And it seems in this case, where the mother’s condition had rendered her too weak to move her to the OR, that there was no outcome that involved both her and the child surviving.
Keep in mind, we are not talking about the doctor’s depriving those children of their mother. We are talking about a mother being willing to let God decide. A mother who chooses to not kill her baby, even at the cost of her own life (even assuming the child did not survive) is a woman who undoubtedly has great faith. I would like to think that such a mother will be able to do her children much greater good, praying for them in heaven than any of us can achieve on Earth.
I agree the decision is never easy. A mother who makes the decision not to abort even though she knows she might die is uniting her self to Christ’s crucifixion in a very special way. Fortunately, the Church provides a clear teaching on this issue so knowing what the right thing to do is, should be easy. Now, making that decision is something that will require great faith, courage and grace from God. Certainly a mother who chooses to abort in a situation like that should be treated with the greatest of compassion and hopefully will be reunited with the Church.
Of course, that plane is going to ‘for certain’ crash and kill thousands :yup:
Of course there are exceptions- a doctor can never honestly say “this WILL happen for sure.” People have survived everything from a 6 mile fall (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulović) to a rail road spike through the head (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage)--) but they know what they’re talking about and to decide ‘well they might be wrong’ is foolish, unless you have profound evidence on your side.Of course, that plane is going to ‘for certain’ crash and kill thousands :yup:
Just like all those mothers I mentioned earlier. They all ‘for certain’ were going to die if they didn’t terminate their pregnancies, if you recall. Yet when push came to shove and they refused to terminate, somehow they ended up defying the expert predictions and NOT dying.
Scientists, like doctors, are hardly endowed with godlike infallibility in their predictions of future outcomes.
Do we ‘let God decide’ the outcome of cancer, heart attacks, or strokes?
Observe, respect, obey the will of God.
Always, we let God decide. Of course.
St. Gianna Beretta Molla had three other children when she decided that her life was not worth more than that of her unborn child’s. saintgianna.org/ Seems like many can learn a lot from her.
One can hope so. (I hope so.)St. Gianna Beretta Molla had three other children when she decided that her life was not worth more than that of her unborn child’s. saintgianna.org/ Seems like many can learn a lot from her.
I suppose I wasn’t being clear- what, specifically, would have been a better course of action then the one taken in the series of events on which this thread is based?
Really now? Then what exactly does it mean to let God decide whether or nor we survive an illness?
This is killing someone unrelated to the event, not killing someone who is directly causing the ailment, albeit unintentionally.
Already suggested in two other forums (NEWS threads):
and petition for lord’s grace and mercy in prayer
Definitely - should always be at the forefront of every life.
So the ‘win’ situation(s) was/were- A- throw a hail mary and hope that the doctors were missing something or B- Call it quits. Tough luck!
Each of us will die.
If I was trapped in a sinking car and the rescue guys (or whatever they’re called) could only save one of us? I believe not. If I were in that woman’s exact situation? I believe I would have taken the same course of action.
So your child is not your child until