AT 8-9 MONTHS WE CAN MURDER BABIES IN THE WOMB AND SELL THEIR PARTS AS THEY ARE NOT PERSONS AND FEEL NO PAIN?
"Hillary (Lesbian Clinton) is
saying, in the ninth month, you can take the baby and rip the baby out
of the womb of the mother just prior to the birth of the baby."
ZIONIST FRANCE AUTHORIZES THE LEGAL KILLING OF 8 MONTHS OLD BABIES IN THE WOMB???
‘What Kind of Mother Is 8 Months Pregnant and Wants an Abortion?’
Kate, already mom to one daughter, terminated her second pregnancy at 36 weeks. She named the daughter she lost Rose. (Photo: Rosanna U/Getty Images)
On the issue of late-term abortion during Wednesday night’s debate, Donald Trump notably said the following: “If you go with what Hillary is saying, in the ninth month, you can take the baby and rip the baby out of the womb of the mother just prior to the birth of the baby. Now, you can say that that’s OK and Hillary can say that that’s OK. But it’s not OK with me, because based on what she’s saying, and based on where she’s going, and where she’s been, you can take the baby and rip the baby out of the womb in the ninth month on the final day. And that’s not acceptable.” His comments sparked outrage and pain across social media from women — and men — who know firsthand the devastation of ending a pregnancy. Ninety-two percent of abortions in the United States occur within the first 13 weeks of pregnancy. But for women who opt to have them late, the decision is one that’s typically made under harrowing medical circumstances — one of which is described here, bravely and painstakingly, in this first-person essay originally published in April 2015.
When Kate, a 29-year-old mom outside Boston,
found out she was pregnant with a second daughter, she was elated. Then,
at 36 weeks along, she got the news that is every expecting parent’s
worst nightmare: Her baby, whom she would later name Rose, had two brain
malformations. Kate decided to have an abortion, and eventually found
solace in a support group on the website Ending a Wanted Pregnancy. The online community is for parents
who terminate pregnancies for medical reasons (pregnancies they wanted,
but chose to end after a severe prenatal diagnosis or maternal health
issue) and who often feel alone or ashamed, and suffer in silence. Kate, one of the site’s administrators, shares her story with Yahoo’s Rachel Bertsche.
My husband and I always wanted a big family. We wanted to have a lot of kids and to start young and have them close together. In 2010, we had our first. A healthy baby girl. But when we were ready for number two, getting pregnant — or, rather, staying pregnant — was harder. I had three miscarriages before a pregnancy finally stuck. I was expecting a second little girl in the summer of 2012, and everyone around me said everything looked great.
Well, almost everyone. At my 18-week fetal scan, a technician thought she saw something – she wasn’t sure what, exactly — so they sent me for a Level 2 ultrasound at a local teaching hospital. “Level 2” meant that it would be more detailed than the standard sonogram, and a maternal fetal medicine (MFM) specialist would look at it. When I went for that test, the MFM specialist said the baby was healthy. I was worried, but when I expressed my concern to the hospital’s genetic counselor, she said, “His job is on the line. He must be completely confident.”
What Donald Trump Doesn’t Understand About Late-Term Abortion
That whole pregnancy was hard for me. I was sick for much longer than most people are. I had sleep apnea. When I was pregnant with my first daughter, she would kick responsively, and then she would take naps. It seemed logical. This baby never stopped moving, but she never did anything responsive, either. The movements were so random. I remember telling a friend, “This baby is already different than my first.” I don’t know if it was that, or my history of miscarriages, or having that seed planted that something might be wrong, but I was uneasy.
Because of that worry, at 35 weeks, my midwife sent me for a “peace of mind” ultrasound. I was eight months pregnant — huge! — and I went to the hospital thinking I was being silly. The rational side of me knew everything was fine. I figured they would tell me all was good, put my mind at ease, give me a picture and send me home.
What Happened When My Daughter Asked About My Abortion
I went to the appointment alone, on a Wednesday in May. I was so chatty with the technician while I was lying on the table. Towards the end, I said to her, “It’s funny, I keep picturing the baby I already have, but I know this one will be different.” And she looked right at me, with these serious eyes, and said, “This baby will be different. They are all different.”
While I waited for the doctor, I worked on the sweater I was knitting for my little girl. When two doctors came in, one of them asked me about it. Was I making it for the baby? I told her I was, and, with tears in her eyes, she said, “It’s beautiful.”
Then she continued. “The things they couldn’t find the last time you were here, we are seeing those things today. Your baby has brain malformation.” Right away, she said, “We might be able to arrange an abortion, we just don’t know. We can arrange an adoption if that’s what you want.”
I’m grateful that she led with that. It told me it was safe to talk to her about options, and it told me that something was very wrong. That was the only thing she said that got through to me. Everything else came up against that denial wall. Of course, she told me about keeping the baby, too.
