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Euthanasia for babies

A medical college in Britain is encouraging the public discussion of euthanasia for severely handicapped babies. The article is here.

Why are they doing this? Because they are looking at the financial and emotional difficulties that can happen to families who have a severely handicapped child. They are looking at the suffering of the child. They are looking at the current practice of abortion, as one professor said, “We can terminate for serious foetal abnormality up to term but cannot kill a newborn. What do people think has happened in the passage down the birth canal to make it okay to kill the foetus at one end of the birth canal but not at the other?”

What they are not looking at is the intervention of God to give strength to the family, grace where it is needed, and an ability to carry on. What do I know? I've never been in that situation. True. All I know is that God says "Don't murder" and "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."

posted by Rob @ 1:06 PM