 10:25:04 AM PDT · by Morgana · 26 replies
    Subtrack.com ^ | Feb 17, 2021 | Sarah Terzo
    A lawyer changes her mind. Janine Steck Huffman has a child with Down’s syndrome. But years before she gave birth to her son Nash, she was partly responsible for the legal starvation death of Baby Doe, another child born with the same condition. Baby Doe was born in Bloomington, Indiana, in April 1982. Besides Down syndrome, he had esophageal atresia, which prevented him from eating. Without a simple operation, he would starve to death. When Baby Doe’s mother saw him for the first time, she reportedly said, “You look beautiful. You look different from my other two, but I love...