I know she said the words “Dandy-Walker,” which I know now is a brain syndrome that has varying degrees of severity. I remember asking, “Are babies with this ever normal?” and she said that sometimes they were. She told me they couldn’t know the severity of the situation until after I had an MRI. That’s how they would determine if my baby would be OK or if she would be “incompatible with life.” Those are the words they used. Incompatible with life.
I was in total shock. I wasn’t even crying. I picked up the phone to call my husband, and all at once, I completely fell apart. By the time he got to the phone, I was unintelligible. “Where are you?” he said. I named the hospital and he said, “I’m on my way.”
We couldn’t get the MRI for two days. My parents took my daughter so that my husband and I could be miserable alone. Waiting was awful. I imagined every possibility: What would it be like to have the miracle baby who was OK and exceeded all expectations? What if she died at birth? What if she lived only a couple of years? What does it mean to get a DNR (a do-not-resuscitate order), for an infant? Hospitals are legally protected from trying to save a baby and not legally protected from letting a baby die. That was something we thought about, too.
We were in crisis, and in crisis, you don’t talk very much. You say what you need to say, and the rest is just thoughts turning around in your head constantly. My husband was wonderful. I would cry until I didn’t have any tears, and he would pick me up and carry me to our room. I knit and knit and knit. I knit in my worry and knit in my fear, and I finished the sweater. I wove in the ends, and then my husband and I got in the car and drove to the MRI.
It was a morning appointment, and at the end of that day we met with the neurologist, who told us that our baby had Dandy-Walker malformation, the most severe presentation of the syndrome. It basically meant there were holes in her brain. She also had agenesis of the corpus callosum, which meant the bridge between the two hemispheres of her brain didn’t grow. So we had two malformations, each of which had a wide range of outcomes, but, combined, had a horrible prognosis. The doctor said, “We expect your baby to have moderate to severe mental retardation; she’s going to have moderate to severe physical disability; she is probably never going to walk or talk; she will possibly never be able to lift her head; she is going to have seizures all of the time.” At first, I was thinking, “This doesn’t make sense, she’s always moving,” and then he mentioned seizures, and I understood.
In that moment, I had to shift my thinking. I was hoping for special ed, and had been focusing on questions like: How much should you save to know your special-needs daughter will be OK after you die? I was thinking about long-term care and mild to moderate disability. Instead, I had to think about a baby who was probably not going to live very long, and the longer she lived, the more pain she would be in. That realization – that I was more scared of her living than of her dying — is what made the choice for me.
When it comes to a decision like this, there is no good option. What you want is a happy, healthy baby. The doctor asked if we had any questions, and I said, “What does a baby like this do? Does she just sleep all day?” The doctor looked so uncomfortable. He said, “Babies like this one are not generally comfortable enough to sleep.” That’s when we thanked him and left.
On the way home, even though I knew what I wanted to do, I couldn’t say the word. What kind of mother is eight months pregnant and wants an abortion? I turned to my husband and said, “Tell me what you think we should do.” He said, “Kate, you do not have to do this, but I think we should ask about the abortion.”
It was a gift. It felt like light and fresh air. I had been feeling so dark and so trapped, and when I realized we were together on this, I felt free. I knew what to do. It didn’t matter anymore that people were going to call me a murderer, or that I’d never heard of anyone doing this. It didn’t matter that we didn’t even know if it was legal. If I had my husband, I could do this.
I called my doctor as soon as I got home. While we were waiting for her to call back, I didn’t know if we had a safe and legal option. I remember thinking, “If we can’t get the abortion, I’m going to run away somewhere rural and I’m going to have this baby by myself and let her die without intervention.” That would have been so dangerous, and I could be dead right now. She was a high-risk birth, not a regular healthy birth. Her head could have swollen with fluid at any time. Even if it went smoothly, and I had my baby and she had died in a few hours, I could have been put under investigation. The risks that I was willing to take to let this baby go in peace, in the way I believed she deserved — it’s terrifying. But I was desperate, and I was so untrusting. I was scared the police would get called on me for just having these thoughts.
My doctor called back at 6:30 that night. It was a Friday, and my husband and I were out for a walk when the phone rang. Immediately, the doctor said, “I am so sorry, but if you want the abortion you need to call before 7 pm, which is the end of the workweek Mountain Time, because the clinic closes for the week in a half an hour. And you have to be on a plane to Colorado on Monday.” We were in Boston, where there are a million medical schools and hospitals, but the only doctor in the country who would perform this late an abortion was in Colorado. (Actually, there was one other, but that clinic was closed for the week.) My doctor barely had time to explain everything, she just said I’d have to be in the clinic on Tuesday. It was a four-day procedure, and I had to have it done by Friday, when I would be 36 weeks pregnant. There is no doctor in the country who performs abortions after 36 weeks.
Then she added, “You have to show up with $25,000.” We didn’t have $25,000 sitting around. We are a middle-class family. We don’t have that kind of credit, either. But it didn’t matter. I would figure it out.
