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
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.
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