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\n Related: <\/span>Jesse Ridgway Slams Conspiracy Theories Over Wife’s Abortion: Making ‘S*** Up’<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tYouTuber Jesse Ridgway is firing back at conspiracy theories after sharing that he and his wife, Ashley, made the \u201cdifficult decision to terminate\u201d her pregnancy after receiving a fetal Down syndrome diagnosis. \u201cYa\u2019ll can\u2019t even keep your stories straight, it\u2019s crazy,\u201d Jesse, 33, wrote in a statement shared via his Instagram Stories and X account [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Back in 2017, the internet personality made a video in which he played a character with Down syndrome. In the footage, he slurs \u201cI have Down syndrome\u201d before adding \u201cI want to go to Chuck E. Cheese.\u201d<\/p>\n
The resurfaced clip comes as Jesse and his wife, Ashley Ridgway<\/strong>, continue to make headlines after they chose to terminate her pregnancy.<\/p>\nJesse first revealed that decision on June 3 after the couple discovered that the baby\u2019s fetus had Down syndrome. (According to the Mayo Clinic<\/a>, the condition occurs when a person has an extra copy of chromosome 21. People with Down syndrome often have developmental challenges.)<\/p>\n\n![\"Jesse](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/jesse-ridgway.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n Jesse Ridgway and Ashley Ridgway<\/span> Courtesy of Jesse Ridgway\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAfter sharing his family\u2019s story, Jesse said he and his wife started sleeping next to a gun because of alleged death threats.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\u201cMy wife is the sweetest and strongest woman I know, the last thing she deserves is to be treated this way,\u201d Jesse shared<\/span><\/a> via Facebook<\/span><\/a> on Monday, June 8. \u201cMy heart goes out to all of the women who have had to keep their abortions private for fear of judgment from friends\/family, it\u2019s the last thing you should be dealing with when you\u2019re already confronting the hardest\/worst of times.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\")
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Jesse first revealed that decision on June 3 after the couple discovered that the baby\u2019s fetus had Down syndrome. (According to the Mayo Clinic<\/a>, the condition occurs when a person has an extra copy of chromosome 21. People with Down syndrome often have developmental challenges.)<\/p>\n After sharing his family\u2019s story, Jesse said he and his wife started sleeping next to a gun because of alleged death threats.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cMy wife is the sweetest and strongest woman I know, the last thing she deserves is to be treated this way,\u201d Jesse shared<\/span><\/a> via Facebook<\/span><\/a> on Monday, June 8. \u201cMy heart goes out to all of the women who have had to keep their abortions private for fear of judgment from friends\/family, it\u2019s the last thing you should be dealing with when you\u2019re already confronting the hardest\/worst of times.\u201d<\/p>\n You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>
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