When Courtney Baker found out she was pregnant with her third child, she hoped that the pregnancy and birth would go as smoothly as they had with her first two children.
On the other hand, the baby was diagnosed with Down syndrome during a checkup that was otherwise routine.
After that, he advised that she get an abortion since he believed that her family would have a difficult time taking care of a child who was born with Down syndrome. Baker did not agree.
On November 25, 2022, Baker uploaded a picture to social media of her daughter Emersyn wearing a T-shirt and black leggings with the words ‘I’m writing my own story…’
on the front of the shirt. In the video clip, Emmy can be seen walking barefoot and smiling after depositing a letter in a mailbox.

Baker captioned the photo with the following: ‘Emmy is mailing local doctors letters on how to deliver a Down syndrome diagnosis.’
People who have Down syndrome will always rise up to meet and exceed expectations, and this is the honest truth about Down syndrome.
Happiness, love, thoughtfulness, hugs, and the highest possible standard of living. She deserves our respect. …and so are her contemporaries.”
Baker has faith in those statements, and she is also fighting for the rights of other children all across the world who suffer from the condition.
On August 17, 2023, she took to Instagram to vent her frustration at the governments that were working toward eradicating Down syndrome.
‘Seventy Minutes’ The other night on Australia, there was a piece about whether or not children ‘like mine’ are deserving of life.
Iceland can proudly say that none of its residents have Down syndrome. She divulged that Denmark

brags that it will have eradicated Down syndrome within the next five years from its population.
Baker revealed that she was frustrated since the countries in question would not have provided Emmy with an opportunity.
In addition to that, they would have to deal with being bullied and spread false information.
Baker wrote, ‘It’s time to call it like it is.” “It’s time to call it like it is,” “Europe, Australia, Denmark,
and Iceland. North America. It is impossible to eradicate Down syndrome without first wiping out every single
person on earth who has the condition… And there is absolutely no reason to be proud of that.’
Baker sent a letter to her prenatal physician and also shared it on her Facebook page after she wrote it.
‘Because I am aware of how significant this is, writing this took a significant amount of time. I desired for there to be no flaws in it. She began by saying, ‘Just like Emmy.’
‘Recently, a friend shared with me the schedule that her prenatal specialist followed in order to see her
child throughout her sonograms. He would look over her newborn and remark, ‘He’s perfect,’ as he did so.
‘After the birth of her son, who was diagnosed with Down syndrome, she went to see the same doctor.
He looked at her son and said, ‘I told you,’ as he spoke to him. Baker continued, “He couldn’t be any better.’
The mother of three revealed that she was upset because her doctor had encouraged her to terminate her

pregnancy with Emmy even after hearing her name, even though she was in a position where she did not know what to do.
‘You asked us again if we understood how low our quality of life would be with a child with Down syndrome,’ she wrote in the letter.
‘You asked us if we understood how low our quality of life would be with a child with Down syndrome.’ Because of this, she began to dread the subsequent appointments.
‘My child was perfect,’ she gushed, adding that although she was not angry, she was sad because ‘the tiny beating hearts you see every day don’t fill you with a perpetual awe.’
‘And it breaks my heart to think that you might have even now uttered something like that to a mother.
But what I’m most upset about is the fact that you’ll never have the opportunity to meet my baby. ‘It’s an Emersyn,’ she elaborated.
Baker shared with the physician how her daughter had impacted not only her life but also the lives of thousands of other people.
She stated that ‘she’s given us bigger smiles, more laughter, and sweeter kisses than we’ve ever known,’ and that’s exactly what she did.
‘So my prayer is that no other mommy will ever have to go through what I did,” Baker said, adding that she wished the next time a doctor saw a fetus with Down syndrome,
he would tell the mother ‘the truth… ‘Your child is absolutely perfect.’’ Baker also wished that the
next time the doctor saw a fetus with Down syndrome, he would tell the mother “the truth… ‘Your child is absolutely perfect.’’