Re: ARTICLE: Better to never have been born? A look at wrongful l...

[Guest guest]

Joanne; this boggles the mind, legal, logical and emotional. My parents

had a choice; they thought that my mother had finished menopause (at

37?????), but for me it worked out as well as it can for cf, and for them.

I did NOT know, as dna testing was not yet available, that my husband

was a carrier, but DID make the decision after the birth of our third

child, who was born wcf, as was I, to have tubal ligation, also a choice.

To me, the difference between the concerns of the parents and the re

sultant feelings of the children make two separate legal cases. We are

very fotunate; both my child and I (and for that matter, all my relatives

wcf are glad to be here, as were those who have gone before us), but

to me it seems that the parents, who bare the full responsibility, financial

and emotional, have the stronger case--but then I have not

been in the precise position of either of those parents, nor of those

children. But I do know that I am very glad that you posted this very

thought-provoking material.

Love to you and thank you,

n Rojas

[Guest guest]

I disagree with the New York Trial Court for allowing the parents case to be

heard. Everything in life is a risk, from the moment you wake up in the

morning, right on through your sleeping hours. I wish people would grow up and

quit trying to place blame, and seek retribution from everyone else for their

woes. Perhaps these fertility doctors could not detect a rare deletion for CF

in the father, or the donor, and this was not discovered until the child had

been diagnosed and genotyped. Even if the deletions were known prior to

conception, perhaps the parents should have seen the sign from the almighty,

when

they could not conceive naturally, to leave well enough alone, and maybe just

adopt a child.

Amber

Nick's mom