Refusing an abortion

Frontpage of 'Parade' magazine when her baby was born.

Bree Walker, a Los Angeles based CBS television anchorwoman, was born with a deformity called electrodactylism. Her hands and feet did not develop in the usual manner. When she herself became pregnant, a pre-natal test showed her child-to-be had the same condition. She was asked about an abortion, but refused. After giving birth to her daughter, she wrote to her and said the contemporary worship of physical perfection is a waste of love. “To your dad and me, your family and your friends, you were beautiful and perfect from the first moment we saw you. Physical perfection is a term that describes the human shell, not a human soul. What matters is what God sees on the inside: how we treat others, the spirit in which we work and play, our attitude towards facing life’s challenges....”