So I called the Boulder Abortion Clinic in Colorado. We scheduled everything we needed to, but then I had to get money. I called my parents. I told my mom everything, and when I told her I wanted to get the abortion, she said, “That is what I would do, too.”
It was such a relief to hear those words. It’s one thing to get an abortion, it’s another thing to get an abortion at eight months. I felt like such an outcast. It’s so heavily tabooed that I was afraid to even tell my mother. But once I knew I had her support, I blurted out, “I need money.” My parents took it out of their retirement fund, which is probably what we would have done if we’d had more time. But you can’t do much with no business days.
On
Monday, we flew to Colorado. I made up a story that I was six months
pregnant with twins, in case someone tried to stop me from getting on
the plane. I was so afraid that I was going to be found out, that
someone was going to get in the way of me getting to the clinic.
The whole first day was counseling and testing to make sure it was safe to do the procedure. They want to make sure you completely understand what is going to happen and that no one is pressuring you into the decision. At the end of the day, I signed all the paperwork, and the doctor injected the baby with a drug that, over a few hours, slowed her heart to still. It was a very, very difficult day. Euthanizing the baby is, obviously, a very hard thing to do. After the injection, he asked how I was feeling, and I just said, “I feel so sad. I’m going to miss her.”
My husband and I went back to the hotel and I lay down until she stopped moving. I could tell when she was gone. It feels very different. The second and third days were short appointments, so we took a nice drive through the Rockies to pass the time. Then on the fourth day, they induced my labor. I got Pitocin, and it was actually a very natural birth. It was quite healing for me. I couldn’t do anything for this baby — I couldn’t fix her brain or make her well, but I could deliver her from my body. I chose to view her, so they cleaned her up and brought her in and she looked a lot like my older daughter. She was beautiful and she was whole. I got her footprints and had her cremated and they sent us her ashes in the mail a few days later. We wanted to name her after a flower, so we called her Rose.
Ten days after we had that 35-week ultrasound, she was gone.
Late in my pregnancy, my older daughter would say, “Mama do you have a baby in your belly?” and I would say, “Yes honey! Want to give her a kiss?” After I got home, I knew she would ask, so I waited for that moment. When it came, my daughter put her hand on my stomach and said it: “Mama, do you have a baby in your belly?” And I said, “No, honey. Baby died. Baby’s all gone.”
She cried, but probably because I had spoiled the game. My daughter asked me every day for two weeks. Now, every six months or so, we talk about it again — her understanding of it evolves as she grows. At this point, she knows the baby died because she was sick in a way the doctors couldn’t fix, because she had holes in her brain, and you need your whole brain to be healthy.
My 30th birthday party was scheduled for the Sunday after we got home — two days after I gave birth to Rose. It was only for close family and friends, so I decided not to cancel. I told people that the baby died and that we induced a stillbirth. I didn’t tell them I went to Colorado. I didn’t tell them the baby died because we gave her an injection. But eventually, I told my best friend, and she was wonderful. And that helped me tell other people and speak publicly. My husband is a private person, and he would rather I didn’t tell anyone, but I have healed a lot from sharing and receiving support.
I’ve gone on to have another healthy little girl, who is 16 months. The MFM specialist I saw for my third pregnancy said that if it had been him, he would have caught Rose’s condition sooner. I have explored the possibility of a medical malpractice suit, but in the end I decided against it. I decided that I can live in a world where people make honest mistakes.
My third pregnancy was hard, emotionally, but today I have a 5-year-old and a 1-year-old. I don’t know about the future — I refuse to make a decision right now. I’m still healing. But I have two living children, and I had another baby, whom I still love every day.
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Pictures of Aborted Babies
Prostaglandins are naturally produced chemical compounds which normally assist in the birthing process. The injection of concentrations of artificial prostaglandins prematurely into the amniotic sac induces violent labor and the birth of a child usually too young to survive. Often salt or another toxin is first injected to ensure that the baby will be delivered dead, since some babies have survived the trauma of a prostaglandin birth and been born alive. This method is used during the second trimester.
These 10 photos show the reality of late-term abortion
Last year, the House of Representatives voted to ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Similar legislation had previously passed the House in 2015, but was blocked in the Senate. Authored by Rep. Trent Franks, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act passed with a 237 to 189 vote. While the abortion lobby frequently fights late-term abortion bans, most Americans support banning abortion after 20 weeks. The United States is also one of only seven countries that allows abortion after 20 weeks, making our position extreme compared to the rest of the world.
Scientists have been able to determine that preborn children are not only capable of feeling pain, but the pain may be even more excruciating, due to the development of neurological mechanisms while in the womb. Dr. Anthony Levatino, a former abortionist, shows how brutal and violent these procedures are.
And while the abortion industry often tries to downplay the humanity of preborn babies, the proof makes it indisputable. These photos, courtesy of Images of Abortion, show that these babies are human beings. They also show the gruesome aftermath of late-term abortions. These images of aborted preborn children in the second trimester are not easy to look at — they are heart-wrenching and unsettling.
Caution: Contains some graphic images.
