Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler: Daughter ‘Miracle’

Photo Credit: Politico Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler announced the birth of her daughter Monday, saying she is the first baby born with a particular debilitating condition to breathe on her own.

Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.) gave birth to her daughter, Abigail Rose Beutler, on July 15 in Portland, Ore., she wrote in a post on her Facebook page. Herrera Beutler called her daughter “every bit a miracle” — she was 28 weeks along in her pregnancy and the child had been diagnosed with an often fatal condition.

Herrera Beutler announced in June her child had been diagnosed with Potter’s Syndrome, only a few weeks after announcing her pregnancy.

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