YouTuber Jesse Ridgway and his wife, Ashley, revealed they decided to terminate their pregnancy after learning their baby had a high chance of being born with Down syndrome.

“This week, my wife and I made the very difficult decision to terminate the pregnancy due to Trisomy 21,” the internet personality wrote via his Instagram Stories on Wednesday.

Trisomy 21 is also known as Down syndrome, “a genetic condition where a person is born with an extra chromosome,” per the CDC.

“The choice was not made lightly,” Ridgway continued. “We are devastated. This has been extremely traumatic for both of us, especially Ashley.”

Ridgway shared that Ashley underwent the “procedure earlier this week” and “everything went smoothly.”

“But emotionally, we are drained,” he continued. (Read more from “YouTuber and Wife Terminate Pregnancy after Down Syndrome Diagnosis” HERE)

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