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reluctant… hesitant… doubt…
August 5, 2005
I was referring to our Philosophy class in Health Ethics…
A couple is pregnant with their second child. During a routine ultra
sound at 7 months or 28 weeks, gestation, the physician discovers that
the fetus is anencephalic. The life expectancy of an anencephalic
baby’s only a few days to weeks after birth. The couple struggles with
the choice to terminate the pregnancy at this time or to carry the
child to learn…
The situation is indeed debatable…
As what I said during the discussion, “There’s a physical and emotional
involves in the issue so there is no way we can make a firm decision
we’ve walked in the shoes of the couple…”
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