Mom Fights for Son by Declaring She Would Have Aborted Him

Jen Gann was talking with someone earlier this year about her toddler Dudley's cystic fibrosis, a noncurable genetic disorder that afflicts sufferers with thick mucus in the lungs, causing lung infections and, for many, early death.

In her piece for the Cut, Gann says that when the woman she was conversing with asked her what she would have done had prenatal tests revealed Dudley had CF, she thought: "I do know exactly what it is I would have done." 

She says she and her husband, Tag, had discussed their options even before she became pregnant, and they'd jointly agreed they would have an abortion if something was wrong with the fetus. Which leads to the unique situation Gann now finds herself in: trying to save her son's life by showing she would've ended it before it started. That's because she and Tag have filed a wrongful-birth lawsuit, a complaint against a practitioner for failing to diagnose or inform parents-to-be about the possibility of a severe condition. 

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