Policy

Hundreds Call To Adopt Unborn Baby With Downs Syndrome That Parents Plan To Abort

Priest trying to find adoptive parents as 24 week deadline looms

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When the Rev. Thomas Vander Woude learned about a young couple planning to abort their unborn baby that had been diagnosed with Down syndrome, the priest reached out and offered a deal: Deliver the child and he would help find an appropriate adoptive family.

But he had to act fast.