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Pro-Life Congressman Welcomes Daughter with Down Syndrome; Resigns to Devote Time to His Family, by Micaiah Bilger – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Pro-Life Congressman Welcomes Daughter with Down Syndrome; Resigns to Devote Time to His Family, by Micaiah Bilger

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WASHINGTON, DC – Former pro-life Congressman Sean Duffy and Fox News contributor Rachel Campos Duffy welcomed their ninth child into the world with great joy last week.

Valentina Stella Maris Duffy has Down syndrome, but her pro-life parents did not see her condition as any less of a reason to celebrate her life.

“Valentina was also born with an extra chromosome, which means she also has Downs Syndrome. That extra chromosome certainly made her EXTRA cute. Life is wonderful!!” her mother announced on Facebook.

Valentina was born on Oct. 1, a month early, and has two holes in her heart, the Wausau Daily Herald reports. The family said she still is in the neonatal intensive care unit, and she will need surgery to repair her heart within the next several months.

The Duffys thanked everyone who has been praying for Valentina since they learned that she would have special needs.

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“Thank you to everyone who prayed for Valentina all these months – your prayers were never felt more than in the crazy hours before her emergency birth,” her mother wrote. ….

Read more at lifenews.com/2019/10/10/pro-life-congressman-welcomes-daughter-with-down-syndrome-resigns-to-devote-time-to-his-family/