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If the Catholic church wants to help the expectant mother already ripped to her core by a devastating genetic diagnosis, maybe the best way would be to offer compassion and empathy for whichever path she chooses with her own body, and to recognize that there are multiple paths that deserve grace.
A "runner's body" conjures images of lithe, young, lean people, but columnist Leslie Gray Streeter knows that a "runner's body" is really just whatever body you run in, even when it's older and larger. And she wishes people would stop being so shocked about it.