The tiny foot of a reborn baby (20 weeks)
Another photo of a preborn baby’s foot — note the toenails (20 weeks)
Photo of a tiny foot — while it is small, each tiny toe is well-formed and visible (20 weeks)
Another perfectly formed tiny foot (21 weeks(
A hand, arm, and ribcage of a reborn baby (12 weeks)
The hand and foot of an abortion victim (21 weeks)
Twin babies who were both aborted (12 weeks)
The body of an aborted baby; his fingers and face are clearly visible (6 months)
This preborn baby’s mutilated body shows how violent second-trimester abortions are (6 months)
The bodies of twin boys who had been aborted, unceremoniously stuffed into a bag (18-20 weeks)
These disturbing images prove that these are human beings being killed, not clumps of tissue or products of conception. They are people, who deserve better than such a violent and gruesome death. When the Senate votes on the 20 week abortion ban, hopefully they’ll remember these preborn babies and the hundreds of thousands like them.
Foetuses aborted and dumped secretly as India shuns baby girls
A hundred yards from a school playing field on the edge of Nayagarh, a small town in eastern India, is an innocuous damp circular patch covered with what appears to be sticks and stones.
A closer look reveals that the debris is shards of tiny skulls and bones, all that remains of more than 40 female foetuses - aborted because of their sex and then dumped in a disused well.
The secret tragedy of being conceived female in India burst into the open this week with the grim discovery of the well, dug on land earmarked for a private hospital - the Krishna clinic owned by an obstetrician, Nabakirshora Sahu, and his wife, Savitha. The latter is in custody but the medic is on the run.
Last Thursday Santish Mishra, a health official, was poking at the top of the hole, from which had been exhumed 132 bags of putrefying human remains. Above the grisly sight hangs an acrid smell, the telltale chemical stench of hospital waste used to hide the truth.
"Femur, skull, forearm - probably. We are pretty sure these are all female, aborted at about five months which is the legal limit," said Dr Mishra. "You can say it was a hidden mass grave."
In India ultrasound technology, coupled with a traditional preference for boys, has led to mass female foeticide. Although gender-based abortion is illegal, parents are choosing to abort female foetuses in such large numbers that experts estimate India has lost 10 million girls in the past 20 years. In the 12 years since selective abortion was outlawed only one doctor has been convicted of the crime.
Nursing homes
Authorities in Nayagarh said they will come down hard on clinics offering ultrasound scans to determine the sex of an unborn child and the "nursing homes" where abortions are carried out. All five clinics and eight nursing homes have been shut and sealed.
It is hard to believe that in such a small town illegal terminations could happen without official connivance - at least one government doctor has been arrested.
Two weeks ago an 11-year-old boy out playing in a grove at the edge of Nayagarh town opened a sealed bag to find bloody remains of seven female foetuses. Although the alarm was raised and local television stations aired shocking images, by the time the police arrived - three hours late - they had been removed.
"I was very scared. There was blood everywhere," said Upendra Kalasha, the boy who found the remains. "The people came but not the police."
Paresh Nayak, the top local civil servant, said: "Nobody said anything to me. The public have a responsibility to come forward. They did not and we were overtaken by events."
One of those events was the election of India's first female head of state, president Pratibha Patil. In her inaugural address this week to both houses of parliament she said India "must banish (the) social evil of female foeticide".
What happened in Nayagarh is merely the tip of the iceberg. Last month a doctor in Delhi was arrested after remains of aborted babies were found in a septic tank at his practice. In February police found the remains of 15 infants buried in the backyard of a hospital in the central state of Madhya Pradesh. A television investigation last year filmed dozens of doctors offering to perform illegal terminations of female foetuses and dump them in rivers or in fields.
The prejudices against having a daughter run deep in India, where tradition dictates that when she is married a woman's family must pay the groom's family a large dowry. By contrast a son is considered an asset. Even leaving aside the wealth his bride will bring, a boy will inherit property and is seen as a way of securing parent-care in old age.
Development has not erased traditional values: in fact, selective abortion has been accelerating in a globalising India. Wealthier and better-educated Indians still want sons. A survey revealed that female foeticide was highest among women with university degrees. The urban middle classes can also afford the ultrasound tests to determine the sex of the foetus.
"We are seeing a rush of multinational companies selling ultrasound machines in India with little regard for how they are used," said Sabu George, a campaigner against female foeticide. "Chinese companies now sell machines at just 200,000 rupees (£2,500) half the price of American ones. Every small town doctor can get one and more families can afford the test."
The mix of old customs and new technology means a shortage of girls that will haunt India for decades, say researchers. The latest figures from a sample registration system which covers 1.3m households shows that for the two years up to 2005 Indian had just 880 female babies born to each 1,000 males.
Prem Chowdhry, who has studied the implications of a widening gender deficit, says unmarried young men are turning to crime and violence against women has increased. Some men in the rich northern state of Haryana have taken to buying brides from other parts of India. Many of these wives end up slaves and their children are shunned.
