They did not have to keep the baby. They could have put him up for adoption. What monsters.
I work with kids who’ve been abused and/or neglected and/or have criminal backgrounds, and I read this with growing horror at these parents. Their attitude is definitely going to impact their kid negatively, and the fact that they are not shy about exhibiting it shows the real problem I have with our Oprah Culture (which I talk about a lot, with good reason). If they were confronted they would no doubt respond with “I have a right to express myself, who are you to try to shut me up, I’m just saying what I really feel!”
They would have made competent Romulans (who do not let their “defective” children live).
So...he’s stuck in a wheelchair and ‘useless’, huh?
How’d that work out for Stephen Hawkings?
The culture of fascism is alive and well. You see, the master race will evolve by letting these babies die?Have we heard it before...will Obama Care allow such babies to live under health care rationing? Why not have the gene pool all black? They have a superior genome according to Rev. Wright...
READ! READ! READ!
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html
$4.5 million? This isn’t a “better off dead” story, this is a “better off rich” story. They saw their opportunity for some cha-ching and went for it.
Prayers for Bryan, as with parents like his, he’ll need them. As an aside, who can blame people for not wanting to go into medicine with lawsuits like this?
I’m going to stop here and not read this thread. I like this place and don’t want to say what is on my mind right now. I don’t want to respond beyond this.
Well they say they would have aborted him, but to me it’s just another example of a get rich quick scheme using the courts with the lawyers including the defense padding the jury with the micro-IQs and splittng the take while everyones health care costs go up even more. Bush wanted tort reform for this kind of garbage but of course the Dunce-o-crats rejected it. It would interfere with enriching their potential Vice Presidents.
What about the JURY? I can’t believe it sided with this arrogant, selfish couple.
That’s kind of Hitleresque
If they did not want their baby, they should have adopted him out at birth. Many people adopt handicapped children and would have loved to care for this child and give him the love he deserves.
Child Services should take this child from them, they have stated they did not want him and wish they could have murdered him. Doesn’t that mean they are a danger to him? Child Services should get the child removed, terminate their rights- adopt the baby out and then tell them they have no standing to sue. No need for money to care for the child.
These people are sick and have no business with any child. If they had a child that had no issues at birth and ended up with issues later would they want to get rid of that child too? I bet so.
And it's obvious that this court is not only completely ignorant of the U.S. Constitution, which requires equal protection for every innocent life, they also have no idea what the Florida constitution says either:
SECTION 2. Basic rights.—All natural persons, female and male alike, are equal before the law and have inalienable rights, among which are the right to enjoy and defend life and liberty, to pursue happiness, to be rewarded for industry, and to acquire, possess and protect property; except that the ownership, inheritance, disposition and possession of real property by aliens ineligible for citizenship may be regulated or prohibited by law. No person shall be deprived of any right because of race, religion, national origin, or physical disability.
"We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was 'legal' and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was 'illegal.'"-- Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from a Birmingham Jail
You gotta admit a severely handicapped child is indeed highly inconvenient.
BTW, it is not a lie that inconvenient children can be legally killed. That is the law as it presently stands.
The lie is that this law is morally correct.
My Son & DIL were told when she was about 6 months pregnant, that the child was most definitely going to be born defective, and there was a chance for a still born birth. When my son finally told me about it, I went hysterical, feeling for my Son and his wife and soon to be 4th grandchild. When I asked what they were going to do, my son told me it was in Gods hands and however it turned out, so be it. If the child was stillborn, RIP, If he was defective, in any way, they would raise him just as they raised the other 3. Well God Bless, because I have a healthy 2 year old grandson. God Bless my Son & DIL, for having the courage to go with this choice. I raised my son Catholic and to believe all life was sacred, because it is!
You are judged by your actions.
Bump
Um.No.
The parents contracted the heath professionals. The professionals were supposed to let the parents know if there was something wrong with the baby.
There was...and the health professionals FAILED in their contractual duties to notify the parents of such and were sued for their negligence.
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Don't get me wrong. I think the parents are beyond reprehensible, but what they would have done had they known of the child's disability was NOT the basis for the lawsuit, it was the background for the petition to the court.