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To call Gordon Hartman a devoted dad would be an understatement. Once a successful real estate developer, the 46-year-old San Antonio man sold his business so that he could spend more time with his daughter, who suffers from severe cognitive delay.
While hanging with 16-year-old Morgan, Hartman came to realize that she needed something more than time with dad: She needed the chance to experience the joys of childhood that were often denied her because of her special needs. Continue reading »
A Virginia legislator who called disabled children “God’s punishment” for their mothers who aborted a previous pregnancy just became reason number two for the month of February that I’m glad I no longer live in Virginia. (In case you’re wondering, here’s number one.)
State Delegate Bob Marshall of Manassas, one of the authors of Virginia’s anti-gay marriage amendment, held a press conference last week to oppose state funding for Planned Parenthood. That’s where he dropped this humdinger Continue reading »
She can’t feel anything from the chest down or move her fingers independently, and yet quadriplegic Kaney O’Neill is the mother of a five-month-old bouncing baby boy.
It’s a child she may lose as her ex-boyfriend prepares for a custody battle that could make a major precedent for disabled parents everywhere. Continue reading »
Surely, we’ve all come across people who we’ve thought maybe shouldn’t have been parents at all — I’m quite certain most people feel that way about me. And we’ve all done really stupid things on occasion. But are there people who shouldn’t be parents simple because they aren’t smart enough? Social workers in Fife, Scotland seem to think so. Which is why Kerry Robertson is on the run despite being 29 weeks pregnant.
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