Lebensunwertes Leben (Ep. 929)

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That's jofuel.com. Use the promo code undaunted to get 10% off your order. Again, that's jofuel.com. promo code undaunted to get 10% off your order. So, the story that I'm going to discuss on the show today is one of the most acute examples of evil, a seared conscience, and the godless state of our society that I've ever seen. So, the two prominent figures in this are Jesse and Ashley Rididgeway. So, before we get too far, I need to introduce these two to you guys. So, Jesse Rididgeway is a 33-year-old YouTuber. He's known as McJuggernuggets. So, uh, yes, we live in the dumbest time in human history where someone like Mick Juggernuggets is a famous person. So, he started a YouTube channel back in 2006. And so, on his channel and his main channel, he's done a lot of kind of scripted drama stuff. There's something called the psycho series. In recent years, he's done things like personal vlogs. We'll get more into that here in a second, but also tech reviews, unboxings, kind of, you know, some self-helpy stuff. He's done a lot of that kind of thing. He currently has 4.34 million subscribers on YouTube on his main channel and he's got some side channels as well. He also has hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram and X. So his ability to create content and find an audience for it has literally made him a millionaire, right? And so he's very very famous, at least in his vertical. He married his now wife Ashley in October of last year. So this is October of 2025. And at the end of March of this year, he made this post. So you'll see this post right here. This is an announcement and he and his wife are announcing that they are expecting their first child in the fall of this year. And um I mean it's it's a beautiful thing. You'll notice that the caption says uh baby ridgeway coming fall of 2026. And so this is supposed to be a good thing. This is a joyous thing. Obviously uh within a heterosexual covenant of marriage, a man and a wife created a new life. So, it's it's awesome really. And you can see in the picture that they are thrilled. They're thrilled to kind of show up a picture of the ultrasound, uh the picture of their baby. And then shortly after that, they released a video on his YouTube channel announcing the same thing. And so, the title of the video is we're having a baby. We're having a baby. Let's actually go to the clip here. >> Hey there, J. Jos here and we're having a baby. Y crazy. We just got married. It feels like. >> Yeah. I feel like we just sat down and did this type of thing. >> Just yesterday, you were sitting on the couch in this room and I was introing you to the channel. >> That was so sweet. >> And now, juggies, the fateful day has come. We're introducing a new member to the family. Little Jessie. >> Little bit. Well, we don't know if it's >> We don't know the gender. Uh, we don't know anything. What do you say we check out when we first found out we were pregnant? >> I need your eyeballs. Come here. Nuh-uh. >> No, I need your eyeballs. >> Nuh-uh. >> I don't know. I'm like freaking out. Look at this. >> Why does it look like a water test strip like that? >> Okay, read that. There's a faint line right there. >> Where's the instructions? >> Okay. Okay. Okay. >> Why is this complex? Where's the like pregnant not pregnant one? >> So, positive two strong lines or a strong line and a faint line. Negative one line. >> That's not legit. Wait, what the [ __ ] Is this a prank? That's a pretty solid faint line. You know what I'm saying? >> No, don't show that. >> That's positive, Jess. >> Right. >> That's positive. I'll freak out. >> I think it is. >> What have you done? >> I don't know. We can't go. >> I think it is. I think it is. I mean, I'm going to take more, but I don't have to pee right now. >> My brain. >> My brain. >> Bro, I didn't feel it didn't feel like it right? >> No, it doesn't. So, I'm like the That's where I'm like shocked. I mean, it came out pretty quickly. >> Yeah. I mean, I don't think that's I think that's legit, dude. >> Oh my god. What did we do? We just knock it on the floor. No, >> Jenny's like, "No, >> that's positive." >> It's like literally the last window we wanted to hit. So, I mean, just think you have 9 months now to process. It's funny cuz it's like we've been like, "Oh, yeah. Like, I think it's time like it'd be cool to have one." And then now you see it, it's like, "Holy, take me back." Which one was it then? I got to try to remember which one it was. >> I don't know. Was the one in front of Mason? >> Was it the day we twice? >> Double header. Maybe. I need to go cry and process it. >> You're going to be a grandpa, bud. You're going to be a grandpa. >> Make bread. >> Well, she's worrying about if her egg was fertilized. I'm eating my eggs. Jesus. Like, I'll come out here to eat my breakfast. Like, oh, that was cool. Nice little scene. And I was like, "Wait, what the This one has its own loading bar like a video game." >> Yeah, that's legit. Oh, you needed to see that. It's real, man. It's real. Here it is. The real deal. That's what you said when we got engaged on the dock. You're like, "We did it. We did it." >> And when we got married, >> crazy. >> Wow. >> Crazy. >> I was shocked if you couldn't tell. >> We were stunned. >> It wasn't an accident. We were trying and pretty much as soon as we got married, she got off the pill. I was like, "Let's go." Cuz like I'm turning 34, she's 30. We don't have much time. >> Yeah. We're already running out of time, I feel like, for that kid window. So, we had to get moving quick. >> So, it may look like it was like a shock, but it was also like we were we were ready and we wanted it. So, it just took a little bit for it to process. >> I'm still processing it today and every day. >> It was so overwhelming and I didn't know when we were like telling people. I just started telling random people. The college fun for my big girl for him or hers begins. One out of a billion swimmers made it to the egg. It's a lucky day. I called the dealer. I was like, "Yo, just had my first kid. Just found out my wife's pregnant." >> Don't want nothing to do with me now. >> All you hear is, "Dad, dad, DAD, >> DAD, >> Ashley's pregnant." >> That's a huge milestone. How are you feeling about it? Anything on your mind as you start planning for this next chapter? >> Regret. We had plans to do like this super cute like snowy reveal with these snowmen. I mean, check this out. >> A look at this adorable little snowman family we made. >> Isn't that nice? It's going to be cool like waking up tomorrow coming out and looking at these and just like >> this is pretty artistic and creative of us. >> And like none of this is melting soon. So, it's going to be here. >> Hell yeah. All right, little fam. Stay chilling. Stay not lit. Keep it frigid. What the heck? >> OH MY GOD. >> What the >> What the >> Are you kidding? >> There was a child. There was a baby in there. >> My foot slipped. >> It all got effed up by some like who was that guy? >> I know. We worked really hard on them on those snowman. Like that was an actual baby snowman. There's got to be a law against that or something. No. >> So we really had to rethink kind of how we were announcing it. My parents were supposed to come up to PA. I was going to have a Scrabble board and spell out pregnant on it. It was me a whole thing. They got sick, so it didn't happen. So, I ended up just like kind of blurting it out to Tom on Left for Dead. >> Oi, Ash, over here. Go get yourself a first aid kit. >> Zoe, >> look over here. >> We're just uh we're just going to hang out in the gnome love room or Dang >> it. >> Dang it. >> Oh, no. >> You're going to want to see this. Well, unfortunately, it seems we're not even making any progress for a second. >> I don't know why. Yes, the the floating baby. We see it >> over here. >> Did you Did you write out baby in >> bullet holes in the wall? >> You're going to want to see this. >> Oh, geez. >> I don't know. We're Is it getting too obvious now? >> I think so. >> See you. >> Like, I don't know. Am I Am I missing something? Yes. There's a pair of gnomes and the gnomes have bevy. Like what what's what am I missing? I've drawn a question mark because I don't I don't know what you're trying to tell me. >> Oh my god. >> What's with everyone destroying the baby? It was cryptic. It was cryptic though. He had I don't think he knew what what I was talking about. >> I think he like knew but didn't want to confirm. I don't know. I I think he speculated for sure. >> So, we were tracking with this cool app. Ashley was starting to like get morning sickness and whatnot. Um, and then we came back to Jersey and uh, we had our first ultrasound appointment. >> We're about to get an ultrasound done. My first ever ultrasound. So, I hurry up and get undressed. >> They're going in. >> They're going in. >> You thought it was abdominal. >> I know. What the heck? >> All right. >> Put it down. >> Yeah. Get undressed. >> No. >> No. I'm still filming. >> Look at the little baby, >> guys. That That's way more than a dot. That's a full child being grown. >> That's a real baby. >> What the I did not think we'd see that. >> No, I honestly thought it was just going to be a blob, but like this is way more than I expected. >> Yeah, we even saw the heartbeat flickering. >> Mhm. Crazy. >> Saw the little yolk sack. >> Yeah. >> This is wild. Oh my god. Wait, it was upside down. >> How's he hanging upside down like that? >> See it? >> Yeah. But we will know the gender in 3 weeks. >> Yeah. 3 weeks. >> Don't get smile on it. Come here, babe. >> What's that? >> Look, that's a baby, bud. >> That's a baby, Mason. >> That's a baby. >> Your mommy's going to be a mommy of a human. >> CAN'T WAKE THE BABY. >> HE'S LIKE, "IS THAT MY ULTRASOUND?" It looks like a baby bird >> hanging on the fridge. What the? >> This is a peanut butter pie. The baby had to have it. >> Oh, it's the baby. >> So, we're we're going in right now. Oh, look at this. >> Right to that baby's butt. >> Oh my god. >> Here it is. >> Look at that, guys. That came out of me and into her. >> That's our little baby. >> Yeah. I did not expect to see that. That I actually did get really choked up there. I was like, "Wait, you can see the heartbeat and everything." >> Yeah, I was I was crying. And one of my first questions to the OB was there's only one, right? Cuz >> yeah, she has twins that run in her family. So that was definitely a concern and we weren't sure like how legit is this? Miscarriages happen quite frequently. We were worried like we don't know. She