[beezdotcom]

I think the issue for my friend was not that she was told she couldn't deliver the baby normally, encephaly or not. It was that she would have to carry the baby, which was brain-dead, for another three to four months knowing that it would die immediately after delivery. So in your world, she's a vessel - do I have that correctly? And she should have been FORCED to carry her dead baby to term?

I have friends who were told by two doctors that they should terminate their pregnancy because the child had no chance for survival. They chose to carry the child to term. They gave birth to a perfectly healthy baby boy.

Does that happen in every case? Of course not. But that's not the principal argument against abortion, either. Viability isn't really the issue. If it were, euthanasia would also be legal everywhere.

[dforest]

I think DC probably likes that idea too

[beckysueb]

I have friends who were told by two doctors that they should terminate their pregnancy because the child had no chance for survival. They chose to carry the child to term. They gave birth to a perfectly healthy baby boy.

This happened to my daughter, too. She was told her baby was abnormal when she was 6 months pregnant and suggested abortion. She asked what was the chances of the baby being normal. The DR. said about 15%. She said she was going to have her baby anyway. That baby is now a beautiful blonde haired blue eyed highschool sophmore on the honor roll.