A woman in the US whose parents refused to abort her following the diagnosis of a rare genetic abnormality has urged others to choose life.
At about 18 weeks gestation, Lindy Navarro’s parents were told that she had Turner Syndrome (TS). Medics gave their daughter only a two per cent chance of surviving a full-term pregnancy and recommended an abortion.
Despite the struggles she faces because of her condition, she still believes that her parents made the right decision.
In an article for Oregon Right to Life News, Navarro admits: “Statistically speaking, I shouldn’t be alive.”
But, she writes, “I never understood the logic of encouraging somebody to abort a child, even with such grim chances of survival.
“If we abort the baby, they have a 100% chance of death. If we don’t abort them? They may only have a 2% chance of survival, but somebody has to make up that 2%. What if they’re in that 2%? Why would we not give life a chance?
“If the choice is almost-certain death, or certain death, why are we immediately choosing death?”