was on birth control for 11 years like a lot of women are. So I soon as I found out I had to tell the most important person in the world. I I got to share some news with you, dude. >> What? >> I'm going to be a dad. >> Oh, damn. >> You're like the first person I'm telling. >> Really? Even though this is our first time meeting. >> Damn. I'm honored to know. Uh, you just found out she's pregnant. >> Uh, a little bit ago, but we keeping it a secret. >> I couldn't think of anyone better to share the news with than Mr. Beast. Baby, I had to get Jimmy on the phone and let him know the big news cuz I want him to be our god, the godfather to the child. I mean, if you're going to pick somebody, >> you wanted to be somebody who has a lot of money. >> Oh my god, it was so nice to see like confirmation of like, yes, there actually is a baby. >> We had proof and now we had something to show my family so we could finally reveal to them we're having a kid. >> You fall asleep. >> All right. Okay. So, this is a test. We got the Don't Dream About Me photo album with that guy's face. We're trying to think of a creative way to show my parents the new baby that's going to exist. So, we want to have them flipping through the photos and at some point what is this? What the Nuh-uh instantly sobbing. >> Poop John's pictures. >> Yeah, cuz they'll probably want to stop around Poop John. That's our baby Poop John. Wish you got to meet the baby John. >> They get some uh promo promo at the pond right? >> Hell yeah. >> Guys, they have no effing idea. They have no idea. >> What a quaint sight of the soon to be double grandparents. >> They chose to walk. They could have sat on the back. >> Oh, what? You're afraid of They wanted They wanted to. >> You're terrible. >> I was in your car. That's creepy. >> Yeah, it is. >> That is I wish I said against that. You know that there's only so many people allowed behind the steering wheel of that car. >> And do you remember all these people? >> No. I didn't really pay much attention then cuz he had the fear of God in me when I was doing it. >> Okay. I don't know what that is. >> Yeah. >> Nuh-uh. Nuh-uh. >> What is it? >> What is it? >> Sonogram. >> Oh my god. Congratulations. Oh my god, it's awesome. >> Oh, damn. It hadn't even sunk in yet. Congratulations. Oh my god. I thought you were crying cuz Johnny's picture was there. >> You didn't see this. >> I did. And I said, "Who's not a grandfather? >> Congratulations. >> Can I have another stinking setup?" >> Can I hug anybody? Isn't that coron? >> Got him. >> Congratulations. >> Well, here you go. >> Hugging you. Hugging. Come here. Put the couch. Come here. Congratulations. >> I'm so happy for you. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> Now, I'm going to throw your mother in the water. >> Congratulations, Jess. You're completely Oh, that was I was shocked. >> Yeah, this is all [ __ ] This is I don't care about the movie coming out. >> No, the movie is coming out on YouTube, but I'm not You guys ain't promoing my movie. Y'all are nuts. >> Oh god. >> Oh my god. That was >> And I s I seen you looked down and I seen Johnny's photo right next to it. I'm thinking, "Oh, she's really getting emotional." And then whose monologue? >> It was He should be. He's the man. Perfect. Great. Great job. >> Grab her by the ankles and make sure it goes in just showing already. >> Said she's looking a little beefy. >> I did not. I would never say that. >> Success, juggies. Success. We got them. Clueless. Clueless. Eagle's landing. Hey. >> Hello. >> I was getting ready for work. I work tonight again. >> Oh, you have work today? >> Yeah, tonight. >> Oh, >> well, I wanted to show you something. >> Okay. I HAD A FEELING. >> OH, DANG IT. I KNEW IT. >> I was like, this girl ain't calling me over Pokemon. Well, I'm excited. >> We're excited, too. Well, while I got you, um, by the way. >> Oh, hey. >> Hi. >> We're vlogging cuz we wanted to film your reaction. >> To what? A reaction to what? >> Ashley's two months pregnant. >> Oh, congratulations. >> This is when life changes. >> Yep. >> Oh, it's a whole different ball game now. >> Oh, you're genie. >> I'm genie. Yes. >> Where do you get that name? >> Well, you're not going to be G. Not going to be GI for us. >> No. >> Nah. >> No. >> Nah. You'll be like grand or something. >> You going to be grandma with the white hair. >> Oh [ __ ] >> Jeffy's on YouTube. Uh, yeah. Ashley is eight weeks pregnant. YO CONGRATS. >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANKS. >> NICE. >> OH, that's so exciting. >> Congrats. >> Thanks. >> I'm listening. >> Ashley is 8 weeks pregnant. >> Oh my goodness. Congratulations Stephen. >> That's the best news I've heard today. >> Nice. Well, the very the very best of luck and uh I'm so pleased for the both of you and uh I'm going to go to bed with a smile now. >> Just got done telling the most important person in the world to me, Lance Stewart sent this cute picture of Ash and I pregnant and I told him I personally may not be able to, but my kid someday will your kid and get married and have kids and then the prophecy's complete. Playing the long game, buddy. >> Yeah, that's your uncle Lance. Uncle Lance and Uncle Jesse spend a lot of time together behind closed doors. What's that about? Are you sure he's just an uncle? >> I thought about this for a while. Anyway, that brings us to present day. 9 weeks, 9 months. What's the difference? >> A big difference. >> She's going to be a great, fantastic mother. I'm excited as well. Drop some likes. Thanks. Drop some likes. It's gonna It's just wild, guys, because uh the first time in my life, I'm gonna go from psycho kid to psycho dad. >> Yeah. >> Are you ready for this? >> Passing of the torch. I mean, no pressure. It's not like we're trying to compare to the greatest parents in the world. >> Yeah. >> I don't know if I'll fully measure up to those uh poster poster parents, but >> very true. Um, I'm ready to give it a try. >> All of a sudden those instincts will kick in and you'll you'll just >> Yeah, you don't know till it comes out, I guess. But guys, uh, just super excited to finally like post something on the main channel and share this news with you guys. We did some really cool pictures and whatnot. You can see on Instagram and Twitter and if you're not following on those and Facebook, go do that. And other exciting news, my other baby that already did come out somewhat prematurely for those who had money. You can watch the fully developed baby. That's right. Don't Dream About Me, the movie that I made is coming out for free. Yeah, that actually is great. SHE'S MORE EXCITED FOR THAT THAN the baby. That's coming out on this YouTube channel probably within the next month or so, and it'll be co-releasing onto Tuby and a couple other platforms that are free. >> So, now there's no excuse. Go watch it. Be so good. I won't make anything any money from it, but at least it was about the art and you guys get to watch it. But if you haven't watched it yet and you're you cannot wait till it comes out on YouTube, all the links for that in the description below. We're still selling signed posters and yeah, we're just ready to embark on this new journey. And uh >> I'm so ready. >> Yeah. Rest assured, we'll there'll be vlogs in the future about it. Oh yeah, >> there's going to be a delivery vlog. There's going to be a labor delivery vlog. be a little bit. Yeah, we're going to have to discuss some dos and that day. >> We're not going to like leak your >> Don't say that. >> It'll be believed. >> Oh my god. >> Not filmed. No. >> Holy [ __ ] >> You're not I don't even think you're going to want to see that. >> Anyway, guys, um also, if you haven't been following me on my second channel, that's where I've been vlogging. But this was so big, I I had to come back and tell you guys. You're going to be responsible for carrying the Prodigy, the the future, the heir of Rigid Studio. >> No pressure or anything, but >> what? Anyway, guys, thank you for your support for throughout all this and my health. You know, still trying to get better and now I have a really strong motivation to get better. And yeah, cheers to the future, guys. You've been most of you guys been following me for over 10 years now and you're about to watch us become parents. >> Going to be mom and dad. >> Crazy life lies before your eyes. Love you Jos to death. Don't forget to keep it rigid. >> It's a baby. >> A little baby. >> A puppy. >> No, not a puppy. Good girl. You remember we're playing Left 4 Dead and there was that baby that I was like shooting for 10 minutes. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Ashley's two months pregnant. >> I'm not going to lie. I kind of figured specific. I don't know if you're actually making an announcement with this or what. >> Yeah. I mean, you played it well off stream. You're like, uh, look over here. >> Yeah. Well hey congratulations. >> Thanks. >> So, again, you have the exclamation there at the beginning. It's like, hey, we're having a baby and you know, we're introducing a new member to the family. That's the language that they use. And the video goes on for quite a bit longer, but you can see you can almost kind of feel the nervous energy, right? So, with any of us that have had children, obviously, whenever you know that your wife is pregnant with your first child, there's that kind of angst. You know, she's feeling all the different things changing inside of her body, even down to her hormones. And as a guy, you're like, "Oh crap, like this is like really happening." And depending upon your motivations, your worldview, your philosophies about life, and all that kind of thing, it can really kind of start to mess you up. But at the end of the day, it's all good, right? I mean, we're entering a time of preparation. So, it's time for Jesse and Ashley to start preparing for their first child. So, it's going to require both of them to prepare to be a good father and a good mother, right? Because, you know, at the moment of conception, you are already a mother and father, but now you need to prepare to be a good one. I mean, we don't wait for the baby to get here to become a mother and father. You already are one, right? You know, it's time for them to prepare their home, get the home ready, you know, get the nursery ready, paint the walls, do the things. It's time for them to lean on the support of their closest family and friends, people that have had kids before, people that are going to help them, especially in the early days, making sure that they're all squared away and healthy. Their baby is already living on this planet, right? But