Choosing Not to Abort Babies with Disabilities
 

Very interesting article.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...-disabilities/

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My daughter is expecting twins in Nov, YEAH !!!!!!

She is not taking any of the recommended genetics testing.

Simply because even if they told her that the kids were not going to normal, they would not abort.

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I am an RN and do private duty nursing. The families of two of the children I cared for were encouraged to abort and chose not to.

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My sister had a baby boy (named Robbie) with a birth defect--I think it was spina bifida. She carried him almost full term, and he lived for a few days. They had him unhooked from life support, when it became apparent he couldn't survive. I was there in the room when my sister held him in a rocking chair while he passed away.

I'm sure, given the choice, (if you asked her) she would still rather have had the chance to hold him, and let him pass away in her arms, than to violently end his life in abortion.

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I was 36 when I was pregnant with my 4 year old---I was pressed to have tests but it was never an option--she was born with Cornelia DeLange Syndrome--God made her the way he wanted her and I would have never even concidered tests or abortion. Of course when I was expecting my little boy they wanted me to have tests especially because of Bridget--again not an option--I put my trust in the Lord--he blessed us with a healthy boy who is 15 months now.

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I was surprised that so many felt pressured to have an abortion, especially when there isn't always proof that anything is wrong.

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That is beautiful Miss B, and exactly as it should be done. May God be praised, He is the giver of life both now and in the life to come. Your sister will hold Robbie again and He will be perfect.

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How old is Bridget now and how is she doing? God gave you her life to steward, and He is no doubt doing growth in you that would not have come about any other way. May He show you all the paths He has set before you, and give you the strength and courage to become all He has purposed for you. Our special needs, Anthony is now 37, and a blessing to all who know him. You can see some of what God purposed at www.coventryreserve.com

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Bump for Traci?? Sorry, gave the wrong website this is the correct one: www.coventryreserve.org

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I've known far too many women who were counseled to abort because they saw some sort of abnormality in the tests before the baby was due, only to carry the baby to term and find out that there was absolutely nothing wrong.

And besides that, if you gave birth to a normal child and then at age 5 they were involved in a terrible car accident which resulted in them ending up quadrapalegic (I know that's not spelled right! sorry). Would you love that child any less? Of course not!

Or suppose you raised a child to adulthood and then they developed schizophrenia. Do you love them any less? NO!!

Or say they get cancer at some point? Are they less loved?

So why would you love an unborn child less just because someone told you they weren't perfect? Do we love them because they are perfect? Or do we love them because God gave them to us to love?

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No - perhaps you love them even more... based on their need for us. Yet I am afraid there are those who would answer terminating based on a poor quality of life IS the loving thing to do.

There are others who will consider divorce if a spouse becomes terminally ill or incapacitated. We live in a selfish world.

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Exactly!

The sad thing is that I wonder often our SELFISH decisions cause us to miss out what could very possibly be one of the greatest blessings that would have entered into our lives. We have had 3 children in our family who were born with limitations. Two of them (twins) are now in their mid-40's. We all grew up with these cousins. We learned so much from them that we could never have learned any other way. And now my kids have a cousin who will be in a wheelchair for her entire life, completely unable to communicate. Katie is however, very very smart! She may not be able to speak words, but she certainly CAN communicate. And she is a wonderful gift to all of us, including her parents who absolutely adore her!

We could have missed out the blessings that each of these people are to us if their moms had aborted. I'm so grateful they didn't.