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June. here is the baby today. she's 8 months old. to protect her privacy, we're not naming her, or the family kelley found to adopt her. along with her cleft lip and palate and misshapen ear, she has severe brain and heart problems. she'll need several risky surgeries to survive. ♪ but in many other ways, she's developed like other babies. she smiles, babbles and grabs for toys. some people would say why bring a child into this world who you know is going to have such huge medical problems. >> i say that it is not fair to not give them a chance to overcome them. >> reporter: what if she does...

>> reporter: strong convictions, but would she betray them for the right price? kelley was a single mom, money was tight. through the surrogacy agency, the parents said they would pay her $10,000 to have an abortion. and when you saw that $10,000 figure, did you think, maybe i'll do it? >> in a weak moment, i asked her to tell them that for $15,000 i would consider going forward with the termination. >> reporter: the parents refused her request and kelley says she quickly regretted asking for the extra money anyways. deep down, she knew she could never abort under any circumstance. once again,...

They proposed if you have this baby, we'll give her up and she'll become a ward of the state. >> i'm not going to let her become one of those forgotten, disabled kids that gets lost in the system. >> reporter: kelley made a bold decision. informing the parents at the last second she left the state, pregnant with their baby. >> packed up my van, with everything i could carry, threw my kids in the car, and we drove for two days to michigan. >> reporter: under michigan law, kelley would be the baby's mother. you were making a decision for a baby that was not genetically yours. >> i can't tell you...

Girl. >> she got a little girl. >> she got a little girl. >> reporter: was it the girl she wanted? >> no, it wasn't. >> reporter: ultrasounds halfway through kelley's pregnancy showed the baby girl growing inside her had severe heart defects, a brain abnormality and other medical problems. >> they said she had a less than 25% chance of being able to have a normal life. >> reporter: inside hartford hospital in connecticut, the parents, heart broken, asked kelley to have an abortion. >> i refused. i couldn't do it. i was the one who was feeling her kick and squirm. i knew she had a fighting spir...