they need to prepare to take care of the baby after it leaves the warmth and comfort of Ashley's womb. Well, that's how it was supposed to go. But then on April the 26th of this year, Jesse posted the following message on X alongside a picture of him and Ashley hugging. So, I'm actually going to read the entire post here. We were so excited to celebrate the gender reveal in a psycho video with you guys. But in true art imitates life fashion, there had to be a dark twist. The same genetic testing that told us our baby would be a boy revealed to us that he had a 95% chance of being born with Down syndrome. You saw a pretty raw reaction from Ashley and I as we both were rocked by the results. Still processing to this day, but we couldn't be more grateful for all the support we've received over the past week. It is extremely touchy subject. An extremely touchy subject. Down syndrome carries a very high risk of miscarriage and usually comes with heart defects, structural abnormalities, developmental issues, shorter lifespan, etc. As excited as we are to become parents, this was a gut punch. We want the best for our first child, our first kid, and even putting Ashley at risk. So many questions and concerns. To make matters more complicated, the company that issues the genetic testing called Nera has recently lost a lawsuit to the tune of millions for misleading patients with inaccurate test results, namely false positives. I wholeheartedly believe that this is one of those situations. The Down syndrome percentage is a fluke and our baby boy will be born with zero health problems. We will get uh we will be getting an amnneocentesis in in around a month to give us a definitive answer on the baby's health. Until then, we'll just keep we'll be keeping the faith and everything will work out okay. Thanks for being with us on this ride. Whatever happens happens. And then he posted cuz I guess everything has to be on the internet. He posted a video of them actually reading the results. Him and his wife are sitting in the floor and they're reading the results of this and you know she's crying. But hey, content content content, right? This Jesse guy's got to make sure the cameras are rolling on his real life and post it on the internet because he's got to have the content. But let's go back through a few of the things that he said there at the very beginning. He said, "We were so excited to celebrate the gender reveal." Well, what changed? I mean, it you you have a child, you now know the gender. Like, why not be excited and share that information? And then he says, you know, as excited as we are to become parents, again, we need to go back to the fact that that, you know, baby at that moment of that video was living living and active inside of Ashley's womb. So, you're already parents at that moment. Then he says, we want we want the best for our first kid. And at at the most base level, you know, what what is best is for them to live, right? Like that's, you know, basically the the most basic thing that could happen. But there's kind of an ominous and weird almost dismissive ending sign off for this message. It's whatever happens happens as if we have no autonomy in life that we don't get to make decisions and we don't get to create things and be able to decide how things are going to unfold. It's just kind of like whatever whatever happens happens. It's almost like things are happening to you and life is happening to you instead. But then on June the 3rd, Jesse posted this on X. I'll read the entire thing. This week, my wife and I made the very difficult decision to terminate the pregnancy due to Tricom 21. The choice was not made lightly. We really appreciate all of the personal stories that you guys shared with us, especially the unconditional support we received from fans with no matter what we decided. I know some of you may be very disappointed to hear this news. We are devastated. This has been extremely traumatic for both of us, especially Ashley. She underwent the procedure earlier this week and is on the mend. Thankfully, everything went smoothly, but emotionally we are drained. Tricom 21, also known as Down syndrome, is caused by an extra chromosome. It is caused by an error in cell division, like a glitch. The odds of a baby having it is 1 in 1,000. When I first confronted this news, I was shocked but optimistic. If they're a little slow intellectually, then we'll make it work. I signed on to be a parent come what may, but I just didn't fully understand what Down syndrome entailed. Once we made it public, it became clear that most people don't know what Down syndrome entails and know it's not the same as autism. 50% of babies with Down syndrome have heart defects. 75% will have hearing challenges. Over 50% will have vision problems, impaired immune function, developmental disabilities, learning disabilities, delayed physical development, poor muscle tone, structural issues with face, decreased lifespan, etc. Sadly, the list is long. Feel free to look at it yourself or feel free to look it up. Down syndrome isn't a blessing. It is objectively [inaudible] from a health perspective. I didn't realize just how rough it is for a child, let alone the family. More often than not, they would be fully dependent on others for the rest of their life. The miscarriage risk is also close to 50%, which made matters worse. They may never see the light of day, and it puts Ashley further at risk. We spoke with doctors, friends, and family and genetic counselors and learned that up to 90% of women terminate their pregnancy after learning the baby has tricom 21. This was way higher than I expected. I thought it would be lower given that I hear so many uh hear so many and they keep and uh or kept or would keep the baby. I believe that that's because most terminations happen privately. It feels shameful, a lot of judgment being cast. You never think you'd be in this type of situation until it happens to you and then things change. To all of my fans who have weighed in on this topic, who have autism, Down syndrome, or any other condition, we appreciate you. You matter a lot and we're glad you're here. I commend you and your families for having the strength and courage to push forward. As for us, we made a difficult decision that we believe in the long run will be beneficial for our family. Thankfully, we had a choice. It will take a little time to move on, but we are excited to try again in the future and hopefully have a better outcome. Love you guys and thank you for understanding. And again, they posted a video of them learning the the the actual diagnosis, the full-on diagnosis that yes, their baby had Down syndrome because content, content, content. We we got to have the cameras rolling before we open up the email to see what is out there. And then, of course, we can't just do that private video and keep it to ourselves because it's private. We got to put it out there on our YouTube channel to millions and millions of followers and subscribers. And just so that we can put into perspective what Jesse and Ashley decided to do. Uh Landon, if you'll go ahead and put up uh the picture. Yeah, this is a picture of a baby at 20 weeks. So Landon, I want to I want to actually keep that up while I describe what's going on here. So this is a baby at 20 weeks gestation. It's approximately 10 in in length from head to heel. It weighs 10 to 12 ounces. The head is still relatively large compared to the body, but less so than earlier in the pregnancy. Obviously, the arms and legs have reached more normal proportions. The facial features are clearly recognizable. The brain is undergoing explosive growth at this point. Most of the neurons the baby will ever have are already present at this time. The brain is now focused on organizing those neurons, creating neural pathways, building communication networks. The reason or the regions that are responsible for touch, taste, hearing, and vision are becoming increasingly specialized. The baby is beginning to process sensory information from the womb environment. If you even like, you know, do a flashlight on the mom's tummy, it can sense that. It can see that. The nervous system is becoming more sophisticated every day. The baby's able to move voluntarily, respond to stimulation, practice coordinated movements. The baby can already kick, punch, stretch, roll over, twist, grab the umbilical cord, touch its own face. Some studies using ultrasound have actually documented a baby sucking its thumb. You know, handto-mouth movements, facial expressions, yawning, hiccups, you know, hearing is becoming functional. The baby can hear the mother's heartbeat. It can, you know, blood. It can hear the blood flow through the placenta. It can hear digestive sounds of mom. It can hear its mom's voice. It can hear loud external sounds and although at this point the eyelids remain fused shut until later in the pregnancy the eyes are developing rapidly. You know the light sensitive cells are forming. The optic nerves continue maturing. There are taste buds that are functioning. The baby is regularly swallowing amniotic fluid. At this point the heart is fully formed and functioning. It's doing about 120 to 160 beats per minute. It's uh important lung development milestones are occurring. It's a branching air waves that are continuing to form. Primitive air sacks begin developing. Uh breathing like motions are occurring. The digestive tract is functioning in kind of practice mode. So the baby swallows amniotic fluid. It absorbs the water. It produces digestive secretions. The kidneys are active. The baby is filtering fluid, producing urine, releasing urine into the amniotic fluid. A male baby like this baby already has fully formed testes. All of the baby's bones are fully forming. They're in process of forming. The baby is already developing patterns of activity, rest, and sleep. And by 20 weeks, fingerprints are fully present, palm prints are formed, and footprints are formed. So what I just described is a human being that is very much alive, right? Some of those same things that are happening at 20 weeks of gestation are happening for you listening to this right now, most of you as adults. But instead of wel welcoming their baby outside of the womb, Jesse and Ashley Ridgeway made the barbaric decision to murder their baby instead. Why? Because their baby would have Down syndrome. Wasn't what they had planned. It wasn't what they had thought. And look, they're not alone. I mean, in the United States, I've seen estimates between 67% and 85% of babies in utero with Down syndrome are murdered in the womb. Even in his