Mother Sues Over Unsuccessful Abortion
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This has to be one of the saddest stories I've read in a while. The BBC reports that a woman in Scotland sought to abort her twins. Unbeknownst to the mother or to the doctors, one of the babies survived the attempted murder. So now the mother is suing the hospital for compensation, seeking damages for the "financial burden" of raising the child.
"I have got a child now that I wasn't planning to have and I believe the hospital should take some responsibility for that," she said.
"They should have known, or at least warned me, that I might still be pregnant when I left. It has totally changed my life and my parents' lives.
(My emphasis.)
"I have got a child now that I wasn't planning to have and I believe the hospital should take some responsibility for that," she said.
"They should have known, or at least warned me, that I might still be pregnant when I left. It has totally changed my life and my parents' lives.
(My emphasis.)
"I still don't know if, or what, I am going to tell Jayde when the time comes. Maybe when she is nine or 10 I will sit her down and explain it to her."
Try to imagine that conversation. Then weep at the depravity. Then realize that we would act in such a murderous, self-centered way but for the grace of God. May we cling to the cross, and cry out to God for both mercy and justice. Come quickly, Lord Jesus.
Try to imagine that conversation. Then weep at the depravity. Then realize that we would act in such a murderous, self-centered way but for the grace of God. May we cling to the cross, and cry out to God for both mercy and justice. Come quickly, Lord Jesus.
posted by JT at Thursday, February 23, 2006
16 Comments:
Pray that God's grace breaks through to the woman's heart and to her child. Though there is no undoing of past sins, especially murder, but there is mercy and forgiveness.
It's bad enough for a child to learn that one was never wanted. How dreadful it would be to learn that my mother attempted to murder me but was unsuccessful!
Justin, these were my thoughts as well when I read your post and the article, "May we cling to the cross, and cry out to God for both mercy and justice. Come quickly, Lord Jesus."
Thanks,
Alan
This is too said to post about on my blog. Groaning, groaning... Maranatha!
What a horrible story, and what a disgusting example of the depths of human depravity.
May God help Jayde as she comes to terms with the fact that her mother murdered her sister, and attempted to murder her.
How utterly, utterly sad.
If mom doesn't want this child, I will take her.
come quickly, Lord, indeed.
why, why, WHY couldn't she have given that precious child up to be adopted by a couple who would love her with all their hearts, who would raise her to know that she was here because God had a grand design for her life not because her mother's attempt on her life failed??????? that's what I don't understand. I'm completely baffled.
I am glad to see that you are all appalled at this story; however, as Christians, should we really be so shocked? After all, without Christ in our life we are all capable of the very same thing. We are all incapable of appearing to God any better than this woman, but for the blood of Christ.
As far as wishing the Lord's return quickly, that's good, but how about living for Christ with complete obedience in the meantime. I am sure you did not intend this meaning, but I feel as though sometimes, we Christians (I myself included) want to bury our heads in the sand and rub the magic "Christ Return soon" bottle.
As in the words of Paul, "...to live is Christ" We have gain by going to Heaven, yes, but we glorify God by living obedient lives unto Him here. Yes this is a tragically sad story, but there are millions of more stories like this that never make the news. It is important to keep our hearts from being hardened to news like this, but let's wake up. We are at war here on earth. It is a spiritual battle and we can't afford to waste our time sulking. Lets get out in the World and make a difference instead of discussing something that is not that unexpected of our fallen, sinful world that we live in.
Justin,
Thank you for helping us approach such a sad situation with the right attitude. Your closing comments were excellent: "Try to imagine that conversation. Then weep at the depravity." I especially appreciate (and need to hear) the final reminder: "Then realize that we would act in such a murderous, self-centered way but for the grace of God. May we cling to the cross, and cry out to God for both mercy and justice. Come quickly, Lord Jesus."
Certainly we need broken hearts as we denounce such depravity.
Derek
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I think of the Puritan, William Bradford (I believe) and as he saw a man being led off to die for some his crime..."But for the grace of God go I."
We all must thank the Lord for His grace and also pray for those who have not received them that they would see "the light of the glory of the gospel" (2 Cor. 4:4-6).
Though we are in this world to live out the Gospel and be missional to our culture, events like this grieve our hearts to no end and make our longing for full redemption ever more stonger. I would not in any way equate this with a genie notion of just wanting the world to end, but contrite hearts in a fallen world thankful for the grace that God has given us.
ryan
Hands down, this is one of the worst things I have read in a long time. How the gospel needs to spread!
How did you manage to get the words "financial burden" into scare quotes? Raising an unwanted child is not a financial burden, you think? Or you feel free to be dismissive about other people's burdens as long as they get what you think they have coming?
As for the your "scare-bolding" of all the personal pronouns in the woman's statement, what do you think you've discovered thereby? That she takes herself seriously as someone who matters? That she thinks she has a right to act in her own interests? Or possibly that she doesn't believe the "interests" of a fetus negate her own plans for her own life? It's obvious she has to act aggressively to protect her own rights, as your hostility to her interests makes it plain no one else is going to.
i am a quinine abortion survivor. i found out at age 40, during a medical emergency.
i have a brain tumor due to the quinine poisooning inutero, and now suffer seizures.
i have never recovered from my mother telling me 15 years ago, that she and my father attempted to murder me.
this woman should never tell her daughter, unless a medical necessity, that she attempted to abort her.
may god bless this child.
patty
That's really sad!..Good luck on telling the child.I'm still in school and I now if my mom ever told me somethimg like that i would be devasted!
Think for a minute: What is it that makes a woman seek abortion? Could it be the "Christians" who refuse to acknowledge her as the mother of her child? Could it be the society that does not insist on male responsibility for pregnancy prevention - and does not insist on male "consequences" for pregnancy?
It's a tragedy when a woman is forced into abortion and it's a tragedy when a mother is forced into adoption.
It is sick for a mother to sue because her child is born.
Another thing that is very sick - adoptive baby-buyers may also sue for "wrongful adoption" when the newborn baby they purchase is not as healthy as the infant adoption business advertised.
Yes, it is SICK.
Forcing or pressuring moms to give up their precious babies and then selling the babies is sick, sick, sick.
How to give up your baby for adoption
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