Trying to post this again since Locals doesn't seem to like me:

Good morning Joe and Diggers. I am a long-time morning listener, but the story last night about the Youtuber who aborted his child because of Downs Syndrome hit a particular nerve for me and I wanted to share my story and why that is uniquely horrifying for me.

In 2022, my wife and I decided we wanted to have our first child, we tried and tried but were unsuccessful. We went to fertility doctors and they had us take some supplements, do some tests, and come back if we were still unsuccessful. A couple months passed and we were back discussing IVF/IUS and what the correct course of action would be: IVF.

Months of cycle tracking, expensive injections for my wife, and fighting with insurance, pharmacies, and the doctors later, the day for extraction came. It was a minor operation if a doctor’s office on the other side of DC from us. We got breakfast afterwards and walked around the local mall. It was pleasant until the email from the doctors ...