post, he said, you know, roughly 90% of moms make that decision. Right. In Iceland, they they like to talk about how they've eradicated Down syndrome. They haven't eradicated disease. They just murder literally around 100% of the babies. There's like two or three babies every year born in Iceland with Down syndrome. In Denmark, that's around 98% of babies with Down syndrome are murdered. And in the UK and Australia, around 90% are murdered while still in the womb. Now, I don't know the exact abortion procedure that they paid their abortionists to perform. They didn't put that in the long expost. But the most common form of abortion performed on such a well-developed baby is called dilation and evacuation or DNA. Now, for some of you, they may sound familiar because if you've had a miscarriage, some women have had miscarriage and they have to get a DNA and they're like, "Oh my gosh, this is an abortion." It's not an abortion because your baby unfortunately has already passed away, right? I've had some very close friends that miscarried that had to have this procedure done so that you know there's no infections or any problems with mom. The baby's already dead. What we're talking about is when the doctor is using the process of DNA to kill a baby that's still alive. And I know that most of you are not familiar with the DNA abortion procedure. So, I actually want to go to a video here of former abortionist, his name is Dr. Anthony Levatino, describing the process of a DNA in detail. This video is courtesy of Live Action, so parental discretion is advised here. This is a very serious subject. We're not going to edit out any of the content. So, let's go ahead and go to the video here. After administering anesthesia, the abortionist uses a weighted speculum like this one that opens the vagina widely. Because second trimester babies are so large, this greater access facilitates a late term abortion. Late term abortion requires that the cervix be prepared 24 to 48 hours in advance with laminaria. Lamineria is a type of sterilized seaweed that absorbs water over 8 to 12 hours and swells to several times its original diameter. Once removed, metal dilators can be used to further open the cervix as needed. Once the cervix has been stretched open, the suction tube is placed inside. A baby at 20 weeks gation is as big as the length of my hand from head to rump, not counting the legs. The suction machine is turned on and pale yellow amniotic fluid surrounding the baby is suctioned out through the catheterss. But babies this big, they don't fit through catheters this size. The baby's bones and skull are too strong to be torn apart by suction alone. So guys, even up to this point, you know, probably weren't familiar with a lot of that process of what we're getting into, but we now need to kind of get to the business portion of this video. Let's go back to the video here. This is a sofur clamp. A sofur clamp is made of stainless steel. It's about 13 in long. The business end is about 2 and 12 inches long and a half inch wide, and there are rows of sharp teeth. This is a grasping instrument. When it gets a hold of something, it does not let go. The abortionist uses this clamp to grasp an arm or leg. Once he has a firm grip, the abortionist pulls hard in order to tear the limb from the baby's body. One by one, the rest of the limbs are removed along with the intestines, the spine, and the heart and lungs. Usually, the most difficult part of the procedure is extracting the baby's head, which is about the size of a large plum at 20 weeks. The head is grasped and crushed. The abortionist knows he has crushed the skull when a white substance comes out of the cervix. This was the baby's brains. The abortionist then removes skull pieces. He removes the placenta and any leftover parts of the baby with a curette, scraping the lining of the uterus for any remaining tissue. The abortionist then collects the baby parts and reassembles them to make sure that there are two arms, two legs, and all the pieces. Once all the parts have been accounted for, the abortion is complete. So, there's the DNA. And here's another thing about babies at 20 weeks gestation that I didn't mention earlier. They can feel pain. The baby at 20 weeks gestation that goes through what was just described in that video can feel everything that's happening to it. It can feel the sensation of drowning once the amniotic fluid is removed. It can feel when the abortionist puts that sofer clamp inside. It starts ripping it limb from limb. You can feel that it's registering what's happening to it as its legs and arms are ripped off. But at some point, mercifully, the baby actually passes away. And in the most macob way possible, they literally do it like a jigsaw puzzle there on the table to make sure they got all the pieces. That's what Jesse Rididgeway, Ashley Rididgeway, their hired assassin doctor, and their nurses did to this precious baby boy. happens every day all over the world. Now, before we go any further, I actually want to revisit the expost made by Jesse Rididgeway announcing their decision to do what I just described for you. So, let's go back to it. This week, my wife and I made the very difficult decision to terminate the pregnancy due to tricom 21. Terminate the pregnancy now. So, it was a child, it was a baby, it was a new member that they are welcoming to the family, but now it's just a termination of a pregnancy. no regard for the child at all. I know some of you may be very disappointed to hear the news. We are devastated. This has been extremely traumatic for both of us, especially Ashley. So, we're supposed to feel bad for Jesse and Ashley. You see, they're devastated. They This thing just happened, right? It didn't they didn't do it, right? It just kind of happened, right? You know, whatever happens happens. And we should feel bad for them because it's very traumatic. They're devastated, guys. Give them your sympathy. Back to the post. She underwent the procedure earlier this week and is on the mend. Thankfully, everything went smoothly, but emotionally we are drained. Well, I mean, by God, they're drained of emotion. I mean, the life of their baby was snuffed out, right? So, when they say everything went smoothly, they mean for them, not for the baby, obviously, because the baby's dead. And then he listed out all these potential issues with the person with Down syndrome would have, you know, and then he says this, again, I'm not going to edit any of this stuff out. uh you know this is just how it's how it's written. Down syndrome isn't a blessing. It is objectively [inaudible] from a health perspective. Well, here's what he doesn't tell you in this post. The average life expectancy for somebody with Down syndrome now is around 60 years old. There are plenty of Down syndrome people that live into their 70s. And and that number actually goes up every year. So back in like 1980, the life expectancy for somebody with Down syndrome was around 25 years. In 1950, it was around 4 years. So, we've made some insane breakthroughs in caring for people with Down syndrome, right? And you want to talk about living full lives, right? There was a there was some comedian, I forget the guy's name, but he was talking about, you know, how he has a family member that has Down syndrome and his friends will like check in and be like, "Hey, you know, how's the family member and all that? Is he doing okay?" And he's like, "Yeah, he's doing better than everybody else, right? He's he's high, you know, most of you are high on like anti-depressants and weed. He's high on Capri Suns. Like, he's just he's loving life, you know? I've been walking my son to T-ball games uh over the last couple of seasons of T-ball last year and this year. And we walk past this field. I forget what they call it, but it's a bunch of folks that have either Down syndrome or developmental disorders or whatever. And they're playing baseball, right? There's all these volunteers out there. There's an announcer. They they have like walk up music. They have fans that come out and watch them play. Just loving life, experiencing baseball just like my kid is. Now, my kid didn't have tricomy 21, but he's still very much alive just like they are. Back to the post, the miscarriage risk is also close to 50%, which made matters worse. And they never see the light of day, and it puts Ashley further at risk. Well, you know what? Actually, mathematically speaking, the miscarriage risk does go to zero when you murder your kid. They are they are right about that. You know, it's 50-50 coin flip whether this baby's going to survive in the womb or not. But if you drain all the amniotic fluid out and then reach up there with a sofa clamp and pull it out in pieces, miscarriage goes down to zero. They got that going for him. Back to the post. We spoke with doctors, friends, family, and genetic counselors and learned that up to 90% of women terminate their pregnancy after learning the baby has tricom 21. This was way higher than I expected. I thought it would be lower given that I hear so many say they keep or would keep the baby. I believe that's because most terminations happen privately. It feels shameful. A lot of judgment being cast. It feels shameful. He says there's a lot of judgment being cast. Well yeah when you kill an innocent human being, there's probably some shame involved. There's maybe some understanding in your heart and in your gut that you shouldn't have done that. And there are people that are rightfully casting judgment on you because what you've done is a murderous act. So yeah, Jesse, back to the post. And as for us, we made a difficult decision that we believe in the long run will be beneficial for our family. Thankfully, we had a choice because yes, abortion is still legal in this country. Even after the downfall of Roie Wayade, the abortion rates had actually gone up in this country mainly because of mail order abortion, right? But he said, "Oh, it's a very difficult decision." Was it that difficult though? Cuz it seemed like from the very moment cuz you posted the video online, the very moment where it was even thought that your baby would have Down syndrome, this wasn't a joyous thing. This wasn't like, "Oh, we weren't expecting that, but hey, we're still happy to be parents and happy to welcome this baby boy." You knew you were going to do this. You knew you were going to do this. You say you believe that in the long run, this will be beneficial for your family. How? If you have babies in the future, what are you gonna tell them about their older brother that you decided to kill before they could