When I was just 17 years old and pregnant with my third child, the doctor diagnosed my baby with Down syndrome. I already had two other kids and could not imagine having a baby with a disability, straining my thin resources even further. When I told my son’s father — my now-husband — that the doctor recommended abortion, he immediately spoke up and said, “No. That is not an option. I guess we are having a baby with Down syndrome.”

Unlike Jesse Ridgway, a YouTuber who blasted his decision to end the life of his unborn baby, who was diagnosed with Down syndrome, all over the internet, my son’s father stepped up and fought for his child.

This wasn’t even the first time the father of my children demonstrated the real meaning of fatherhood.

I had my first baby when I was only 15 years old. Seeing that initial ultrasound shot a wave of terror through me, and I knew there was no way I could make it work. I was a child myself…

Read the rest of Nallely’s story here: https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/21/my-kids-are-alive-because-their-dad-fought-for-them/

Nallely Perez serves as the Director of Operations of ProLove Ministries and LoveLine.