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Old 09-03-2015, 09:02 AM
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"If I Knew My Daughter Had Down Syndrome..."

Is there any room for a Christian to AGREE with this woman's logic?


"But my relationship with my daughter was something that had to develop on its own; if I had had a prenatal diagnosis, but had been forced to continue the pregnancy like Ohio legislators want, it would have been a disaster."


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Old 09-04-2015, 07:08 AM
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I can understand the logic and I can't imagine raising a child with a severe birth defect, but I still don't believe taking a life is the answer. As a Christian we can disagree, but that doesn't mean we have to condemn her. Make it clear that you disagree and move on in love and fellowship.
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Old 09-04-2015, 09:30 AM
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When does everyone think life starts?
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When does everyone think life starts?
We know for certain, a life is determined to be over once the heart stops beating, at which time they are pronounced dead.
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Old 09-10-2015, 04:51 PM
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When does everyone think life starts?
How early can a heartbeat be detected in a baby? I think that will be my standard from this point forward.
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I can understand the logic and I can't imagine raising a child with a severe birth defect, but I still don't believe taking a life is the answer. As a Christian we can disagree, but that doesn't mean we have to condemn her. Make it clear that you disagree and move on in love and fellowship.
Is Down Syndrome considered to be a severe birth defect in most cases?
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How early can a heartbeat be detected in a baby? I think that will be my standard from this point forward.
Does a heartbeat mean life? If my understanding is correct brainwaves develop after the heart beat. Please correct me if I am wrong.
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Re: "If I Knew My Daughter Had Down Syndrome..."

According to God life starts before conception even.

Jeremiah 1:5

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."

I submit that if he knows a prophet before the prophet was conceived he also knows each of us before we are conceived.

As to this woman's mindset.... selfishness maybe? She knows first hand the struggles she has had to endure because her daughter was born with down's syndrome and feels if her daughter had not been born those struggles would not be. She also in unrighteous "sympathy" doesn't wish those same struggles on another.... I do not in any way agree with this woman but I also do not know first hand the difficulties of having a child/ child with any sort of disorder.

Still wouldn't suggest an abortion or any such thing.

Abortion is a sin. I don't really know what else to say. Not my place to condemn anyone only actions.
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"Even though I know the ending of this story, even though I know it is a happy one, it doesn’t change the very real pain I felt that day. It doesn’t take away the unthinkable things I thought."

https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/why-...247434294.html
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