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In reply to the discussion: Trump's statement yesterday was a kick in the gut. [View all]demigoddess
(6,675 posts)24. I have a child born with birth defects and therefore is severely retarded.
over the years people have asked me what I did to make her that way or told me that they know what I did to make her that way. so many of the idiots in our country have no science so they think that "trying to have an abortion" is what makes a child handicapped. I also had a couple of miscarriages. Lost one child and had normal children. Anything can happen in pregnancy and only science tells us why. Not religion and not conspiracy theories.
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The pain he has unleashed for you and others who have lost children is unforgivable
MaryMagdaline
Apr 2019
#1
So sorry for the pain your family went through. Just brutal that politicians reactivate your
Karadeniz
Apr 2019
#8
I am so sorry and you are spot on in calling it. "Wanted his second wife to abort his fourth child"
Evolve Dammit
Apr 2019
#12
Thank you, Shoonra, for your very thoughtful and informed dialogue.
Haggis for Breakfast
Apr 2019
#21
Trump is a narcissist. Narcissist have no empathy or remorse . Some years back a friend of mine
SummerSnow
Apr 2019
#33
I have a hard time believing that Trump has NEVER paid for, or been involved with a woman that has
LiberalLovinLug
Apr 2019
#36
Nothing new. Limbaugh and others have been saying this for a while ...
JustABozoOnThisBus
Apr 2019
#40