To ask you to watch this wonderful inspiring footage

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this

What a brave woman.

Oh good, a lovely anti-abortion video from a religious website.

I'm happy that she made the right choice for her, but the overarching message is that abortion is wrong, which I do not find 'inspiring' in any way. I can't actually believe the strapline above the video... 'People ask her why she didn't choose to abort her baby...' Really? She must hang out with some really nasty people if they asked her that...

So brave-made me

I sniffed all the way through that .

He does look like a lovely happy child doesnt he!

Gideon - seriously???? thats what you took from it??

Yes, it is, I'm afraid. I think it's lovely that she's so delighted with her baby, but feel it's a shame that her story is being used to propagate an anti-abortion message.

There are many people who would not cope so as well as her and for whom abortion would be a perfectly valid choice.

Im not going to flame you - I did notice the religious website, I should say I am not religious at all, but I thought it was a wonderful story about the strength of the human spirit, the love a parent has for a child, and the potential for people to flourish despite adversity.

I wouldnt read it as anti abortion as much as showing that even a child with quite severe physical difficulties can have a good life. There is plenty of propoganda out there for the reverse too you know.

Its a shame its a real person caught in the middle though isnt it?

I thought it was inspiring - watched it just a few moments before clicking on this thread, as a friend on FB posted it. I think regardless of your religious views/ abortion stance it's a beautiful video.

I guess what I'm saying is that yes, it is an inspiring story of a mother's love for her child, but the strapline above it, the anti-abortion message that's mixed in with her story, the title 'The Right Choice', etc., all add up to a type of religious propaganda which I don't remotely find 'inspiring'. This was obviously the 'right choice' for her but I don't like the implicit message that anyone who chose otherwise would be 'wrong'.

YABVU to ask us to watch a video without telling us what it is.

I didn't realise it said 'the right choice' above the video.I see what you're saying twofingerstoGideon.

Just thought I'd share as I think the woman is very brave and it made me feel lucky for what I have

i find it patronising

what are mothers of children with disabilities not meant to feel the same love for their child

its pro life propaganda

as with all terminations the choice is for the women to make regardless of the circumstances are none should be judged

Haven't even watched it but agree with Gideon and Freudian.

Bunny, I think you're silly to venture an opinion without having watched it! I suggest you do. And gideon and Freudian, very mean-spirited of you to harp on an angle which really isn't the central thrust of that film at all. We need more mothers like this and yes, sometimes it is hard to bond with a child at the beginning, especially if you're very frightened as she must have been. How you can watch it and not affirm that girl's heart is beyond me.
I agree the tone of the website and the tag line are unfortunate. But you three are as bad!

Unfortunately it is the central thrust of the film. Otherwise it wouldn't be on that website with that title.

As you're throwing around insults, nothingextraordinary, may I say how extraordinarily naive you sound.

I have no doubt how heartfelt the woman's love for her child is. None at all. Have already said as much above, so no need for the patronising tone.

Agree with Gideon it is the central thrust of the film. maybe you need to do a little more research on pro life websites you will find many similar stories

and i am still standing by my opinion that it is patronising, not her but the way her story is being used. why should she not love her baby anymore than i love mine. it does not mean i do not feel empathy for parents and children who face difficulities in life that we do not of course i do but i do not like the notion that it is something to celebrate that she choose not to have a termination while others do and that she loves her child and especially not to support the pro life groups that wish to take away choices from women

Even if this was posted on a non-religious site I still think people would find a negative in it and say it was pro-life propaganda etc.
Maybe the mother herself put it on this site?
Anyway like I said before didn't even see the title 'right choice' just thought it was a moving video and didn't think too much into the political sides of it.

I think that's what anti-abortionists want, JimmyChoo. They would prefer it if we weren't consciously attuned to their propaganda. They would prefer us not to look beyond the heartwarming story of a mother's love for her child and see the actual context in which that message is being delivered.

And I have to say that Freudian makes an excellent point: why should the mother not love her baby?

Godwhat a pile of guff.

Bravo, what an EXTRAORDINARY women, she not only tolerates but actually loves her child despite it being sub-standard. Amazing!

Surely this appeals only to idiots? I see someone mentioned its been doing the rounds on Facebook...tick, tick, tick.

It's undeniably moving, but it is also propaganda by virtue of how it has been "marketed".

LowFlyingBirds-What a horrible person you sound
Some people just don't 'get it' do they...

Gideon-you are right in what you are saying!I think the main video got the better of me and therefore I didn't even allow myself to think of the negatives or the pro-choice brigade bla bla!
I stilll feel moved by her.Maybe my own personal reasons make that feeling more strong or sentimental who knows?
Anyhow thankyou for wathing this video and commenting

I hate the way she 'hides' him away until the end. Actually I hate a lot more about it but will be flamed if I say what I really feel

numbum - yes, that's theatrical and therefore manipulative

Absolutely fantastic DH and I in tears and we are tough old buggers.

I was struck by the bit where she said they were excited to be expecting, then found out the baby was a boy and then were more excited.