Men and abortion: Three couples share their stories
This is the first time Brittney and Bobby Welinski have told their story to anyone other than close friends and family. In 2019, the parents of four were at their doctor’s office for a fetal anatomy scan. At that point in their lives, they were preparing for their fifth child – and fourth daughter.
Ms. Welinski was 20 weeks along in her pregnancy. But during their checkup, the physician had heartbreaking news: Their daughter had a severe cleft affecting her brain and, very probably, her heart.
“They told us it was a condition incompatible with life,” Ms. Welinski remembers.
The family was living in North Dakota at the time. They traveled to another physician in South Dakota for a second opinion, where the diagnosis was confirmed. Their options were limited to terminating the pregnancy or carrying it to full term and arranging palliative care, which would optimize the child’s quality of life before passing.
“If we made
