Ep 936 | 'We Recommend Termination': Defying Doctors & Choosing Life | Guests: Daniel & Kelly Crawford

Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey

Blaze Podcast Network

News, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, News Commentary

4.6 • 19.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Today we're joined by Daniel and Kelly Crawford of Abel Speaks, an organization that supports families who have chosen to carry a child with a life-limiting diagnosis. They share their own story of finding out their baby son Abel had trisomy 18 and how doctors were quick to suggest abortion, deeming their son incompatible with life. We discuss how they processed the news and how important community grounded in compassion and truth was for them during this time. Kelly explains the birth experience and how much time they were given with baby Abel beyond what they were told to expect. We also discuss their motivation to help other families in similar situations and what the gaps in support are for families of children with life-limiting diagnoses. --- Timecodes: (01:16) Abel's story (06:08) What is Trisomy 18? (16:30) Finding support (26:40) Finding a provider they trusted (29:08) Abel's birth and last days (44:40) 'Abel Speaks' (01:06:05) Allie's VBAC --- Today's Sponsors: Range Leather — highest quality leather, age-old techniques and all backed up with a “forever guarantee." Go to rangeleather.com and use coupon code "ALLIE" to receive 15% off your first order. Patriot Mobile — go to PatriotMobile.com/ALLIE or call 972-PATRIOT and use promo code 'FRIDAY76' to get a free smart phone with activation! Netsuite — gain visibility and control of your financials, planning, budgeting, and inventory so you can manage risk, get reliable forecasts, and improve margins. Go to NetSuite.com/ALLIE to get your one-of-a-kind flexible financing program. --- Links: Abel Speaks: https://abelspeaks.org/ --- Relevant Episodes: Ep 921 | To the Texas Mom Suing to Abort Her Baby https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-921-to-the-texas-mom-suing-to-abort-her-baby/id1359249098?i=1000638357091 --- Buy Allie's book, You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love: https://alliebethstuckey.com/book Relatable merchandise – use promo code 'ALLIE10' for a discount: https://shop.blazemedia.com/collections/allie-stuckey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.7	aborted with doctors and activists insisting that this is the easiest and most compassionate choice.
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0:44.5	healing and redemptive option is to allow these babies to be born, whole, and to
0:50.6	live. But parents in the situation they need support they need information
0:55.6	they need community they need help and that is why able speaks exist this is a
1:00.9	Christian nonprofit organization that helps families who are
1:06.8	pregnant with a child that has been given a life-limiting diagnosis. You are going to be so encouraged and
1:15.2	touched by the testimony of the founders of Abel Speaks, the Crawfords, who are
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