[kosciusko51]

Thanks, but I'm not sure how it applies in this particular case. A two-month preemie takes a lot of extraordinary service to keep it alive (I've been there, except with a three-month preemie). This is different than a parent that doesn't allow a child to get a tetanus shot for a cut from a rusty nail.

Also, if this couple would have decided to abort the baby the day before, there would be no charges. That is the consistency I am looking at. If this judge passes this harsh of a sentence on this family, why does he do the same for every third trimester abortion in the state?

I pray that right-to-life groups use this as a way to get more restrictions on abortions in Oregon.

[jazusamo]

I understand perfectly what you’re saying but though I consider abortion murder this is not an abortion issue.

This case was about a preemie born two months early. The other three court cases mentioned in the article prosecuted in the last three years were older children.

[TigersEye]

It seems to me that underlying the judge’s decision is a presumption that modern medicine carries a guarantee of saving any life regardless of the condition. That is both ignorant and arrogant.

[ican'tbelieveit]

Or if the government decided the child was in a vegetative state, and withheld food and water, then it would be ok. Just wrong when private citizens try to exercise their rights.

This country is making criminals out of everyone.