Posted on 09/07/2009 6:53:58 PM PDT by Scanian
Sarah Palin ignited a political firestorm when she worried that "death panels" would deny end-of-life treatment to her son with Down syndrome. In fact, ObamaCare would more likely see to it that people like Trig never even make it out of the womb.
The outlook for children found to have disabilities in utero is bleak now -- because the medical-ethics establishment has spent decades pushing for their abortion.
Thanks to advances in prenatal testing, it's now far easier to detect conditions like cystic fibrosis and spina bifida -- and our "best and brightest" overwhelmingly counsel parents to destroy the unborn child. It's estimated that about 90 percent of American babies with Down Syndrome are now aborted.
We're clearly on our way to the systematic elimination of "imperfect" people. And President Obama's "health-care reform" would get us there faster, by vastly expanding the government's influence over private health-care decisions.
Even without accounting for "the public option," the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the Dems' health-care scheme would cause the number of non-elderly Americans relying on government for health care to spike from 40 million to 73 million. To offset this massive growth in government outlays, President Obama has pledged that bureaucrats will "bend the cost curve" by setting coverage rules and determining physician fees -- for everyone, even those not getting treated on the government's dime.
With finite resources, government has every incentive to keep heavy consumers of health care off the public insurance rolls. And it isn't hard to see where an unborn baby with a disability will land on the government's priority list.
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It’s a shame that something so fundamental to a system’s success as the costs associated with individual life has become so embarrassingly personal.
Might want to check if that ‘physician’ had an arrangement with fetal tissue harvesters.
I understand the last year of a person’s life is where 90% OF HIS/HER HEALTHCARE DOLLARS ARE SPENT! If that is true, and I
am not sure it is, then we could reduce our health care cost
by 90% by introduction of the “death panel”!
Sounds inhuman and cruel but thought provoking.
A McClellan AFB doctor told me 21 years ago that I was miscarrying and tried to force a D & C. I refused. The pregnancy continued. When I was in my ninth month, he asked my husband how I was. Husband said, "she's due to deliver any day now." You know what he said in response? "That wasn't supposed to happen."
Rembrandt, thank you for telling us about your son. I’m glad he and his bride survived Roe v. Wade, which has claimed so many Down Syndrome babies. Now if they can just survive the Brave New World 0bama has in store for us (if he’s not defeated).
Our grandson, 15 mo. old, was born with spina bifida. It was not detected until hours before his birth. The nurses were beside themselves that the disorder wasn’t found in time for an abortion.
Fortunately, he was immediately transported to a Neonatal Intensive Care unit in a big city hospital hours away. He received the best of care there, with off-duty nurses coming in, begging to hold him.
His nerves are damaged below the waist, which will impair his ability to walk, among other challenges.
For everything he physically lacks, he makes up for it in personality and joy of life. I’ve never seen a child so full of joy, every moment of the day. He’s the love of our lives, and we view him as Sarah views Trig: “Perfect”
“Rembrandt, thank you for telling us about your son.”
I’ve known a lot of handicapped kids over the years. Most are great kids and many have surprisingly great talents. I remember one who used to call in to a radio sports program and the people there knew him because of his frequent calls. Matt was a great kid who had CP; he died of a seizure.
Long story short - we told him that whatever God blessed us with - that we'd love him without question. We would not increase our risks by testing for "abnormalities".
Our little boy was born perfect - well better then perfect. It's hard to imagine a more suitable gift of life that we could have been given!
I guess you missed my nuance.
The over arching debate concerns freedom-freedom to earn money, pursue happiness, and make your own decisions on how to spend your money.
I do not need a Government bureaucrat mico-managing my life
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