Popular YouTuber Jesse Ridgway and his wife, Ashley, aborted their unborn baby because of a Down syndrome diagnosis.

Ridgway runs a YouTube account called McJuggerNuggets with 4.34 million subscribers, where he makes videos featuring scripted stories. His “Psycho Series” alone has earned over 2 billion views.

Last Wednesday, Ridgway went to X to announce the “very difficult” abortion decision to his large following. At first, he says, he was “shocked but optimistic” after receiving the diagnosis. “I signed on to be a parent, come what may,” he wrote, “but I just didn’t fully understand what Down syndrome entailed.

By Karly Tucker, The Daily Signal

June 14, 2026