Natalie Weaver on Facial Differences and Fighting the Trolls
Alyssa Milano: Sorry Not Sorry
Peace By Peace Productions
3.6 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
When Natalie Weaver's daughter Sophia was born, she knew she was in for a whole new life. Born with facial differences, Natalie and her family had to navigate hate cruelty. But when her state tried to reduce essential health care benefits for medically complicated children, Natalie was forced to publicly fight for her family's well-being. What followed was a success in the activism realm and more hate from the social media trolls. Natalie joins us to discuss her activism, her fight to make the world a better place for people with facial differences, and coming to terms with grief.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Melissa Malano. And this is Sorry Not Sorry. So, This is a bit more |
| 0:42.0 | This is Ben Jackson as we speak a list is on route to Orlando for mega-con Orlando, so you'll be stuck with me today. |
| 0:42.6 | For most of us, it's hard to imagine having a medically fragile child. |
| 0:45.8 | It's even harder to put ourselves in the place of a parent |
| 0:48.7 | of someone with facial differences or other visible signs of medical concerns. Our guest today is Natalie Weaver. |
| 0:54.8 | Her late daughter Sophia was born with red syndrome and facial differences and |
| 0:59.1 | now she runs Sophia's voice in her daughter's memory. |
| 1:10.0 | Natalie Weaver is here with us today to stand up for her daughter and every other American who is facing the threat of having their health care ripped away from them. |
| 1:14.0 | I can't wait to be friends with you. |
| 1:17.0 | I would love to hold hands. |
| 1:20.0 | The story we first brought you last February, a local mom grabbing national headlines |
| 1:24.3 | fighting after a stranger stole a picture of her daughter and used it to promote abortion. |
| 1:29.2 | I couldn't believe the amount of hate and ignorance that was out there. |
| 1:32.6 | Children like Sophia are children. |
| 1:35.8 | To be honest, many people don't even view her as a human. |
| 1:40.2 | And I'm really just fighting for the most basic human right. |
| 1:45.0 | Hi, my name is Natalie Weaver and I am the founder of Sophia's Voice, |
| 1:50.0 | an organization I started for my daughter to fight for her health care and to help others |
| 1:56.4 | with disabilities with any type of medical needs and fight against online hate and so much more. |
| 2:03.8 | I continue the organization in my daughter's memories |
| 2:07.1 | since she has passed away. |
| 2:08.7 | Sorry, not sorry. |
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