meet him? How's that conversation going to go? Then he ends with, "It'll take a little time to move on, but we are excited to try again in the future and hopefully have a better outcome. Love you guys and thank you for understanding." Heart emoji. Oh well guys, it's going to take them a little time to move on from the fact that they paid about 400 bucks to have somebody kill their kid. Oh, it's it's going to take them a little while to kind of forget that they did that. You know, it's going to just take them a minute. So, just have some patience with them. But, hey, they hope to have a better outcome in the future. So, hopefully if they get pregnant again, they they look at this genetic report and it tells them boy or girl and there's nothing else that is listed that could be wrong. But, we already know what they're going to do if something else is listed. It could be tricom 21. It could be some other thing. if their baby's not going to potentially come out perfect in the way that they think, they'll just kill it, throw it in the trash can. And here's the thing, there are a lot of people that see it the way that I do. The public immediately, cuz again, they put it out in public, right? They wanted the whole world to know that they murdered their baby because they had Down syndrome. There were people with Down syndrome all over the world that were castigating them and calling what they did was evil. And there were people left, right, and center that were flaming them for doing this. And rightfully so. So, given the overwhelming negative reaction, because it's hard to find a positive comment for Jesse or Ashley here, but given that the overwhelming reaction was negative to them murdering their child, you would think that this might cause Jesse and Ashley to pause a little bit, that it would maybe cause them to stop, reflect on what they had done, to reckon with the reality of what they had done. It might even convict them of the sin of murder, right? if they were to pause long enough. But their reaction to the public's reaction tells us just about everything we need to know about these two very, very deeply evil people. So Jesse posted the following on X just one day after he announced to the world that he and his wife murdered their baby boy. Now, language warning on this section that I'm about to read. I'm not going to censor the language on this one. So there's your warning. Here's the post. I've never seen such hate and vitrial for two people grieving the loss of their unborn child and making an impossible decision. The last 24 hours have exposed a side of humanity that is deeply disturbing. Being called murderous pieces of [ __ ] evil compared to Hitler and receiving non-stop death threats. Seeing my six-year-old dog with stage 4 kidney disease being used as a weapon, manipulating my words and intent in a tweet or saying we'll regret this decision forever and must repent to God is absolute insanity. If you ever wanted to marvel at the depravity of people online, just check the replies on my latest tweet. It's a [ __ ] show of epic proportions. This is reflective of the current world and landscape we're living in. What's more troubling is a lot of these people use God or Jesus as their justification for threatening us and wanting to cast us into hell seems pretty hypocritical. So many saying they would have kept the child, put it up for adoption, or are suddenly ready to adopt a down syndrome child. That's great. You can do all those things. However, many of the people throwing stones don't even have children, let alone one with a condition and most likely will never do the things they say they're going to do. There has been some heinous [ __ ] said about my wife and I on some extremely large accounts. It baffles me that there are such they are such trashy ass people who have significant followings. If you can't contribute anything meaningful to the conversation aside from insults, then just don't post. On the other hand, there have been tremendous stories of people who kept their Down Syndrome baby, and that's awesome. very courageous and they do look very happy. That is your choice and I support it. This was ours and we can do that. It's very easy to accept the differences between us when it has no actual bearing on your life. What shocked me most of all was that the story has become mainstream news. A couple's abortion is suddenly newsworthy in 2026. There are over a million abortions every single year for a myriad of reasons. This is happening on a daily basis and is the most common outcome for tricom 21. Yet this one blows up and people are surprised. The reason this blew up is quite simple. It's because nobody talks about it. I can't blame people for not talking about these vulnerable experiences publicly because you see the disgusting backlash that ensues. It's very divisive. Luckily, after 20 years on the internet, this is part for the course for me taking on the crazies. So, I'm glad I can help further the conversation. That's exactly why I wanted to share this story. People need to see vulnerability and hear the raw truth. There is real suffering going on and it is being done in silence and fear. So many mothers have reached out privately commending us on our bravery to speak truthfully about this topic and we really appreciate the support. We want you to feel less alone in this and less ashamed. There's never been a more important time to speak up and out about the things that matter. Do not let the vocal minority stop you from sharing your truth. To those who have been affected by this or are confronted with similar situations in the future, we have your back and please feel free to reach out. I'm sure this will follow us a while, especially when we try for a kid again in the near future. A quick aside, be careful where you source your information online. Whether it's disturbing propaganda accounts, AI, rage bait, fearmongers, we're living in a complicated time, and authenticity and empathy will be the most important currencies of the future. Anyway, I can't wait to see all these words get minced and twisted again so people can grow their followings and stir outrage. It's a natural ecosystem after all. Bottom feeders have to get their meal, too. Hopefully, our story has inspired others to open up more and we can all find understanding. At the end of the day, I'm grateful that the discourse about our decision has spread so wide. It is clearly a very important and sensitive topic, one that we need to pay more attention to. Thank you to everyone who has been supportive during this difficult time in defending our choice as parents. It means more than you'll ever know. Also, my wife is a badass. Not only did she go through this trauma, but she's dealing with all the freaks on the internet in stride. Love you, babe. Let's look to the future. Baby emoji. So that was their reaction. No reflection, no real reckoning with what they had done. Again, they posted it less than 24 hours after the initial post announcing the murder. And so now let's actually go over that post in detail there. This is very, very important, right? I want to get into these details. So he says, "I've never seen such hate and vitrial for two people grieving the loss of their unborn child and making an impossible decision." Well, there's an inequity there Jesse. It wasn't an impossible decision. It was a possible one, and it's one that you made. And so, no, nobody is grieving with you because you're not even grieving the loss of your unborn child because you chose to kill it. You see, right? When my wife and I had two miscarriages, my wife miscarried our first two children. Children that I hope to meet someday in glory. Yeah. There were people grieving with us cuz we experienced real loss. We didn't choose that. It just happened. That's something that just happened. And there is grief to be experienced because we lost two image bearsers of God. We didn't decide for that to happen. Then he says, "The last 24 hours have exposed a side of humanity that is deeply disturbing. Being called murderous pieces of [ __ ] evil compared to Hitler and receiving non-stop death threats." Well, the good thing for them is they can actually defend themselves from potential death, right? Unlike the baby in the womb that had no way to protect itself. But let's actually talk about the Hitler comparison for a moment. So, many of you are likely confused by the the name of today's podcast, Leen's unveris, right? So, some of you are familiar with that German phrase. You've heard it before. So it literally means life unworthy of life or life unworthy of living. So the phrase actually became infamous infamous in Nazi Germany. So it was popularized by the 1920 book called Permission for the Destruction of life unworthy of life written by a couple of guys, a German legal scholar named Carl Binding and a psychiatrist named Alfred Hul. So the Nazis actually adopted this concept to justify murdering people that they deem to be mentally and physically inferior. So this included people with intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities, mental illness, and yes, people with Down syndrome. And the estimates are that the Nazis killed around 300,000 people because of this ideology. So the Nazis, just like the Ridgeways and many more like them, saw people with Down syndrome as Laben's unveris life unworthy of life. And look, the Nazis didn't invent the logic here. They just removed the politeness, right? They removed kind of the veneer of morality around this whole thing. Because one thing you'll hear about this is you'll hear things like compassionate elimination. Oh, it's just a compassionate elimination. They're going to have a a hard life. They may have some heart defects. They they may have trouble hearing. They may have lower muscle tone than somebody else. Well, compassionate elimination was the same Nazi framing, too. Like what the Nazis called life unworthy of life. we just call low quality of life. But when you talk to someone who actually has Down syndrome and you ask them about the quality of their life, they seem to be deeply thankful and happy to be alive, right? And guys, look, eugenics never left, right? It just got a rebrand. That's all it is. The eugenics that were performed by the Nazis, everyone basically sees as absolutely horrific. But we do it in modernity. You know, some people do sex selective abortions. Some people do abortions because the baby might have some sort of physical or mental abnormality. It's eugenics after all, but we've just rebranded it. So, back to his post. Seeing my six-year-old dog with stage four kidney