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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would terminate.  Life is hard.  Life is so much harder for anyone with a handicap.  It's not done abstract concept - it is what it is. All you fools in denial about how wonderful it is to life without limbs are nuts.  I'd like to see you go without using arms and legs for a day.  Unsure why that is a wonderful thing?  There is life and then there is life that is miserable.  I am wondering why you would set someone up for the latter just to make yourself feel good you have a life to take care of.[/quote]

You’re seeing it from the perspective of an able bodied person. If all you’ve ever known is no limbs then you work with that. If this child has loving, supportive parents they can have a marvelous, if different life. [/quote]
Most likely the parents will split. (Look up the stats.) And most likely the mother will end up being the full-time caregiver for this child. And when this child grows too big to lift easily, she will need help. She will need special and expensive help from the start while she works because she is going to have incredibly medical bills. We don't know the situation and we don't know how medically involved the child will be. What we do know, is that the child's quality of life will likely be incredibly poor, and that's before you tack on what it does to a family.

I have a friend who raised a severely disabled child. I would not wish it on anyone. She hasn't slept through the night in 40 years. They are people that deserve love and care and the best of everything like the rest of us... but our society leaves these parents alone to shoulder the incredible burden. Absolutely not. [/quote]

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