This Woman's Story Of Her Abortion At 22 Weeks Is Going Viral
“No woman should have to have the state have a say in the most painful decision she will ever make.”
Meet Alyson Draper, a corporate attorney and mother of six living in the mountains of Midway, Utah.
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Recently, Draper posted about her experience having a "late-term abortion" in a Facebook status — and it's going viral.
Draper's status has been shared almost 80,000 times on Facebook.
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The pregnancy came only 15 months after Draper said she had another pregnancy that resulted in a stillbirth.
"Between the two of us, my husband and I had six kids at home from our first marriage but we desperately wanted a child together so these twins were so loved and wanted," she said.
Spina bifida is a disease that affects the development of the spinal cord and brain, and it ranges from mild to severe.
"Our baby's case was so severe that the entire brain was pulled down and formed on the back, and the spine was exposed all the way down to the lumbar vertebrae at the bottom," she said.