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Jessa Duggar '19 Kids and Counting' News: Future Father-In-Law Michael Seewald Supports Her On Abortion Views

Virginia D'Cruz October 23, 2014 06:52 AM EST

Jessa Duggar with her fiance Ben Seewald. | Facebook photo

TV reality show star Jessa Duggar will be getting married to Ben Seewald next month.

However, the news surrounding Jessa has extended well beyond her upcoming wedding to her relationship with her sister Jana, and also to her Instagram post that compared abortion to the Holocaust.

There has been increasing speculation on Jessa's relationship with her older sister Jana and why the latter has mentioned that she has no plans of getting married.

Inquisitr quotes from the book "Growing Up Duggar" in which Jana relates a story about how growing up with Jessa was tough as they did not get along well. Even when sleeping in bunk beds, Jessa would kick Jana's bed at night and laughed when she woke up. Jana responded by gifting Jessa a jewelry box that she loved in an attempt to "kill her with kindness." Whether this tactic worked and Jessa's attitude changed was not mentioned in the Inquisitr report.

As for Jessa, she and her family, on whom the reality series "19 Kids And Counting" is based, are preparing for her wedding. TLC has posted a series of images from their engagement and noted that the couple has more pictures on their Instagram accounts.

Jessa has also been getting support from her future father-in-law after she stated in an Instagram post that abortion was like the Holocaust. Her future father-in-law Michael Seewald in a blog post stated that Jessa's views were right and that those attacking her were "Hitler's doppelgangers."

InTouch notes that Michael praised her, stating: "Bravo, Jessa, for daring to speak out against one of the great evils of our time. Abortion is legalized murder just like the Holocaust."

Michael added: "Maybe this is why Rush Limbaugh labeled radical feminists as Femi-Nazis."

Jessa's original Instagram post comparing abortion to the Holocaust was made last month. Her mother Michelle Duggar voiced similar sentiments last year. Earlier this month the family wore pro-life T-shirts on their reality show.

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