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Old 05-05-2008, 05:55 PM   #227 (permalink)
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This is a bad thing??

"According to our test, your baby has no usable brain function. Will never be able to form a coherent though, walk, talk or communicate in any means. If he's born we can keep him alive by artificial means, and can live out a complete life."

What would you do?
If it were my kid? No question, carry to term, raise the child to the best of my abilities, and pray daily for a cure to whatever the problem is.

I don't put varying values on other people's lives because of what a doctor predicts, or what other may think their quality of life may be - they're all priceless.
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