Posted on 01/25/2006 12:22:59 PM PST by SirLinksalot
After several months in this forum, I have never posted a vanity post before and this will be my first time, but I am posting this to find out whether anyone can help me find some moral direction on a life choice dilemma which is not different from the Terry Schiavo case...
I have a friend in Texas who was taking high blood medicine not knowing she was pregnant.
Very early in the pregnancy they took tests and were told that their baby will practically have no brain but being devout christians, they decided to go thru anyway.
Last week their baby was born and as predicted, without a brain but somehow she's breathing and "alive".
Now the parents are having second thoughts and just waiting for her to stop breathing and die.
What would be the most moral thing to do in this situation ?
Thanks for your feedback.
As a matter of fact, it looks like Texas has more than all of the other Southeastern states, combined (excluding FL). Well more.
So both of our points may be valid. In my part of the world, 'chop shops' are very rare. In your part, not so much.
I am sorry for your loss. There is therefore no need for you to answer, but I am wondering out loud what you mean by "abnormal", was your baby dead or dying in utero, or was your baby's life taken by the abortionist.
Cordially,
The source website is
http://www.germany-info.org/relaunch/info/facts/facts/questions_en/health/healthissues3.html
"After years of conflict on the issue of abortion, the German Bundestag passed legislation regulating the termination of pregnancy at the end of June 1995.. Under the terms of the new law, abortion is prohibited. However, a woman who has an abortion during the first trimester will not be prosecuted as long as she undergoes counseling that must seek to persuade her to carry the pregnancy to term. An abortion is fully legal if the pregnancy is the result of rape or if completing the pregnancy would endanger the woman's health. The doctor performing the abortion likewise remains free from prosecution."
[The doctor performing the abortion likewise remains free from prosecution]
The doctor in Germany remains free from prosecution for what is officially an illegal act. Also only if it is before 90 days term and the woman has the required paperwork from the pro-life organization that counseled her and she waited 3 days after that. The state does not pay him nor will it reimburse the woman...because it remains "illegal"
This measure saves 15 babies per 1000 women per year compared to the USA. The 7 per 1000 that still get aborted is close to the lowest in the world (6 in Holland). The USA needs to get somewhere in that ballpark before it can call itself a conservative country. Alito's confirmation should help move the USA toward that goal I hope.
45 million dead innocents.
I ran across this testimony and remembered your question.
http://catholiceducation.org/articles/catholic_stories/cs0153.html
meddling you say? People only try to help if it's requested by the family. We ask for thoughts and prayers when someone has a serious medical problem but meddle? In your dreams.
A brain stem controls breathing. This doesn't quite make sense to me.
ping.
Need more data...on a vent or off? The baby must have some
type of neuro aparatus in order to regulate temperature, breathing, digestion, ect...so what does "no brain" mean?
Does the baby have eye-balls...they are cosidered part of the brain....if so where do the optic nerves connect?
We need more data!
The child will die soon. Just leave do not resusicitate orders with the hospital and help the family through this tragedy with the assurance that their baby will be in Heaven.
Pray and love the baby until it dies. Know that you did the absolute right thing. God could have healed the baby completely if it had been His will. I have known of several such situations where parents were told that their baby would be born with severe problems, but was born perfect. In this case He didn't so understand that "All things work together for good" Have faith in God, and know that death, and trials are part of this life. And the Lord sees His own through ALL of them. I know having faith in God at a time such as this would be very difficult to do, but that is where God strength can make up for our weakness.
the baby is a child of GOD....I believe this child would still have a soul!
Agreed.
....shouldn't you add Busy onto your tag?
Congratulations!
Please assure this mother that she and her child will be together again, in much happier circumstances. She should name and definitely baptize her child, and be sure to have some sort of funeral service and burial. This child is and always will be an important part of her life. Please Freepmail me if you would like to discuss this more in writing or over the phone. I will pray for the mother and her child, as well as for you and the rest of her family and friends as you support them through this difficult time. Bless you.
Still praying for this precious child and her family.
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