Chet
McDoniel, a man born with no arms, addressed the National Right to Life
Convention yesterday, taking about the value of every single human
being. "I’m not perfect, but I’m worth it."
The third child born to his parents, Chet was “given the opportunity
to die” by one of the hospital professionals after he was born, due to
concern that he may be “as mangled on the inside” as he “was on the
outside.” Chet’s condition was not borne of any discernible genetic
disorder, and as he points out, although his parents didn’t initially
know what to do with a child with no arms, they loved him and they would
have certainly chose life for him even if they would have known of his
condition before facing the shock of it in the delivery room, his story
could have been so different.
“The treatment for an adverse pregnancy is abortion….I wouldn’t have
made it past the first sonogram,” Chet shared, as he talked about how
the world today treats children in the womb with suspected
abnormalities.
