[epow]

Thanks for you understanding. I see from your comments that you have seen that kind of situation up close with your own grandparents. Maybe you were too young to become totally involved in the situation they way your grandfather was, but you saw enough to know it wasn't any picnic.

I hope my first reply to you wasn't offensive. It wasn't meant to be, but late last evening I was beginning to run short on patience with some of the stuff I was reading on this thread. We all have our own opinions, and I suppose I feel as strongly about mine as the other guys do about theirs.

Here's hoping you don't have to repeat your parent's ordeals at some point in the future.

[Almondjoy]

Thanks I appreciate that.

My wife is carrying twins. They are my first children. She has two from a previous marriage.

We are faced with being asked to take various tests to see if they have downs or cistic fibrois. The answer we came up with is that we don't need these tests. I apply the same logic that I do to someone that is in pain and wanting to die.

I wouldn't ask my wife and gladly my wife agrees that even if there would be a problem we aren't going to abort the problem away. If God thinks we need to raise a child with a disability then that's what we need to do. We can't take matters into our own hands.

I took no offense from your post by the way. You have a very strong belief and I hope you are able to sustain that through your own old age.