Can there be any better proof why we shouldn't be playing God?

Re: Can there be any better proof why we shouldn't be playing God?

• monkeysip member

  

  March 2013

  Yup... I read that earlier.
  
  That would be my response to those who say, "what could POSSIBLY be wrong with surrogacy?  You're giving the gift of life to a couple who can't have kids."
  
  
  Ummm... this is what is wrong.  A baby becomes a commodity over which people bargain and argue contract terms.

  
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• MedStudent13 member

  

  March 2013

  Wow. What a mess we have made for ourselves...

  

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• ootmother3

  

  March 2013

  Actually, I have been following that story.  Why don't they just say, "God, please give me a child.  But only if it's a perfect child", we don't care for imperfection"
  
  Someone needs to take a serious look in the mirror for the answer.
  

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• CrazyCatLady3 member

  

  March 2013

  Without getting into the propriety of IVF/donor eggs/surrogacy to begin with, the issue i see here is that this child has a lot more than just cosmetic deformities or mental disabilities.  The poor child will have to go through countless painful surgeries on its internal organs to have any chance at survival.  I couldn't totally fault the parents for considering the pain the child will have to go through to constantly be sliced open, risk infection, etc etc.  It's not just a matter of being inconvenienced by dealing with a child with developmental delays etc.

  
  

  On the issue of fertility treatments, I am one of those who doesn't personally understand why people have to have their own biological children and can't just adopt.  HOWEVER i have never been in that situation and I know it is heartwrenching for some people who, for whatever reason, are infertile.  So I wouldn't want to deny that possibility to others.

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• Calypso1977 member

  

  March 2013

  ive been following this blog.
  
  most would have aborted this baby.   the outlook now is that he will most likely lead a full, normal life.   sure, his surgeries and what not were difficult for him and his parents, but he is alive and well and sent to this family and earth for a reason.
  
  http://www.dominicpio.com/
  
  everyone wants a healthy/normal child but sometimes you have to take what God gives you.

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• professorscience member

  

  March 2013

  CrazyCat, I totally get what you mean.  It's not fair to say the parents were cruel in their request to abort the baby.  They probably did think they truly had the child's best interests in mind.

  
  

  However, it's so unfair to say, "You're going to have a very hard life, you don't deserve a chance."  That baby was intentionally created, and now it deserves the respect and dignity of all of God's creatures.
  

  
  

  I'm with you, I haven't been in the situation of a) dealing with a pregnancy wherein the child will not be perfectly healthy, or b) wanting desperately to have children and being unable, so I can't speak to the mindset of a parent (or potential parent) in that situation.  However, I pray daily that God would give me the strength to take that circumstance and make something beautiful of it.

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

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