A difficult choice and the follow-through [2nd trimester abortion]

Toronto Globe & Mail ^ | 7/12/06 | C. SMYTH

[Iluvpopcrn]

Good point!

[utahagen]

You wrote, "By telling their stories, people like this are building support for the pro-life cause." You're right. And get the word out about www.aheartbreakingchoice.com, a website for people who have aborted their babies because they were defective. At least these sickos are admitting they had been pregnant with actual babies.

[wouldntbprudent]

You are wonderful, thanks so much for sharing this story.

[kklein]

My 2 year old daughter has Down syndrome, a rather more serious condition than triple-X. In my mind, what this woman did (and would have done if her baby had Down S.) is an even more unspeakable crime than killing a "normal" baby. That little girl needed her mother's love and guidance even more than usual. Instead her mother hired someone two tear her to pieces.

I believe my daughter will have more goodness and wisdom in her than this woman can ever hope to have.

[wouldntbprudent]

That makes this all even more gross.

[Tax-chick]

And if she thinks her pro-life mom can excuse killing a baby because of Downs', I suspect that she is lying to herself, or doesn't understand her mom very well.

I agree.

[BibChr]

And the record for writers able to make a rational, coherent, moral case for abortion still stands at 0%.

But not all are as achingly, numbingly stupid as this one.

[Tax-chick]

because she never opened her fists during the ultrasound.

My 7th child had a tiny, red, half-circle birthmark on each palm, because he kept his hands clenched so tightly before birth. The marks have faded now - he's 2-1/2 - but he's still a hard-charging, sock-'em-in-the-jaw kind of boy!

[MEGoody]

I also feel sad when I hear of a couple, well past their prime, having children.

I'm sure you'd agree - I'd rather see them have the child than murder it.

[berkley]

Triplo X Syndrome results from errors during the division of reproductive cells in one of the parents."

So one of them wasn't perfect. Kill Them!!!!

[Tax-chick]

a website for people who have aborted their babies because they were defective

Oh, how awful.

I'll be 40 this year, and we don't even consider prenatal testing. If some condition shows up on an ordinary ultrasound, we'd want to know more about it to be prepared, or to consider surgery in utero, if possible, but we'd never consider killing our babies, no matter how handicapped they might be.

[Tax-chick]

I also feel sad when I hear of a couple, well past their prime, having children.

Define "prime." They tell me my "prime" as a breeder was at age 27, but I've had six children in my 30's, and could have more in my 40's.

[wolfcreek]

Worse yet, they spent 1000's of dollars to conceive a child after their prime, only to kill him/her.

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

The believe their own lies and convince themselves that it is perfectly alright to murder their own child. The heart is so deceptive.

[Campion]

This is the "crime" for which she had her baby daughter executed, according to Wikipedia:

Thus, triple X syndrome most often causes no unusual physical features or medical problems. Females with the condition are usually taller than average, and their weight may be low in comparison to their height. They may have menstrual irregularities, and, although rarely exhibiting severe mental impairments, sometimes have an increased risk of learning disabilities and delayed speech and language skills.

They kill kids for that now. That's how far we've fallen. God have mercy.

[I still care]

I would have taken a baby like that in a heartbeat.

I guess it never occurs to these people that some people would consider such a little girl unspeakably precious.

I don't feel for her. She had already decided that if her baby wasn't perfect, she would throw it away. Her mother is prolife. I bet she would have found someone to help.

Lady - if you don't feel you can raise anything but a perfect child, you probably shouldn't have children at all. The odds are any kid at some point is going to put you through it.

[GovernmentShrinker]

If you'd had the tests, it would have shown there were no chromosomal problems. No doctor recommends abortion for suspected chromosomal abnormalities, given that it's easy to confirm one way or the other. They recommend testing, if preliminary screening shows signs of a possible chromosomal abnormality. If chromosomal testing confirms the abnormality, THEN they may recommend abortion.

[Shimmer128]

Because you're rich and do triathlons??? I don't think so!

[Shimmer128]

You could be perfect parents.

Because you're rich and do triathlons??? I don't think so!

[Shimmer128]

Sorry, i realized that being upset had caused me to forget to refer to that to which I was referring, I tried to stop it and do it over. Obviously too late.