Comments on: In UK, ban sought on abortions for cleft palate, club foot http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/07/06/cleft-palate/ Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:43:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Nick McGivney http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/07/06/cleft-palate/comment-page-1/#comment-1130 Nick McGivney Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:21:53 +0000 http://www.patriciaebauer.com/?p=2623#comment-1130 My son Jacob spent eight days in hospital at the end of June/start of July. He had a respiratory tract virus and needed oxygen assistance during those eight days. He shared a room with two to three others, depending on how busy the wards were, all of them under a year old. There were maybe seven babies staying for some portion of our Jacob's visit throughout that time. Jacob was the only child with Down syndrome. Three of the others were treated for cleft palate. Not minor surgery, and certainly not fun, but still pretty routine. To think that a fully formed 24-week-old baby in utero can be dismembered because of an imperfect foot or roof of mouth. Which is the bigger imperfection in Nature's eye, let alone talk of deity? Go Nadine Dorries. It's still possible to humanize humanity. My son Jacob spent eight days in hospital at the end of June/start of July. He had a respiratory tract virus and needed oxygen assistance during those eight days. He shared a room with two to three others, depending on how busy the wards were, all of them under a year old. There were maybe seven babies staying for some portion of our Jacob’s visit throughout that time.

Jacob was the only child with Down syndrome. Three of the others were treated for cleft palate. Not minor surgery, and certainly not fun, but still pretty routine.

To think that a fully formed 24-week-old baby in utero can be dismembered because of an imperfect foot or roof of mouth. Which is the bigger imperfection in Nature’s eye, let alone talk of deity?

Go Nadine Dorries. It’s still possible to humanize humanity.

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