disease being used as a weapon, manipulating my words and intent in a tweet or saying, "We'll regret the decision forever and must repent to God is absolute insanity." Well, the reality is is you do need to repent to God, right, of of your sins. All of them, including murdering your child. But you may be wondering, what in the world is he talking about in reference to his dog? Well, Jesse apparently has a dog named Sweet. It's got a couple of other nicknames, but the dog's name is Sweet. And around Sweet's fifth birthday, she was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney disease. Now, most of the time when a dog at any age is diagnosed with stage 4 kidney disease, the result is almost an immediate euthanization. Okay. And considering how quickly Jesse and his wife decided to euthanize their baby boy, you would think they would do so with sweet pretty quickly, too. Yeah. that, hey, they don't want this dog to suffer. Like, they were showing compassion, right? They were doing a compassionate elimination of their baby boy. Well, a dog certainly couldn't be of the same amount of worth as a as a kid, so they they probably euthanized the dog, right? Nope. That's not what they did. Here's actually a caption from an Instagram post from Jesse back in May. It's a post of him holding his dog. The vet said she had weeks to live. If we were lucky, maybe a few months. Here we are a whole year later. She is still fighting. She is in the 0.00001% of superhero dogs that can continue living with no kidneys. It has been an emotional celebration. We all need a hero in this life. Jenny, that's a nickname for his dog, has been one of mine. Keep fighting, Miss Poppy. Another nickname. We love you lots. So, there you go. His dog was probably going to have some issues. The odds of it living were were not good. way lower than 5050, which is the thing he cited about miscarriages with Down syndrome babies. Way less than that. Way less than 1% chance of this dog living. But Jesse found it in his heart to be compassionate and give this dog a chance to live. And wouldn't you know it, that dog has clung to life. Cute little puffer. Yeah. Clung to life. Probably not going to live a whole lot longer, but that dog is living right now. And he can't see the difference. He can't see why people would be bringing up how he treated his dog versus how he treated his son that was in Udo. Just completely seared conscience. Back to his post. If you ever wanted to marvel at the depravity of people online, just check the replies on my latest tweet. It's a [ __ ] show of epic proportions. This is reflective of the current world and the landscape we're living in. What's more troubling is a lot of people use God or Jesus as their justification for threatening us and wanting to cast us into hell. Seems pretty hypocritical. Now, if you go look at some of the the the posts, you will find very few people invoking the name of God or Jesus, twothirds of the Godhead, and threatening them in the same breath. Now, if you do that, you shouldn't. You don't invoke the name of God and then threaten somebody with physical violence, right? That's not something that God nor Jesus would uphold and say, "Yes, this is a good idea." But basically what they're saying is if somebody mentions God or Jesus and is calling them to repentance less they end up in hell, they're seeing that as a threat. Seems pretty hypocritical. No, actually it's pretty down the line. It's pretty down It's right down the middle of the fairway, actually. Because if you do not repent of your sin before holy and just God and accept the free gift of grace offered to you by the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, you will not have justification. You will not have salvation and you will end up in hell. People are trying to help you, Jesse. back to his post. So many saying that we would have kept the child, put it up for adoption or are suddenly ready to adopt a down syndrome child. That's great. You can do all those things. However, many of the people throwing stones don't even have children, let alone one with condition and most likely will never do the things that they're saying they're going to do. Now, this is a common refrain from people that are proabortion, right? So, you'll see uh uh my buddy Russell who does kind of the the man on the street abortion stuff with abortion abortionist rising or abolitionist rising, excuse me. People will come up to him and be like, "Well, how many kids have you adopted that would have otherwise been aborted?" And what he asked them back is a perfect question. He says, "Hey, are you against sex trafficking?" And the person's like, "What? Are you against people being trafficked for sex?" Right? Being held in slavery and trafficked for sex. They're like, "Well, yeah, of course I'm against it." And then he asked them, "Well, how many people have you saved out of sex trafficking?" And they're like, "Well, none." And well, they're like, "Well, I guess you support sex trafficking since you've never adopted somebody or save somebody out of sex trafficking." So, the thing is is you cannot have children yourself and you could not have adopted children yourself and still be against murdering people. You see how that goes? Like, I've never saved someone that was about to be murdered and I'm still anti-murder. you shouldn't murder people, right? But apparently Jesse doesn't understand that. Back to his thing, there has been some heinous [ __ ] said about my wife and I on some extremely large accounts. It baffles me that there are such trashy ass people who have significant followings. If you can't contribute anything meaningful to the conversation aside from insults, then just don't post. Well, what about your post? You made lots of posts, including the excited posts at the beginning, pictures and videos of how excited you were to welcome a baby, a child into your family, and then you killed it. I find that to be deeply offensive. So whether I have a significant following or no following at all, if I voice my displeasure with the evil that you've perpetrated on another person, that is me contributing something meaningful to the conversation. What he means is is, "Hey, you don't support me in my decision to do this. You're not celebrating what I've done, so you're being a meanie mean pants." Back to his post, on the other hand, there's been a tremendous stories of people who kept their Down syndrome baby, and that's awesome. Very courageous, and they do look very happy. That is your choice, and I support it. This was ours, and we can do that. It's very easy to accept the differences between us when it has no actual bearing on your life. actually when you murder innocent people, society does have a a a role to play in that. That's why we have laws against things like murder. Now, we've euphemized uh or we we have plenty of euphemisms around the process of abortion. Now, we talk about it as healthcare, woman's choice, all that nonsense. And so, as a society, we don't consider that to be murder, but in reality, it is. And so, that's why people are not supportive of it. And yes, it is courageous for somebody to go against the grain of what 90% of people in this country apparently are doing and not murdering their down syndrome baby and raising it as if it has value because it's not an id, it's a person. And in this case, yours was a baby boy that you decided to kill. Back to his post, what shocked me most of all was that this story has become mainstream news. A couple's abortion is suddenly newsworthy in 2026. This is so rich. This man has made millions of dollars off of posting his personal life on the internet, including all the posts about the baby when they were excited about it and then the baby when they were less excited about it cuz they thought it might be sick and then the non-baby just this entity that was part of a pregnancy that they decided to end. It's news, Jesse, cuz you put it out there. Now yes you might be shocked you know because his next quote is there are a million abortions every year over a million abortions for a myriad of reasons that is happening on a daily basis and is the most common outcome for tricom 21 yet this one blows up and people are surprised. Yeah because for a lot of people the the scales on their eyes have fallen off. They hear about abortion, they hear about a woman's right to choose and they haven't really thought about it much but they're like oh yeah that makes sense. And then they hear an anecdote. Here's two people, a young married couple that created life, but then they decided because the life wasn't what they wanted for their life, they decided to take that life to kill it. So for a lot of people, they finally, Jesse, because of what you and your evil wife did, they finally understand the evil that is abortion. Some of us already knew it, and we've talked about it publicly like I am now. But for others, they can't believe that you would have killed someone with Down syndrome just because they weren't going to be like the baby that you had planned on having. Right? He says the reason this blew up is quite simple. It's because nobody talks about it. I can't blame people for not talking about these vulnerable experiences. Again, experiences if it's happening to them publicly because you see the disgusting backlash that ensues. It's very divisive. Luckily, after 20 years on the internet, this is part for the course for me taking on the crazies. So, I'm glad that I can help further the conversation. So, guys, again, in Jesse Ridgeway parlance, you are crazy if you think that the fact that they murdered their kid because of the inconvenience it might cause them, they think you're crazy. They think you're the crazy one. So, just keep that in mind. Back to his post, that's exactly why I wanted to share this story. People still need to see vulnerability and hear the raw truth. There is real suffering going on and it is being done in silence and fear. So many mothers have reached out privately commending us on our bravery to speak truthfully about this topic and we really appreciate that support. We want you to feel less alone in this and less ashamed. So yeah, people that have also killed their children have reached out to you because they're trying to suppress their own guilt and so they're trying to commend you for your bravery so they don't feel as guilty for what they've done. Right? That's a great gang to be a part of. I guess also he says this, there has never been a more important time to speak up and out about the things that matter. Do not let the vocal minority stop you from sharing your truth. So