{"id":213807,"date":"2019-11-14T08:20:05","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T14:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=213807"},"modified":"2019-11-14T22:14:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T04:14:39","slug":"babies-incompatible-life-families-welcomed-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/babies-incompatible-life-families-welcomed-love\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Told their babies were ‘incompatible with life,’ these families welcomed them with love"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Many people in our culture mistakenly believe that when a child is diagnosed before birth with a potentially severe health condition, the compassionate choice is for the parents is to end their child\u2019s life in an abortion. This decision to end a child\u2019s life is sometimes even — as seen in a recent New York Times op-ed<\/a>\u00a0—\u00a0wrongly described as the highest form of love on the part of the parents, taking the child\u2019s \u201cpain\u201d as their own.<\/p>\n

But does killing a preborn child take away any potential suffering or pain? The obvious answer, when we are not distracted by the obfuscation of abortion, is that it only ends the child\u2019s life without the child ever feeling the embrace of his or her parents’ arms. Yes, someone who is dead can no longer feel pain and suffering in this life, but abortion is a deliberate act, stopping the beating heart of a living human being.<\/p>\n

What is the alternative to abortion?<\/p>\n

Understandably many parents are afraid when they are advised to abort their child or are told that their child’s health condition is \u201cincompatible with life.\u201d The greatest source of encouragement for parents facing a difficult diagnosis can be the inspiring stories of families who chose to cherish every moment with their child instead of cutting that life short through the violence of abortion.<\/p>\n

\u201c43 beautiful and unforgettable minutes\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rachel Alice Aube<\/a> was diagnosed before birth with anencephaly. Like so many cases like this, doctors assumed that Rachel\u2019s parents would end her life instead of carrying her to term. Rachel\u2019s mother, Stacey, shared the family\u2019s journey to welcoming Rachel into the world and spending 43 precious minutes with her before she passed away.<\/p>\n