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S3E441 - MTM - A Person is a Person No Matter How Small

Published: June 27, 2026

Duration: 15:03

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A viral clip about aborting a baby with Down syndrome lit up the internet, but the part that matters most to me isn’t the comments section. It’s the question sitting underneath it: what is the unborn, really? As a physician and a dad, I walk through that question with the one person who has made it impossible for our family to keep this debate theoretical our son Thomas, now 26, who was diagnosed with Down syndrome and fought for his life from his first moments. 

Thomas was born on the anniv...