PBH203H: Health of the Child

• amniocentisis, pre-natal screening, eugenics
• Non-terminal Disability issues
  • Cleft_lip_and_cleft_palate and cosmetic Cleft_lip_and_cleft_palate#Abortion_controversy
  • Trisomy 21
  • Microcephaly (Zika virus)
  • Noah Wall
• Terminal/bleak prognosis
  • Anencephaly
  • Trisomy 13
    • Choosing Thomas
  • Trisomy 18
    • 99 Balloons
  • Potter's Syndrome
    • Matthew
  • http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/profound_wonder_not_fear_is_the_way_to_welcome_babies_with_fatal_conditions
  • https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-parents-know-their-newborns-wont-live-long-1489175596

Dialogue:

• Clarifying question: Do you support abortion in any situation, or only in these situations?
• Trot out the Toddler:
  • If there's an inconsistency, then it's a classic pre-born human rights case of establishing the humanity of pre-born children
  • If they bite the bullet, then it's really abortion as euthanasia and it's QUIT apologetics
  • Bleak prognosis for the child: Stephanie Gray offers a conversation approach
    • https://youtu.be/FwIhCQC8qgs?t=32m17s (until 35:39) –> When we have a short amount of time left with a loved one, why would we cut that short time even shorter?
    • in dialogue, this line of questioning tends to work really well because if it's a heart issue, the Q is powerful for addressing the heart, and if it's a head issue re: status of the fetus, it will be easy to re-direct back to basic apologetics