“Courtney Baker took more than a year to write and mail a letter she had been thinking about since she was pregnant with her daughter with special needs, Emersyn Faith,” ABC News reported June 7. The letter was addressed to the doctor who suggested Baker abort her baby.

As Baker told ABC News, “I knew how important it was going to be to write that letter, before Emmy was even born.”

“I hope he sees Emmy,” she said. “I hope he sees my words on paper. Emmy is proof that children with special needs are worthy and can change the world. She’s doing it right now.”

The letter read in part:

“From that first visit, we dreaded our appointments. The most difficult time in my life was made nearly unbearable because you never told me the truth. My child was perfect. …

“She’s given us a purpose and a joy that is impossible to express. She’s given us bigger smiles, more laughter and sweeter kisses than we’ve ever known. She’s opened our eyes to true beauty and pure love.

“So my prayer is that no other mommy will have to go through what I did. My prayer is that you, too, will now see true beauty and pure love with every sonogram.

“And my prayer is when you see that next baby with Down syndrome lovingly tucked in her mother’s womb, you will look at that mommy and see me then tell her the truth: ‘Your child is perfect.’”