"We are seeing five to 10 households in every village where wives are brought," said Professor Chowdhry. "The pattern is being reproduced across India and we are staring at a huge problem for the future."
· The following correction was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and clarifications column, Friday August 3 2007. Indian tradition does not usually dictate that when a woman is married her family must pay "the groom's in-laws" a large dowry, as we said in the article below. We meant to say that the dowry goes to the groom's family. This has been corrected.
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"The twins came into the world a little unexpectedly. To be more precise, they were 4 and a half weeks early, on July 7, 2010, but luckily everything went fine. The beautiful baby sisters were named Ava Marie and Leah Rose."
9 Years Ago They Were Called The World's Most Beautiful Twins – Now Look At Them
Ava Marie and Leah Rose are better known to the world as the Clements twins. Their outstanding modeling success got them world fame and an opportunity to work with the most recognizable brands at the very young age of 7. The girls have an Instagram account, managed by their mom, which has amassed 1.5 million followers. It is safe to say that these are modern time influencers, whose captivating beauty strikes us with awe. When you see how they look and what they're up to today, you’ll be even more stunned!
Jaqi and Kevin
In 2003, Jaqi and Kevin, who make quite an attractive couple, decided to tie the knot. These two were first blessed with a baby boy, Chase, who came into this world on July 3, 2008. Chase was still a baby when the couple found out that the family was about to have another two little bundles of joy. Little did they know how big of a change these two babies would bring to their lives.
Premature Arrival
The twins came into the world a little unexpectedly. To be more precise, they were 4 and a half weeks early, on July 7, 2010, but luckily everything went fine. The beautiful baby sisters were named Ava Marie and Leah Rose. When Jaqi recalled the premature arrival of the twins, she would jokingly say that it was so typical of girls to show up early, unannounced and ready to take action.
Showered with Compliments
Ever since they were born, Ava Marie and Leah Rose were getting compliments for their distinguished beauty. It is common and usual for every mom to think their baby is adorable, but this case was different. People were impressed. Everybody would say how gorgeous they were and the girls would be showered with compliments every time someone saw them.
They Should Be Models
Everybody said, “You should think about getting them into modeling!” Jaqi heard this so many times ever since the girls were born that she actually thought of giving it a try when the girls were 6 months old. She signed them up with an agency in Los Angeles and decided to take a shot at it.
First Modeling Try
Jaqi felt a little pressured to start the girls’ modeling career. Finally, she decided to go through with it. She knew it wouldn’t be easy, but she tried anyway. She and Kevin raised Chase, who was two at the time, and the girls, who were six months old back then. Most of the time it was difficult to even leave the house, not to mention do any other more complex endeavors.
Quitting Modeling
The first modeling trial lasted for three months before Jaqi realized it was way too early for the girls to get into it more seriously. Also, she was already feeling overwhelmed with the whole parenting regime she had, so the extra pressure coming with the girls’ modeling made Jaqi realize that it was time to go back to their regular lives.
Living a Normal Life
Kevin and Jaqi were determined not to influence their kids’ lives in such a way, unless the kids themselves were to express a clear interest in it. Considering the fact that their kids were still babies, this meant that for the following several years modeling would not be an option.
Enjoying the Spotlight
Jaqi and Kevin noticed that the girls enjoyed the attention coming from the others. They had always liked to perform and dance in front of everybody, even strangers. Jaqi and Kevin did not know who they got this trait from, but one thing was sure - they definitely loved being in the spotlight. Still, the parents made an agreement not to push them into anything forcibly, but rather to listen and fulfill their wishes.
Positive Signs
Their 7th birthday was approaching and the girls had already started going to school and even taking on some extracurricular activities, such as swimming and dancing lessons. The girls were born on the 7th day of the 7th month of the year and their 7th birthday was just around the corner. The year was 2017. All of this Jaqi saw as good signs, and she was a strong believer in signs and after all, the number 7 is a lucky number for many people. She decided to gently bring up the idea of modeling to the girls.
Giving the Idea
It was no surprise to Jaqi that the girls fell in love with the idea instantly since she knew they craved the spotlight. They were jumping up and down and simply couldn’t wait to start. But, Jaqi knew that the world of modeling can be tough on such young girls, so she decided to take it slowly for the girls. But, she hoped that now that the girls were older it would at least be easier to juggle it all.
Getting Ready for the Shoot
One of their neighbors had a kids’ clothing store, so this was a great opportunity to try out the potential new hobby. Jaqi went to the basement to find her 10-year-old Nikon camera, she made some curls in the girls’ hair, put on some blush on their beautiful cheeks, and they were all set up for the mini photo session.
The First Photoshoot
The girls indeed enjoyed the spotlight, but the photo shoot looked a bit different than they imagined. While one of them looked directly at the camera, the other stared at distance. While doing this, one of them would bump into another, then the other would get annoyed and shove her back, thinking it was done on purpose. Just kids being kids.
