This
article was found on today’s BBC news - 24th
November 2011.
This horrified me, and this should horrify all
thinking Christians!
In Namibia we struggle with similar issues and that is why I wish to comment on this matter.
Those of my readers who would like to hear some truly miraculous stories of God's intervention in the lives of "sick babies" in the womb may read this article which I have written some time ago: http://jrieck.blogspot.com/2009/10/pastoral-concern-over-so-called-legal.html
Australia
probe after wrong twin foetus terminated
A probe is under way at an Australian
hospital after staff treating a woman carrying twin boys accidentally
terminated the wrong foetus.
Doctors had told the woman that one of her
babies had a congenital heart defect that would require numerous operations, if
he survived.
The woman chose to abort the 32-week foetus
but staff injected the wrong twin.
The hospital in Melbourne described it as a
"terrible tragedy".
"The Royal Women's Hospital can
confirm a distressing clinical accident occurred on Tuesday," it said in a
statement.
"We are conducting a full
investigation and continue to offer the family and affected staff every
support."
The woman went on to have an emergency
caesarean to end the life of the sick foetus.
'Thorough investigation'
Victorian Health Minister David Davis said
the hospital investigation would be overseen by an independent expert.
"I am very much determined to get to
the bottom of what went wrong," he said.
State Premier Ted Baillieu echoed his
sentiments, saying: "I don't think it's appropriate for anybody to draw
any conclusions other than this is a horrible tragedy."
"We'll make sure that the
investigation is as thorough as it can be."
In a brief statement, the family asked for
privacy "at what has been a very difficult time for us".
MY COMMENT :
The twin with the congenital heart defect was sentenced to death by abortion on account of the fact that it would need numerous operations! So, money talks louder than life after all!
And then the hospital staff does it! They accidentally inject the healthy twin with the lethal dose, and now it is said that this was a "terrible tragedy" ... "a distressing clinical accident" .
What makes the death of the 'healthy' twin more terrible than the planned death of the sibling?
And then, to add injury to insult, "the woman went on to have an emergency
caesarean to end the life of the sick foetus". So then there was a foetus that was healthy and desirable and a foetus that was unhealthy and therefore disposable.
What a warped logic , and it is all because we see the foetus as a thing and not a little living human being in the womb.
What a warped logic , and it is all because we see the foetus as a thing and not a little living human being in the womb.
And now the family is asking for privacy because they are having a very difficult time! My pastor's heart longs to be with them now!
What shall we say to this ?
Well, I so wished that this couple could have had somebody with a loving heart and a biblical worldview to talk this through beforehand. Children have been born with congenital heart defects (I know some). This can be dealt with medically. It may cost something, but that cost is insignificant when compared to the terrible cost of living with the life long guilt and pain that women go through after they have had an abortion.
Ask me ! I am a pastor.
I meet women who have had abortions, and I have never yet met a woman that hasn't struggled with severe guilt after an abortion.
Only the matchless grace of our Lord Jesus Christ can be sufficient to heal such a broken woman from her sinful choice. I have often seen God's grace and forgiveness in such a situation, and it is wonderful.
This case has created a wide public awareness. The state premier of Victoria, Australia, Ted Baillieu has commented on this .
What on earth are people thinking for heaven's sake? Lord, in your wrath, remember mercy! (Habakkuk 3:2)
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