Parents of children with Trisomy 18 outraged over media’s false reporting
January 04, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: Parents of children with Trisomy 18 have reacted with anger to media reporting after a Texas mother sought an out-of-state abortion to kill her unborn child who was diagnosed with the condition.
“When I read the articles about the Kate Cox case, the language that was used to describe Trisomy 18 — “not viable,” “lethal,” “fetal anomaly with virtually no chance of survival” — it really impacted me,” said Jewel Calleja, the mother of a four-year-old with Trisomy 18. “Because it’s false information.”
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