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This 18-month old was judged “incompatible with life,” now she’s learned to say “Mum”

Cassy Gray was told there was virtually no hope for her unborn daughter—only a 3% chance of live birth, and even if she did survive to that point, she wouldn’t live long after. The 36-year-old Scottish mum was strongly advised to “terminate” the pregnancy.

“We decided right away that termination was not an option. She’s a miracle,” she told The Scottish Sun. “I had so longed for a child and I decided to leave it in God’s hands, and I’m so thankful that I did,” she told Daily Record.

The child—named Megan—survived birth, and is now more than 18 months old. Her mother’s words, simple and direct, have the strength of a reasonableness rooted in affection: I am not the master of my daughter’s life or of her death.

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