[outofstyle]

"The baby has a soul. Who is to say that this life is worthless?"

Actually I said I believe that every life is priceless. However, if we are going to win this battle we must not ignore the cost. You are correct about attacking the root causes. For now, the cost is beyond comprehension. If a severely premature baby with underdeveloped lungs is born to a cocaine addicted mother and survives 18 months the cost of care can exceed a million dollars. This is not a rare situation. And at the end of that 18 months he likely dies. He will never not need expensive medical care. I do not have an answer.

It takes a miracle for one of these children to survive and be normal. For an individual parent in this situation it would not be inappropriate to recognize that God can do miracles. Pray for one and limit the care to include nourishment and treatment of infection. However, as someone has stated. the majority of these cases occur in situations where there are no reasonable parents.

[monkapotamus]