() — A social media influencer has publicly documented the details of her abortion at 26 weeks after discovering her baby had severe defects and was expected to die before birth.
Danielle Mitchell went viral for sharing a video in which she explains that she has an abortion scheduled that very day, and describes how the lethal procedure works.
“I feel like I’m at peace with my decision with our decision as available,” Mitchell said, starting to cry. “I didn’t know how late terminations work. You lay on a bed, awake, and they have doctors and midwives in the room, they’re under ultrasound, a needle into the baby’s heart, and inject it to stop it from beating,” she shared.
HORRIFIC: Australian influencer reveals details of 26-week abortion, describing how a needle stopped her baby’s heart.
She later delivered the dead child after 24 hours, prompting viewers to call it the most horrific video they had ever seen. pic.twitter.com/8LqG2KvVqU
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“And then you slowly feel all the movements from the baby, no more kicks, get sent home for another 24 hours. Back up to the hospital and they induce you, vaginally give birth to a sleeping baby,” she continued.
Mitchell became extremely emotional, saying that she needed to “let out” the grief before she explained to her daughter that her baby would not be here anymore.
She shared in other Instagram posts that her baby had a fatal prognosis due to a chromosomal abnormality that caused her organs to grow outside of her body.
“Even if by ‘miracle’ she was to make it to full term, and survive birth, open heart surgeries, stomach surgery and brain surgery, she’d still never walk, talk, eat, or breathe on her own,” Mitchell explained.
“I knew it was going to be bad, but I just didn’t want it to be this bad,” she said, crying, in an update after a medical appointment.
After the abortion, Mitchell documented her stillbirth. “Our hearts are forever broken, our lives are forever changed, I’ll never stop saying your name, Maggie Jean born sleeping with the angels at 5:55pm,” she wrote in a video post.
On X, Mitchell’s video of herself explaining the abortion was shared without the context of the child’s condition. She was lambasted there in a flurry of outrage, while on her Instagram page she was met with more sympathy by followers who perceived that she felt she had “no choice” and was sparing her baby suffering overall.
Some social media users pointed out that the diagnoses and prognoses of doctors for unborn children are not infrequently false. A high likelihood that a baby will not survive birth is never a justification for the direct killing of innocent life.
In response to her viral video, veteran pro-life activist Frank Pavone shared a prayer for women considering abortion, and for the protection of unborn children.
“Dear Lord, send Your heavenly angels to women thinking about abortion. Protect their unborn children, soften the hearts of their parents, and open their eyes to the truth that abortion takes an innocent human life. Amen.”
This is so Horrific!
Dear Lord, send Your heavenly angels to women thinking about abortion. Protect their unborn children, soften the hearts of their parents, and open their eyes to the truth that abortion takes an innocent human life. Amen. 🙏 pic.twitter.com/CSHMN9P4RV
— Frank Pavone (@frfrankpavone) August 20, 2026
