MTM - A Person is a Person No Matter How Small

MTM - A Person is a Person No Matter How Small

June 27, 2026 · 15 min · Season 3 · Episode 441

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Dr. Robert E. Jackson discusses the implications of a viral clip about aborting babies with Down syndrome through the lens of his personal experience with his son Thomas.

Send us Fan Mail 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...

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