Lack of Experience
The first photo shoot had finished, and considering the fact that they obviously lacked experience it went just fine. The photos came out really nice and Jaqi decided to take some of them and send them out to modeling agencies. Jaqi was a bit apprehensive about whether the agencies would still be interested in signing the girls up.
Jaqi also though that it would be a good idea to start an Instagram account for the girls. She thought that the account would help the girls reach higher popularity. Also, it would make it easier for the modeling agencies to check the girls out and contact Jaqi in case they were interested.
Managing the Feed
Jaqi knew that having a public account might help the girls with their modeling careers, but she was also well aware of the fact that public accounts might have some negative influence, especially on the girls at such a young age. This is why she was determined to be in absolute charge of the account, filtering what would be posted but also which comments the girls should know about.
Instagram models
The success they had with the Instagram account was instant and incredible. In September, the account rose to 1,000 followers, but only one month later the number increased to 3,000. The agencies started approaching Jaqi about the girls, and soon Jaqi realized that she had been worried without a solid reason about whether the agencies would be interested. But then, the overnight success with Instagram meant that there were other issues to address.
Choosing the Agency
Before she even tried reaching out to the agencies Jaqi feared that there would be no interest in the girls. But, soon, very soon, did she realize that she would have a completely different worry - how to choose between all the agencies that were interested in Ava and Leah. After careful consideration, Jaqi opted for two agencies that were based in different counties.
Problem with Two Agencies
Ava and Leah soon started having gigs. But, it wasn’t long before the family realized that juggling with two agencies might not be so easy. It was all fine until the twins got a call from one of the agencies to attend a Barbie audition. The only problem was that they had already done the shoot through the other agency. This made Jaqi feel really nervous.
Coming Clean
Jaqi felt she had to come clean and so she did. She put her cards on the table, thinking that even if the agencies want to stop the cooperation they had with the girls it would be fine since she didn’t want to have her daughters work for an agency that had no understanding of their situation. But both of the agencies understood the situation, which resulted in having even more gigs for the girls.
Second Round of Instagram Success
The twin sisters had had their Instagram account for about 3 or 4 months when the internationally renowned headshot and professional photographer, Isa Battaglin, took headshots of the girls. Jaqi then had a new series of headshots to post on Instagram and when she did so, she was absolutely amazed at the sudden increase of the followers. Remembering it in retrospect she said she thought she was dreaming. After posting several headshots taken by Isa the number of followers doubled to 15,000 in just a week, and another couple of photos got them to 25,000.
What the Followers Like
Jaqi was really happy to see the whirlwind success she had with the Instagram account of the twins. But, being an absolute beginner at handling an official account she had to learn a lot on the fly. Not everything was plain clear. She had to keep track and analyze the pattern of what the followers liked the most. It seemed that the most popular pictures were the headshots with the girls’ eyes in focus. Also, people seemed to like the symmetry, so the photos of both sisters gained more likes than a photo of only one of them.
It Isn’t All About the Pictures
Being new to the business, especially on social networks, Jaqi took about 7 to 8 months to get a full grasp of what it takes to have a steady Instagram success. Since her friends were way more Instagram savvy than Jaqi she picked up some good advice. Obviously, it wasn’t all about posting the pictures. One had to be active, meaning you have to put the right hashtags, like the posts of others, follow everyone, comment on other people’s posts, post regularly, but be careful not to overpost.
Modeling and Friends/Cousins
When talking about the girls’ modeling career, Jaqi admits that not all the bits of it are great, but there are so many beautiful things they had experienced. The girls, being very sociable, found it very easy to make new friends. The girls got along so well with their new friends that they started calling them their cousins
The Helpful Community
As for Jaqi, she said that there is no price for the amazing people she met in the industry, from moms to stylists and photographers. For Jaqi it was tremendously important to finally have someone who she could relate to–someone who had experienced the same pressure, change and who could give her a good piece of advice. She felt like they were all in the same boat and their waves brought all the craziness of the modeling industry.
Dealing with the Criticism
Part of having putting your family out in the public eye meant also dealing with negative criticism. Having kids do what they enjoy and be really successful at it is something that most parents crave, but sometimes people did not understand that the Clements twins wanted to be models, so Jaqi had to deal with mean comments every once in a while.
“They Look So Sad”
Jaqi explained in her blog that this comment is one of the three front runners (when it comes to negative comments) saying that they look sad in the pictures. Jaqi explained that the pictures are taken within a theme, so some shootings require them to laugh, jump, playfully interact with each other. And when the mood, theme and concept of the shoot require them to attain a high fashion look, they put on a serious face. But, when they don’t do the shootings, Jaqi assured the worried followers that the girls have a very happy childhood.
“Are They Wearing Makeup?”
This comment makes Jaqi really upset because it is not easy to explain this to someone who doesn’t understand how the industry works. She tried to compare modeling to dance recitals, where girls need to wear costumes and put on strong make up for the sake of looking like a dancer. Models, as well, need to take on a certain role. Also, once you set up a gig you have a hairstylist and a make-up artist on the spot, so the industry simply expects the girls to look their best.
