Post by myangelsaliandsadi on Jul 1, 2005 4:09:56 GMT -5
I also overreacted to this and took down all of the websites I have. However, I look at it this way. I know that out of the hundreds of women who terminate children with DS, that at least ONE woman who had decided to terminate changed her mind after seeing my daughter's website and reading about her. As much as it does scare me to have her pictures out there, and as heartbroken as I would be if they were used innapropriately...I can't get that one woman out of my head. If she had not seen my daughter's website just a few hours before her scheduled abortion...her gorgeous baby would not be here now. To me that is enough motivation to keep my websites up. It is hard, it worries me, ect...but to me the benefits right now outweigh the risk. I know that I can't save every baby...but if there is one mother who is undecided enough to go looking I want them to be able to find our websites. To see our beautiful kids.
Michelle's daughter Ciarra is an inspiration to many and I am sure her website has prevented someone from terminating, or reinforced their decision to keep the baby. I know that while I was pregnant and we found out Ali "might" have DS I was pressure immensly to give her up for adoption if she did. I decided immediatly that wouldn't happen, and what finally convinced my family was the personal websites I found searching the net.
It is an invaluable tool to have our children's pictures and stories out there...and while it may be scary I would have never forgiven myself if that woman had cared enough to try and find my site, and then found it taken down and kept her scheduled appointment.
It's all a personal decision, and I did not make this one until I found out about this woman. Before that I had decided to take my site down....after she called me I changed my mind.
Michelle's daughter Ciarra is an inspiration to many and I am sure her website has prevented someone from terminating, or reinforced their decision to keep the baby. I know that while I was pregnant and we found out Ali "might" have DS I was pressure immensly to give her up for adoption if she did. I decided immediatly that wouldn't happen, and what finally convinced my family was the personal websites I found searching the net.
It is an invaluable tool to have our children's pictures and stories out there...and while it may be scary I would have never forgiven myself if that woman had cared enough to try and find my site, and then found it taken down and kept her scheduled appointment.
It's all a personal decision, and I did not make this one until I found out about this woman. Before that I had decided to take my site down....after she called me I changed my mind.