A family rejected the baby I carried because she had Down syndrome-12 years later, they took me to court, but what my daughter did there left everyone speechless

shaking. I felt years of working doubles, of school plays and fevers and homework, of being her mother, all swirling around as if they didn’t count for anything!

“You gave her up,” I said. “You have no right! None!”

“Biology says otherwise,” Vanessa said.

“Biology didn’t sit up with her at three in the morning when she had pneumonia!continue reading …