obviously we get a sense of his worldview. Very leftist, very, very progressive. There is no actual truth. There's just your truth and this is their truth. Their truth is that you can kill a baby and it's not a big deal. And then I'll actually skip to the end of his post here. Also, my wife is a badass. Not only did she go through this trauma, but she's definitely dealing with all the freaks on the internet in a stride. Love you, babe. Let's look to the future baby emoji. His wife's going through trauma, you guys. Because his evil wife, again, even prolifers will say that the second victim of an abortion is the woman. In almost 100% of the abortions, the woman is the one making sure that it happens. She knows that a successful abortion means that the only person that dies is the person that's inside of her, right? And we're supposed to believe that she's gone through a trauma of some kind. And part of her trauma, she's having to deal with those freaky crazies on the internet that think that we shouldn't murder children. Those stupid freaky crazies. And then the tearity to post the baby emoji at the end. Jesse, you had one of those and a few weeks ago you decided you didn't want one anymore and we're supposed to wish you well for the future. Supposed to wish you well. And then after all this just proving that, you know, his awareness level is at a a poultry level. Uh he posted this on Sunday, June the 7th. So actually, let's put up that picture, Landon. It's a picture of Jesse and Ashley. This is apparently before they murder their child. They're smiling on the beach with the ocean in the background. Looks like they're on a date. And here's what his caption read. Simpler times. Simpler times. Well, yes, Jesse. It probably was simpler back then. It was you living for yourself primarily, Ashley living for herself primarily. You got together, you know, after dating for I think it was five or six years. You finally decided to get married after playing husband and wife for a long time. And I'm sure it was simple. You film your entire life. You put it up on the internet. People watch it. You get paid thousands and thousands of dollars and millions of dollars over your career. Y'all get to spend money, go out, do everything you want. And then you have this temporary inconvenience of getting pregnant. Oh, okay. But, you know, we thought we'd get pregnant eventually, a little faster than we thought. But that's okay. Oh, no. Our baby might have a deformity of some kind, might have a disorder. Things might get a little complicated. And y'all decided to do the thing that you thought would make life simpler. That by murdering the babies that was inside of Ashley's womb, that you could go back to that time where you were foot loose and fancy free going to dinner on the beach. But your lives aren't simpler, Jesse and Ashley. They're not simpler. You've complicated them for the rest of your life because you're murderers now. And I know based on your language, you think that this is something that just happened to you. No, you did this. Your life will never be simple ever again. So, let's actually go back to the beginning of this episode. I said the story I was going to cover is one of the most acute examples of evil, a seared conscience, and the godless state of our society that we've ever seen. So, let's go through each of those. So, let's talk about evil. This situation that I just described in detail meets every classical criterion for moral evil. So the first is that there's an innocent party involved. The second is that there was a lethal act on that innocent party. The third is a self-interested justification in the lethal act. And the fourth is a public defense of the lethal act. Check. Check. Check. Check. Meets every criterion for moral evil. And guys, evil rarely announces itself as evil, right? So typically evil, when somebody's doing something evil, they'll actually try to construct an elaborate moral framework around the evil that will actually turn the evil thing into a good thing. Go back to the verse that I started this podcast with. And so there's evil at the core, but they'll just have this edifice around it that makes it look not so bad, right? That's a lot of euphemisms, a lot of dodgy language. And the the Ridgeways were deluded into thinking that this was good for them and their baby boy. But the reality is is they sacrificed their child for being inconvenient. That was in their minds, the sin of this child is that it was inconvenient, that it had a glitch, and it was going to be inconvenient to their vision of life. And even in 2026, it's the exact same barbarism that we saw thousands of years ago all the way up through present day. This is child sacrifice. Some people sacrificed children to some pagan god so it would rain so that there would be future fertility in the most macob backwards sense so that the crops would grow so that they would grow rich. Now, we just call that a woman's right to choose. Because if she takes on the inconvenience of having this new life that is, you know, created and sustained by her own body, she may not be able to get that extra pants suit, you guys. She may not be able to buy the convertible. She may not be able to get the Dior handbag. She may not be able to get to go on the the girl trips, the extra vacations to Miami. Guys, come on. She may not get that corner office job, right? Let's feel bad for her. That's basically where we are because as a society we have seared consciences. And let's talk about a seared conscience. So the apostle Paul says this in 1 Timothy 4:1 and2. Now the spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by developing themselves by devoting themselves rather to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons through the insincerity of liars whose consciences have been seared. This is the evidence big time that the Ridgeways, >> like so many others, like millions of others, have a seared conscience. And guys, there's actually two easy proofs that show that the Ridgeways have seared consciences. Number one, they were absolutely shocked by the public reaction to their murderous act. And the second proof is the absence of any grief whatsoever over their baby boy. Like I just got chills thinking about it. It's absolutely chilling the level of evil and disregard they have for the baby. Their baby that was given to them as a gift, partially of her DNA and partially of his DNA. And it had its own express DNA, very much alive, was ripped to pieces and thrown in a trash can. And they're not discussing that at all. They're talking about the trauma they suffered. You see, right? And they're shocked that you aren't just seeing them as victims here. They want you to see them as a victim. In our modern day, victimhood is currency. And they think they've got it in spades right now. But they're not referring to their baby anymore. They're not referring to their child. They may have even named this boy. We don't know that name. We know the name of their dog that they probably should have put down, right? We know about sweet. What about this baby boy? this sweet baby boy shocked by the public reaction no grief whatsoever over their baby completely seared consciences and how did the Ridgeways become like this now we're all born into sin we're all born into iniquity we're born into Adam but then let's look at Romans 1:28-32 and since they did not see fit to acknowledge God they gave them up to a debaseed mind to do what ought not be done they were filled with all manner of unrighteousness evil covetousness malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossip, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, hotty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless heartless ruthless. Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them, but give approval to those who practice them. So part of the seared consciousness is there are people that actually support the Ridgeways right now. Probably some friends and family, lots of people in the public, they're glad that they exercise their choice to murder their baby boy. That's the end of Romans 1. They not only do them, but give approval to those who practice them. And look what the Ridgeways have signaled. Hey, someday if you decide to kill your baby because it had Down syndrome, which it couldn't help, and you decide to kill them, which they can't even protect themselves from, we have your back. Remember that they're giving approval to those who practice that long list of sins that we described earlier, which gets us to the godless state of our society. And it got this way because when you remove God from the equation, everyone gets to define what is moral in their own mind, right? And guys, we're we're witnessing half a century plus of societal decay and deliberate moral re-education. Go back to the 1960s. That's when it became more apparent. Sexual revolution, gender revolution, right? Fast forward all the way to a Bergfeld in 2015. We're being re-educated and your kids, especially if they're in public school, are being educated on what should be moral. And it's not like in the founding of our country when the number one textbook that was in every classroom was the Holy Bible. It's now you have these textbooks I've written by these communist sympathizers and you have teachers that are teaching your children and they all work for these teachers unions that are 99% leftist progressive and they're telling your baby, they're telling your child what is moral and what's good. They're making your kid participate in the pride rally. They're making your kid hold up a fist in solidarity with some druggy black person that just died while in police custody like George Floyd, right? They're telling you what's moral and good. No regard for what God has to say on the subject matter because we removed him from the equation. But need I remind you about the 20th century, the most murderous century in the history of human humanity. You had Mao in China. You had Ppot in Cambodia. You had Hitler in Germany and all throughout Europe. You had Stalin. You had Lenon. You had all these others. We're talking about tens of millions of people slaughtered because nobody thought God was paying attention. Might made right. Mussolini is another one. Might made right. And if you're strong enough and if the strong man in charge of their government is strong enough and there is no retribution and there is no one to stop you, then evil will run rampant. That's the society that we're in right now. And if society gets to place to a place where it cannot utter the phrase this child deserves to live, it is proof