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monica
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Date Posted: 12:50:59 11/01/03 Sat
In reply to:
John Van Schaick
's message, "Trisomy 13" on 10:22:31 11/01/03 Sat
Hi John,
I'm so terribly sorry that your baby has this condition. My heart goes out to your family.
I'm wondering if what you want are links to pro-life "authorities" about terminating because of fetal medical conditions? Would that help you?
Basically, the standard pro-life posiiton is that it is not just to end the pregnancy just because the baby will/may not live long outside the womb. The seriously ill child should be given the same dignity and respect as any other child. While this child may not live long outside the womb, the value of the child's life is not measured in what he can/can't do or how long he/she lives, but in the fact that the child is made in the image and likeness of God. No medical condition changes this fact and, therefore, we do not have the authority to end the child's life by directly killing or by inducing early.
I think that, in a nutshell, is the basic pro-life position.
Doctors are expert in matters medical, not moral. Because termination is both a medical and moral issue, it makes all the sense in the world to consider both medical and moral perpectives. Is there any evidence that your wife is in danger carrying your baby? Have the doctors considered the emotional and spiritual toll that termination could take on your wife (and on you)?
I hope some of this info has helped . . . would you like to be put in touch with some other families who did not abort b/c of a trisomy 13 diagnosis?
I'll check back soon - I'd be happy to help out in any way that I might be able!
Prayers for you and your wife!
Sincerely, Monica
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