Dr Alexis Heng Boon Chin
8 June 2026
Jesse Ridgway and his wife’s decision to abort their pregnancy after prenatal testing confirmed the foetus had Trisomy 21 triggered massive outrage in the US. But in East Asia, bringing a severely disabled child into the world may be seen as irresponsible.
The New Jersey-based content creator, known to his eight million subscribers as McJuggerNuggets, posted a heartfelt statement on Instagram Wednesday revealing that he and his wife Ashley had terminated their pregnancy after prenatal testing confirmed the fetus had Trisomy 21 — better known as Down syndrome.