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‘Caring for Faith’ - Disabilities and medical discrimination

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Sep 09, 2022
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‘Caring for Faith’ - Disabilities and medical discrimination

When Brad and Jesi Smith were first told that their daughter might have the chromosomal condition Trisomy 18, doctors raised the possibility of an abortion. The couple declined. They knew they wanted to choose life for their daughter, whom they named Faith.

But even after Faith was born, the Smiths found they had to continue fighting to have her human di…

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