The Alisa Childers Podcast

#356 Given 2 Weeks to Terminate Their Baby — They Chose Life | The Leopard Family

Alisa Childers, Cat Leopard, Leopard Family, Terminate Their Baby, They Chose, When Jeff

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47 min·February 15, 2026

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When Jeff and Cat Leopard learned their daughter Adelyne had Trisomy 18, they were told she was “incompatible with life,” pressured to terminate, and given a countdown on a calendar. Instead, as Christians who believe every human being is made in the image of God, they chose life, and then fought for the medical care that would honor their daughter’s dignity. What followed was heartbreak, advocacy, hospital corridors, hard conversations… and an unexpected, stubborn hope.


You’ll hear the Leopards’ full journey from the cold, clinical appointment that offered only abortion or “comfort care,” to the physician...

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