“Let Them Be Kids”
When thinking about this comment, Jaqi sees it as a person who thinks they know her family so well that they could allow themselves to write such a comment. The presumption that people know the Clements so well and believe the kids should have a better childhood makes things even worse. Nowadays kids ether enjoy sports, dancing, or playing an instrument, or they stare at their iPads, play games and not socialize with anyone. Her kids enjoy sports, dance and modeling. And most importantly, it was the kids’ choice, not their parents’.
Roundtrips to LA
The criticism is one negative side of the business, but unfortunately it isn’t the only one. For Jaqi it was not so easy to adjust to a 5-6 hour drive to LA during rush hour, several times a week. It was exhausting for Jaqi, but luckily the girls were not bothered by it since they found this time useful for doing homework, or watching a movie. Luckily, Jaqi was also able to use the opportunity to teach the girls valuable life lessons, so now it works to her advantage.
Extra Expenses
Another thing that the Clements don’t like so much are the costs associated with modeling. People think that the parents just look at their kids earning money, but it seems like it’s not quite like that. Parents support their kids emotionally and financially. Filling out a gas tank, combined with eating out every time there is a shoot scheduled, mounts up to quite a lot of money. And if we add the costs of professional headshots taken for the sake of getting booked for future jobs, the total cost is even higher.
An Investment that Pays Off
Modeling costs a lot definitely, but Jaqi and Kevin put it in another perspective. If you think about it as a hobby that your kids enjoy, it’s worth it. And also it is money that they invest in them now, but in the future it might give them an opportunity to earn on their own, and use that money for their education, or a car, or a house. So, it’s definitely worth it.
HUGE Learning Experience
Even though she couldn’t thank the people who she trusted and who helped her a lot at the very beginning of the twins’ modeling career enough, in her blog, Jaqi described the worst part of the industry was trusting the wrong people. She wrote, “The good thing is, it was a HUGE learning experience for me. One of the most important things I took from this whole experience is before trusting someone to guide you, make sure you know who you are getting involved with.”
To Trust or Not to Trust
In order to help parents and future models, or anyone else interested in modeling, Jaqi advised to always ask people questions regarding their criminal history. Sometimes it would be useful to know whether the people have friends, or if their friends disappeared into thin air. Also, if your gut tells you not to trust them, just don’t.
Chase and Modeling
Even though there were a lot of things to worry about as a parent of an increasingly popular couple of Instagram models, modeling was mostly perceived as fun, especially for Ava and Leah. They actually enjoyed it so much that even their older brother, Chase, started showing interest in it.
Cut2thischase
Chase had already experienced commercial acting success. But, seeing how insanely popular his sisters were he decided to give modeling a try. His parents were, as always, very supportive about modeling, so Jaqi took it upon herself to create an Instagram account for Chase, under the name cut2thischase, which she would also be in charge of, just as the case with the twins.
Steady Success
Chase was also signed up with the agencies his sisters were, and so far he has done campaigns for Ross, Reebok, and many other brands. His Instagram account has a steadily growing pace of popularity with more than 60,000 followers. Seeing Chase’s and Ava’s and Leah’s photos makes one wonder about their insanely good genes.
The Good Genes
Once you see a picture of the Clements family you can’t help but think that this is one good looking family. It is no wonder that the kids turned out to be so beautiful with parents who look like this. It is no wonder that Jaqi is becoming more and more active in the modeling industry, being part of some photoshoots with the girls.
Life Lessons
Since Jaqi was determined from the start of her kids’ modeling careers to be their manager, this meant that they would spend a lot of time together, so she tried to make the best out of it. Whenever she could, she would give them valuable life lessons, since she knows that success at such a young age is rare and that it would be impossible to protect them from all the negative influence or comments, but she can at least try to prepare them for hostile environments.
Fun with Mom
Even though Jaqi tries to teach the kids how to deal with all kinds of situations, she loves having fun with the girls too. All the girls in the family love shopping and having their nails done, so when it comes to shopping it is always a girls’ adventure, as well as painting their nails. The men of the house don’t enjoy these activities, so they try to find some other way of having fun.
Fun With Dad
While the girls do their nails and enjoy shopping, Kevin and Chase love playing and watching. Kevin had a very successful swimming career, ending up 3rd in the world in the 200IM, in 2003. That’s why he has always tried to instill healthy lifestyle habits into the kids’ lives, and playing sports with Chase over weekends not only helps with setting good examples, but also strengthens their father-son bond.
Advocates of Healthy Lifestyle
Both Jaqi and Kevin have always been advocating healthy lifestyles and it’s not just talk. They really enjoy doing any form of sports activities as a family whenever they get a chance. In addition, both Kevin and Jaqi enjoy exercising, as well as their kids, who are regularly swimming, dancing and or playing basketball. As expected, they always try to promote a healthy diet with their kids.