that society is lost completely. Guys, you know, I'm not much of an opt optimist to begin with. This isn't going to be writed anything short of a miracle of God. Like, do you honestly think that enough conservative Christian podcasters or Christian conservative podcasters that there's going to be enough of them out there to turn tens of millions of people and turn their feelings about murdering the unborn? Is that what you honestly think is going to happen? No. It's going to take a movement of the Holy Spirit inside of people. That's what's going to save this. there there's no amount of voting for Republicans and conservatives to run, you know, your local uh jurisdictions or even the national politics or the political structure in DC that's going to turn this around. There's a deep-seated depravity in Americans and across the greater West that leads to tens of millions of babies being aborted every single year. And almost in every case, it's not because of something that could happen to the mother, right? In almost every single case, it's because the baby's going to be inconvenient. inconvenient timing. H I'm kind of a [ __ ] I don't really know who the dad is, so I don't want to deal with that. Oh, the baby might have some complications. Well, I don't want to be inconvenience. I still want to go out and get my freak on. So, yeah, I don't just don't want that baby, right? It's a societywide decay that only the gospel can be applied to. And godlessness does not produce a vacuum, right? Some people think, oh, it's just godlessness. It's it's got got nothing downstream from it. What it actually produces is a substitute religion because the main religion of choice in the west is not Christianity. It's not Islam. It's the self. It's the worship of self. I don't want to be inconvenient. I don't want to be made to feel uncomfortable. So, I'm going to do this so I can get back to, as the Ridgeways would put it, simpler times. So, as we wrap up here, what are Christians to do in this situation? Well, first of all, you need to learn to fight back against the culture of death. So, yes, you should vote for candidates. If I'm a one topic person when it comes to voting, if one side of the ledger is pro-life and the other side of the ledger is proabortion, I'm always going to go to the pro-life side. I don't care what party they represent. Now, you can't be a Democrat running for office and believe in pro-life policies. That's just not a thing anymore. But if you're pro-life, again, I don't even care if you're pro- life in your heart. I care about if you're pro-life in actuality, then yes, you vote for those people. You support those people. You donate to their campaigns. But you also need to learn how to fight back verbally because people will just say things maybe in the office or at a family dinner or something like that. They'll just say these horrible, horrific things that make you think that being proabortion is normal. But I have a PDF on my website. It's a free PDF. It's called How to Engage the Top 18 Protion Arguments. Okay. And/abortion. That'll be in the show notes. uh adonna.life/abortion. Check the show notes. How to engage the top 18 proabortion argument. So I tell you when someone says my body, my choice. When they say no uterus, no opinion. When they say, "Well, you only care about the baby before they're born." I give you ways to respond to that. Because when you have the moral high ground, and if you're on the pro-life side of the ledger, you do have the moral high ground. You can't seed any ground to the enemy, right? You have the high ground. You need to maintain it. So I show you how to fight that way. Also, in just about every community that you guys are listening this right now, there is a local pro-life pregnancy center. Thank God there are more pregnancy centers across the United States than there are abortion mills. You need to give like crazy to your local pro-life pregnancy center. So, the one here in Oklahoma is Hope Pregnancy Center. They have stuff spread out all over the state, including in my town here in Edund. Give them your money. Volunteer. Almost all of them are desperate for male volunteers because guy and a gal come in, they take the gal back to to get the ultrasound and all that. And there's no one there to talk to the guy. They need men pouring into these guys saying, "Look, dude, you're not about to be a father. You are a father. You're a father right now." And it seemed pretty clear that you're okay with siring a child, but now we need to get you to where you're okay with fathering one. Hey, you're a dad right now. It's time to be responsible. Step up. you may need to put a ring on it and start setting up a life for your family. Start setting up a life for your kid. And I'm going to announce something right now. So, because of uh a fundraiser that we do every year, we do something called Blue Glass. It's a whiskey tasting that we do once a year. And originally, it was to raise money just for Andon Life for our operations, but we've been very blessed by donors over the last several years, you know, blessed by the growth of the Dominion program. This year, we uh I was thinking about it leading up to the event. I'm like, I don't think we really need this money. let's go ahead and do the event, but I just don't think we really need it like we did years ago. And then my wife had the same thought separate from me like a week later and she called me to talk about it. So, we got in touch with the Hope uh pregnancy center that is over the entire state of Oklahoma. We talked to their director and we asked them how that how we could help and they have a mobile ultrasound unit that was, you know, kind of on the fritz. And what they do, they have clinics, you know, brickandmortar clinics set up all over the state of Oklahoma, but they take this mobile unit to lowincome areas to places where there's not a pregnancy center that's close by. And it's a mobile ultrasound unit because to the tune of about 80 to 90% of women that hear their baby's heartbeat on an ultrasound, they choose life. Because most people aren't so barbaric whenever they realize, "Oh my gosh, that's a baby in there." because they've been influenced by our feminist culture that, "Oh, it's not a baby. It's just a clump of cells. It's like baby soup, right? And then it all a sudden becomes a baby right before it's pushed out of your vaginal canal." They're like, "Oh my gosh, that's a heartbeat. That's my baby." 80 to 90% of these women choose life. And so my wife and I have decided we're going to be partnering with Focus on the Family and we are purchasing one of those ultrasound machines for the Hope Pregnancy Center here in Oklahoma. Right? That may not be available to all of you to be able to do something like that, but I'm talking to a lot of people in this audience that have means, right? And if you want more information on how you can do that in your local area, shoot me an info info or shoot me an email info@una.life info@una.life. Some of y'all can just cut a check and pay for one of these machines. And again, you have your hobbies, you have your other things that you put money towards, and I'm pro all that stuff. How many things can you put money to where there is a onetoone correlation between your money and a baby living? I mean, think about that. I mean, cuz I had to talk to all the guys that, you know, bought tables and all the people that donated stuff to our our, you know, tasting event and those types of stuff cuz they thought they were raising money and giving money to Undaunted Life. And so, I kind of needed to be honest with them like, "Hey guys, we're taking that money. We're giving it to the Hope Pregnancy Center. for buying this ultrasound machine so that women will choose life. And wouldn't you know it, not a single one of them is disappointed in our decision. And as we continue to do that event in the future, we're going to try to blow it out even further, right? So we were able to buy a mobile unit. Well, next year we're going to try to get maybe a couple of units that can go into clinics, right? Maybe even purchase more mobile units, purchase the vehicle that the mobile unit even goes into, and we're going to bring a bunch of people into that to try to raise as much money as possible to save as many babies as possible. So, if you're a person of means, give your money, write the check. If you don't have the money, you got some time. Volunteer at your local Hope Pregnancy Center, your local pro-life center. And then finally, as hard as it's going to be for a lot of us, as hard as it's going to be for me, we need to pray for the Ridgeways. These are two very evil people, deeply confused, and gosh, they're in the grips of Satan big time. But we need to pray for them to repent of their sin and to put their faith in Christ. It's the only hope they have because if they receive the free gift of grace of Christ, then the scales will be removed from their eyes and they will realize what they did to their baby boy. But my encouragement to them would be is because the gospel covers all past, present, and future, you will not be defined by your murder that you participated in. Just like if you are in Christ, Romans 8:1, therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. If you're in Adam, condemnation is coming your way. It's your only hope is condemnation, right? But if you're in Christ, there is no condemnation, right? You're not your murder. You're not your abortion. You're not your crime. You're not your theft. You're not your adultery. You're not any of those things. You're in Christ. you've been made a new creation. And so I know Jesse was very dismissive of the people in his comments that were begging him to repent and turn his life over to Christ. But to Jesse and Ashley Ridgeway, that's exactly what I'm compelling you to do. Give your life to Christ, accept the free gift of grace, repent of your sins, including the murder of your own child, and follow Christ for the rest of your life. It's your only hope. Thank you everyone for listening to this episode. Wherever you're listening to this, please subscribe, rate, and leave us a positive five-star review. If you want me to come speak live at your event or on your podcast, just shoot me an email to info@unaed.life. Follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook. And check out our website for everything else, including how to donate to keep more content like this coming. www.undaunted.life. The music on this podcast is the song Conqueror by the Christian metal band Void Awaken. 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