Mom of Quintuplets Refuses Pressure to “Reduce the Pregnancy” by Aborting One of Her Babies

By Texas Right to Life
Life News

Virginia couple Michael and Margaret Baudinet struggled with infertility and suffered the devastating loss of miscarriage. This Christmas, however, they had five reasons to be ecstatic – their five babies.

The Daily Mail reported on the sudden expansion of the Baudinet family. Their quintuplets, Ava, Camille (Millie), Clara, Isabelle, and Luke were born on December 4, 2016.

Proud mom Margaret has been sharing updates on the family’s blog, “Bundles of Baudinets.” Margaret and Michael decided to temporarily move to Arizona, so that the quintuplets could be in the care of renowned physician Dr. John Elliot. Margaret wrote on her blog about why they chose Dr. Elliot for his work with multiples. Despite the hardship of living far from friends and family, the Baudinets wanted to give their quintuplets the best care possible.

Sadly, many parents in similar circumstances are pressured to “selectively reduce,” a euphemism for killing one or more of the babies through abortion in order to increase the chances of healthy pregnancy and delivery for the other babies. Margaret shared her reaction to being pressured to “reduce the pregnancy”:

"As you can imagine, this is terrifying to hear, especially after you’ve heard that if you don’t reduce, your kids may have severe disabilities if they are lucky enough to even survive (much less you, the mother…oh yeah, almost forgot about you!)."

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Quintuplets Saved from Selective Abortion Now “Saving the Lives of Others”

By Anna Reynolds
Live Action News

Susan Thompson, a mother of seven, shared her story of choosing life on Facebook. At 28-years-old, already with two toddlers at home, Susan and her husband Mark found out what would shock any expectant parents: they weren’t just having one baby, they were having five! 

They were joyful at what they saw as God’s gift in their life. But not everyone was so happy. 

She writes, “Immediately, my doctor talked to me about selective reduction. When I said no, he sent me to a specialist who repeatedly asked me to consider reducing my pregnancy to triplets or even twins.”

Pregnancy with multiples can be challenging and dangerous for mom and babies. Because of these risks, parents of multiples are routinely pressured to “selectively reduce.” In other words, one or more of the babies is killed by abortion while the remaining children are allowed to live. No matter what the risks, Susan and her husband Mark knew they would embrace life for all of their children.

The journey was certainly not easy. Accounts of the pregnancy and birth reveal that Susan was on bed-rest for months, which is common for pregnancies with multiples. The babies were born eleven weeks early and were in the NICU for many weeks. Yet, even when the lives of their children were so fragile, Susan and Mark never stopped loving and caring for each of their children, never doubting their full humanity and potential. They welcomed Seth, Leah, Samuel, Hope, and Faith on January 7, 1995.

Susan makes a powerful connection in her Facebook posts by putting two pictures next to each other. The first is a fuzzy, black and white sonogram image of five unborn babies. The second is a picture of the day those five babies graduated from high school. Susan writes, “After graduation, three joined the military to serve our country and two are pursuing careers in the medical field. 

They are all responsible adults who love God and make this world a better place.” In the debate about abortion, there are few images as powerful as the ultrasound: the undeniable proof that the child in the womb is human is there before our eyes. It becomes clear that the people happily celebrating their graduation are the very same people who were crowded into their mother’s womb.

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