Dear Elliot:

[Torque]

I am unwilling to CREATE or PROLONG a life of suffering....... All I'm pointing out is that time after time they had to make hard decisions and they repeatedly chose to extend his ordeal.

I certainly hope you're not implying that these parents should've terminated their pregnancy based on health issues of the baby, at SEVEN MONTHS into the pregnancy.

It could also be argued that these "churchy types" that many of you seem quick to judge are the same people who put their faith in God, letting Him determine the outcome of the baby. Isn't that what their faith would have them do?

I'm not going to get into the reasoning vs faith debate, but I've studied developmental physiology, which determines how offspring come out. If you believe God determined the outcome of the baby & said, "hey I'm going to really mangle this one!" fine, but it he didn't magic the tubes, drugs, surgeries, etc into happening, unless I just didn't notice his emminence in scrubs in the OR.