A Staggering Stat…

I read a stat this evening that really staggered and upset me.

Maybe I should have expected it, considering where we find ourselves as a country.

Upwards of 65% of babies diagnosed with spina bifida are terminated…aborted…ended.

65%.

It breaks my heart. There are so many things I want to write about that, and for the reasons proponents would give.

But it would fall on deaf ears.

What won’t be able to be ignored is Evanna’s life, catalogued here and elsewhere to shout out to all the world all the things I want to write, and say it far better and far more vivid than I ever could. 

I read a stat this evening that really staggered and upset me. Maybe I should have expected it, considering where we find ourselves as a country. Upwards of 65% of babies diagnosed with spina bifida are terminated…aborted…ended. 65%. It breaks my heart. There are so many things I want to write about that, and for the…