Is being born alive a medical mistake?
The subtle, unmentioned ‘take home' message one should
ponder in reading the follow-up article pasted below is:
"There is a need to pass laws to keep doctors from killing –
yes, killing – living human beings."
In a large way, those who run our medical system(s) reflect
the moral state of our nation and our world… and, let me
tell you, it does not look promising.
The base-line measurement of society's morals can be
summarized in three words: RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE.
Many seem to think those three words should be "respect for
the life of animals" or "respect for our environment" or
some other secondary consideration. Yes, secondary.
This ‘issue' goes far beyond the subject of abortion and
anyone who interjects their convictions – pro or con – with
regard to abortion in their discussion of this matter has
not given this proper consideration. Here is the follow-up
article from "LifeNews.com":
British Doctors to Confront Issue of Babies Born After
Botched Abortions by Steven Ertelt LifeNews.com Editor
June 22, 2004
London, England (LifeNews.com) -- British doctors will soon
discuss the issue of babies who are born alive following
botched abortions. The debate comes less than a year after
President Bush signed into law legislation that ensures such
infants receive proper medical care when similar situations
occur in the U.S. British doctors will discuss the issue at
the British Medical Association's annual conference in
Llandudno.
Some doctors will present information about babies who
survived chemical abortions that should have killed them.
The doctors say some infants are left to die and not given
proper medical attention.
Dr. Bryony Dunning-Davis, one of those presenting
information at the BMA conference next week, told the
BBC that "it seems there have been cases where it has
happened, even though it's against existing guidelines."
Regardless of how they are born, the BMA has said babies
should receive proper medical care once born.
However, Dunning-Davis said she was familiar with at least a
half dozen cases in recent years where babies had survived
abortions. She says the BMA guidelines are not working.
In 1996, a child thought to have a severe abnormality was
born healthy, but was not resuscitated when breathing
stopped, the BBC reported. The coroner ruled the baby had
died after an abortion, rather than after medical neglect.
"These babies should go to neonatal intensive care units,
and doctors there should not be allowed to know if a baby
was born after an abortion, so there is no chance of
prejudice," Dunning-Davis told the BBC.
A midwife told Sky News that she saw one baby, who had
Down's Syndrome, left to die.
"There was an unwritten policy on the unit that babies would
not be given assistance," she said.
In a statement, the Society for the Protection of Unborn
Children, a British pro-life group, said, "Surviving an
abortion should not be seen as a mistake but as an
opportunity. It should bring home in the first place
that we should not be carrying out abortions in a
civilized society."
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