Jaqi Modeling with the Twins
The kids had quite a knack for modeling, but their mom wasn’t doing bad either. Jaqi also started modeling with the girls for a Mommy & Me campaign. But Jaqi knows how much the girls love the spotlight, so she has always been mindful to take a back seat. She simply wants to be there for them all the time, and sometimes this means taking a few shots along the way.
A Good Year
After a year spent in the industry the girls had over 1 million followers on Instagram. They also had a blog, which was managed by Jaqi too. They had numerous collaborations with famous fashion brands and publications, and the odds were that they would have even more and bigger gigs in the future, seeing how frequently they were being contacted. So, Jaqi’s feeling about year 2017 being a good year for the girls, who celebrated their 7th birthday on July 7th, was right.
Vlog
2018 was also a year full of new adventures. The girls were still getting new exciting gigs and enjoying the center of attention, but they also started their new vlog on YouTube under the name Clements Crew. Here, their fans could follow their everyday adventures, as well as the newest campaigns they were engaged with.
Young Influencers
It was clear that Leah and Ava had a tremendous following, but no one knows what it actually meant and how it would affect their lives in the future. The topic of influencers among millennials was so interesting it intrigued the creators of the CBSN Originals documentary series. In one of the episodes, they visit 3 famous ‘kidfluenser’ families, one of them being the Clements family.
Dangers of Being an Influencer
This episode tracked the life of the kidfluencers and gave some interesting insights on the modeling industry, but also on the ever-evolving world of social media, that has a tremendous influence on people. This one episode reveals the possible perils of such a job, especially because kids are not fully aware of the whole concept.
Kids as Shows
Everybody has always admired young kids actors for the amazing skills they had to transform into another character and to adapt to performance. Nowadays, with kidfluencers it’s different because the show is the kid itself, and there is no script. No one knows where the show will take them. Luckily for the twins, Kevin and Jaqi seem to be fully aware of the dangers the business keeps in the dark and try to have them under their wing for as long as possible
SMA Partners with the Clements Twins
Jaqi and Kevin understand that exposing their kids’ lives to the public might be scrutinizing, but instead of focusing on the negative side of it they decided to use their popularity for good causes. The Clements became well aware of a condition called spinal muscular atrophy after their baby cousin was diagnosed with it when he was only 10 months old. The used their large social media presence to raise awareness about SMA, and fund the research for SMA’s groundbreaking treatments.
New Challenges for the Clements Family
The year 2017 was really good for the twins and the whole family. The year 2018 was also very consistent for them. And for the most part, 2019 was a good year for the family, including a lot of successful collaborations, SMA Cure campaign, and spending a lot of time chasing after new adventures. In October 2019, however, Kevin felt strange and since his heart rate was 85bpm he decided to go to the ER.
Pleurisy, Flu...
Since his EKG was normal, chest X-ray was clear and the blood test was also fine, Kevin was sent back home. His physician mentioned that he might have pleurisy that should heal on its own. But the next symptom Kevin had was the fever. After a couple of days, the fever did not subside so he went back to the doctor, who then told him he might have come down with the flu, even though the symptoms did not resemble those of the flu.
Kevin’s Diagnosis
It was two weeks after Kevin’s first symptoms that he tried to take a nap, but he felt his heart beat throughout his body, so they went to the ER again. This time X-ray showed signs of fluid at the bottom of his lungs. They were then waiting for the CT scan, which showed a mass in the center of his chest cavity. Long story short, it turned out to be cancer.
Thinking Positive
Kevin was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, Cortical T cell acute lymphoblastic lymphoma and leukemia. The diagnosis did not sound good, but the Clements were determined that the only possible outcome for them would be for the dad of the family to fight the cancer and win. Jaqi wrote, “He loves his kids and his family too much to let it get the best of him and for anyone that knows Kevin he’s way too competitive to let something else beat him!”
Not an Ordinary Family
The Clements are definitely not an ordinary family. For example, the girls are dubbed as the most beautiful girls in the world, Jaqi wished for a boy and twin girls and got them, and as the family predicted 07/07/17 was a lucky date for the twins. Among many other obscure things that happened along the way of Jaqi and Kevin’s marriage, she knew one thing for sure - no matter what life throws at them, they would get through it.
Doing What They Usually Do
The Clements sisters are still active on their Instagram account. These days their happiest moments are when they get to see their dad who is trying to beat the cancer through therapies that last for at least 6 months. But, the whole family is trying to stay positive. As for the twins, doing what they usually do, such as unboxing videos, vlogs, taking photos, might help them focus on something else.
Hopefully a Happy Ending
With Kevin undergoing chemo, the twins’ model career, but also Chase’s interests, it has been an increasingly overwhelming period for Jaqi. But Kevin and Jaqi had already been through a lot of crazy obstacles which they were able to overcome and become stronger. She had always thought she was put to the Earth to help people. Even though this was not what she envisioned, she strongly believes their hope might turn this new challenge into an inspirational story for others with a happy ending.
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