{"id":4755,"date":"2025-09-02T13:57:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T13:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=4755"},"modified":"2025-09-02T13:57:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T13:57:41","slug":"parents-refuse-to-abort-deformed-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=4755","title":{"rendered":"Parents refuse to abort deformed baby"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Expecting Brody<\/strong><br>Sara Heller and her partner Chris were excited to welcome their baby, Brody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But at their 24-week ultrasound, doctors revealed he had a bilateral cleft lip and palate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They were asked if they wanted to keep the baby \u2014 for Sara and Chris, there was no question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Spreading Awareness<\/strong><br>Determined to embrace Brody as he was, Sara said,&nbsp;<em>\u201cIt is OK to be proud of your baby no matter the circumstances.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The couple used social media to spread awareness about cleft conditions and challenge stereotypes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Challenges and Education<\/strong><br>Sara received hurtful comments online, like&nbsp;<em>\u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with his face?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of reacting with anger, she said,&nbsp;<em>\u201cI decided to educate rather than create a confrontation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Support and Strength<\/strong><br>One stranger even gave them $1,000 to help with medical costs, with a note that read,&nbsp;<em>\u201cfor the beautiful baby.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brody has since had surgery and is recovering well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expecting BrodySara Heller and her partner Chris were excited to welcome their baby, Brody. But at their 24-week ultrasound, doctors revealed he had a bilateral cleft lip and palate. They were asked if they wanted to keep the baby \u2014 for Sara and Chris, there was no question. Spreading AwarenessDetermined to embrace Brody as he&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4757,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4755\/revisions\/4757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}