‘Doctors told me to abort my child 10 times, but I’m so glad I refused’
A mother has shared how she refused to have an abortion even though doctors offered it ten times after diagnosing her baby with a disability.
Natalie Halson explained that doctors persistently pressured her to have an abortion because of baby Mirabelle’s diagnosis of spina bifida – a condition where the spine does not develop properly.
Spina bifida affects the nervous system and can cause paralysis, but surgery can significantly allieviate the various effects, including with in-womb surgery....