"J Young" <youngopinions@aol.com> writes:

These are the occurences that make even the most sceptical person '
pro-life'. Had these parents listened to their doctor's advice, their baby
would have been just another statistic.

So? It was THEIR CHOICE, moron. They chose...what's the problem?

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J Young wrote:

These are the occurences that make even the most sceptical person '
pro-life'. Had these parents listened to their doctor's advice, their

would have been just another statistic.




http://www.lifenews.com/nat2127.html

Notice how fundies like J Young completly ignore the majority of cases
where the doctor is right and only focus on the tiny minority of cases
where the doctor turned out to be wrong.

J Young wrote:

These are the occurences that make even the most sceptical person '
pro-life'. Had these parents listened to their doctor's advice, their
baby
would have been just another statistic.




http://www.lifenews.com/nat2127.html

Notice how fundies like J Young completly ignore the majority of cases
where the doctor is right and only focus on the tiny minority of cases
where the doctor turned out to be wrong.

J Young--

I've got to side with Yang on this. (Never thought I'd be saying
that...) He's right: This has absolutely no relevance to the atheist
newsgroup. And, really, I'm not sure it's relevant even to the
Catholic one. The abortion group...sure. But all you are doing
posting to atheism is upsetting them, causing them to post in arc-rc.
And when that happens, there goes the signal-to-noise ratio, ever
lower. So do us all a favor, please(!)--if you want to keep up the
crusade agaist abortion, post in the appropriate spot, huh?

Alberich

J Young--

I've got to side with Yang on this. (Never thought I'd be saying
that...) He's right: This has absolutely no relevance to the atheist
newsgroup. And, really, I'm not sure it's relevant even to the
Catholic one. The abortion group...sure. But all you are doing
posting to atheism is upsetting them, causing them to post in arc-rc.
And when that happens, there goes the signal-to-noise ratio, ever
lower. So do us all a favor, please(!)--if you want to keep up the
crusade agaist abortion, post in the appropriate spot, huh?

Alberich

On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 12:27:09 -0500, "J Young" <youngopinions@aol.com>
wrote:

These are the occurences that make even the most sceptical person '
pro-life'. Had these parents listened to their doctor's advice, their baby
would have been just another statistic.




http://www.lifenews.com/nat2127.html




British Parents Opt Against Abortion Despite Doctor's Health Prediction




Grangetown, England (LifeNews.com) -- Though a doctor initially predicted
their unborn baby may not survive the pregnancy or live long after birth, a
British couple is thankful they followed their instincts and refused to have
an abortion. They say a second opinion from a specialist made a huge
difference.
Stacy Jackson and Lee Scott say they were warned by a doctor at Sunderland
Royal Hospital that their baby would have such sever brain damage that it
would be best to have an abortion.

"We were told the baby would be lucky to get through the pregnancy or that
even if he did he may only last a day, a week or a month, but that he would
not survive," Jackson, a 20 year-old first time mother told the Sunderland
Today magazine.

"I was just so upset, it was such a shock. I think it must have been
motherly instinct. I knew my baby and I knew it wasn't true," she explained.

The news came from Jackson's obstetrician who told them of the problems
after Jackson had we 20 week ultrasound scan.

Jackson says the couple had been trying for two years to get pregnant and
Lee said the couple were searching for answers following the initial
diagnosis.

"We were devastated," he told Sunderland Today. "We were asking all the
possibilities. Was there anything at all that could be done?"

Jackson said the couple sought a second opinion from Dr. Stephen Sturgis, a
fetal surgeon at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary. Sturgis confirmed
their baby had "fluid on the brain" and that their unborn son Jaxon had
fetal ventriculomegaly, where parts of the brain become enlarged.

"Dr. Sturgis said there was a 60 per cent chance of him being all right and
we decided to give our baby that chance," Lee told the newsmagazine.

Jaxon was born on December 20 and an MRI scan a few days later showed no
brain damage, though some fluid had to be drained from the baby's brain and
he will have to undergo surgery because of problems with his digestive
system.

Otherwise, baby Jaxon is fine and the couple are happy.

"He's our miracle baby and I'm so glad I followed my mother's instinct."
Jackson told Sunderland Today.

"We want other couples to know about the importance of seeking a second
opinion," Lee added. "What if I wait until Jaxon is better and take him to
the hospital to say this is the child that could have been terminated? I'm
not happy about the way we were treated. I think we should have been offered
all the options."

Paul Danon, a representative of the British pro-life group Society for the
Protection of Unborn Children, told the magazine, "Abortion is offered all
too readily as an apparent solution to an apparent problem and is too
quickly jumped to as though it was some sort of medical procedure, as if it
would make things better."