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And the Harris campaign knows it.
By Jennifer Gerson, The 19th News
Callie Beale Harper was 37 when she found out she was pregnant with twins. Already the mom to a four-year-old son, she and her husband were so excited to grow their family, they opted for noninvasive prenatal testing as soon as it was available, at 10 weeks gestational age.
Two weeks later, they learned there was a 96 percent chance one of the twins had a chromosomal abnormality. A visit to a maternal-fetal specialist in Atlanta one week later confirmed their worst fears.
As soon as the ultrasound technician located her son in utero, “I immediately knew that so many things were wrong. His little body was incredibly swollen, completely filled with fluid, and that was honestly really painful to see, because I just hoped that he wasn’t in pain,” Beale Harper told The 19th.
The doctor explained that there were multiple structural abnormalities that would make him “incompatible with life. There was no hope for him, as far as any number of surgeries he could have had to then be OK.” The doctor recommended a procedure known as selective reduction, when one of the fetuses in a multiple pregnancy is terminated to better the chances of a healthy pregnancy and birth for the remaining fetuses. It is a form of abortion.
