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Handicapped Kids...Better Off Dead (Mom & Dad wish baby was dead)
American Thinker ^ | September 23, 2011 | Peter Heck

Posted on 09/23/2011 10:09:35 PM PDT by This Just In

eptember 23, 2011

Handicapped Kids...Better Off Dead

By Peter Heck

For those of us committed to the fight of saving Western Civilization from collapse, stories like the one that recently emerged from West Palm Beach, Florida are not reassuring. It seems that Ana Mejia and Rodolfo Santana, the parents of a young disabled boy named Bryan Santana, have received a $4.5-million court victory over a doctor and ultrasound technician they accused of malpractice.

What makes this story uniquely disturbing is the alleged offense of the two medical professionals. According to the Palm Beach Post, "[the parents] claimed they would have never have brought Bryan into the world had they known about his horrific disabilities ... the West Palm Beach couple said they would have terminated the pregnancy." In other words, since Bryan was born with only one limb, his life isn't worth as much as it would be if he had all of them. Therefore, the doctor and ultrasound tech are responsible for Bryan being alive rather than in a trash bin, and so they should have to pay for him.

The $4.5-million decision is half of what the parents requested, allegedly to help pay for Bryan's lifetime medical costs. That two individuals could be so shameless as to even publicly attach their names to a lawsuit of this nature, that our court system would even hear such a case, and that a jury of citizens would disgracefully reward the plaintiffs with anything but a callous lecture on their own moral degeneracy amount to a shocking commentary on how far our culture has fallen in terms of its respect for the value of human life.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: baby; child; disabled; prolife
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State sanctioned murder.
1 posted on 09/23/2011 10:09:38 PM PDT by This Just In
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They did not have to keep the baby. They could have put him up for adoption. What monsters.


2 posted on 09/23/2011 10:12:24 PM PDT by Morgana ("Since using your shampoo my hair has come alive!" ----Medusa)
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I work with kids who’ve been abused and/or neglected and/or have criminal backgrounds, and I read this with growing horror at these parents. Their attitude is definitely going to impact their kid negatively, and the fact that they are not shy about exhibiting it shows the real problem I have with our Oprah Culture (which I talk about a lot, with good reason). If they were confronted they would no doubt respond with “I have a right to express myself, who are you to try to shut me up, I’m just saying what I really feel!”


3 posted on 09/23/2011 10:15:37 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (undecided)
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They would have made competent Romulans (who do not let their “defective” children live).


4 posted on 09/23/2011 10:23:27 PM PDT by Soothesayer9
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So...he’s stuck in a wheelchair and ‘useless’, huh?

How’d that work out for Stephen Hawkings?


5 posted on 09/23/2011 10:25:00 PM PDT by Salamander (Alice Cooper hit me with a stick.)
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To: Darkwolf377

On the other hand there is this:

http://www.morganswonderland.com/Morgans-Wonderland-Park-Attractions.html

An amusement park built especially for children of various special needs.


6 posted on 09/23/2011 10:26:24 PM PDT by Anima Mundi (If you build it, they will come and take it away from you..)
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The culture of fascism is alive and well. You see, the master race will evolve by letting these babies die?Have we heard it before...will Obama Care allow such babies to live under health care rationing? Why not have the gene pool all black? They have a superior genome according to Rev. Wright...

READ! READ! READ!

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html


7 posted on 09/23/2011 10:27:11 PM PDT by Candor7 (Obama fascist info..http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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$4.5 million? This isn’t a “better off dead” story, this is a “better off rich” story. They saw their opportunity for some cha-ching and went for it.


8 posted on 09/23/2011 10:29:02 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady (Islam is as Islam does.)
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Prayers for Bryan, as with parents like his, he’ll need them. As an aside, who can blame people for not wanting to go into medicine with lawsuits like this?


9 posted on 09/23/2011 10:29:11 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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a terrible judgement awaits these people.


10 posted on 09/23/2011 10:30:32 PM PDT by Loud Mime (The voters are dumber than you think)
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To: Morgana

Just as Terri Schiavo’s husband wanted the money, so do the baby’s parents.


11 posted on 09/23/2011 10:31:23 PM PDT by This Just In
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I’m going to stop here and not read this thread. I like this place and don’t want to say what is on my mind right now. I don’t want to respond beyond this.


12 posted on 09/23/2011 10:43:29 PM PDT by digital-olive
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To: Amberdawn

Bingo my friend

Also consider

If you got the US govt, trial lawyers and con artists out of the healthcare business, health costs would drop like and rock and doctors would actually make more money.

but they have to live in fear of creepy people likes these trying to ruin their lives.


13 posted on 09/23/2011 10:45:40 PM PDT by se_ohio_young_conservative
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Well they say they would have aborted him, but to me it’s just another example of a get rich quick scheme using the courts with the lawyers including the defense padding the jury with the micro-IQs and splittng the take while everyones health care costs go up even more. Bush wanted tort reform for this kind of garbage but of course the Dunce-o-crats rejected it. It would interfere with enriching their potential Vice Presidents.


14 posted on 09/23/2011 11:00:29 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Mark Halperin - Learned the hard way what happens when you speak the truth on PMSNBC.)
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My nephew lived for just six short months. In that time, I saw the true blessings of God's love in the strength of my brother and sister-in-law, as they did everything humanly possible to not just keep Eric alive...but to give him a life.

I used to be pro-choice. After I held Eric in my arms and fell in love with him, my heart flipped in the complete opposite direction.

If I were on that jury, I would not have given them a dime. I would have ordered CPS to take that sweet angel away from them.

15 posted on 09/23/2011 11:03:55 PM PDT by TheWriterTX (Rock you like a Herman Cain 2012)
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To: Salamander
While I was carrying my youngest son, the doctors warned me that he could have severe genetic abnormalities and "gently" prodded me towards abortion.

God gave me my son. We would deal with whatever came our way. If it meant working two jobs each and living out of a box, so be it. I loved him already and was ready to fight for him.

Thankfully, he was perfect.

That doesn't mean he's going to stay that way. NO ONE has a guarantee that we will live our lives perfectly content and physically intact. What do we do with our loved ones then? Late late late term abortion?

I'm with you, Salamander. This little boy is not useless, the PARENTS are.

16 posted on 09/23/2011 11:15:31 PM PDT by TheWriterTX (Rock you like a Herman Cain 2012)
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What about the JURY? I can’t believe it sided with this arrogant, selfish couple.


17 posted on 09/23/2011 11:17:14 PM PDT by dupree
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I agree with your sentiments. I hope your family is strengthened by your knowing your nephew in his short life. Looks like in your case at least, he made a big impact on the world while he was here.


18 posted on 09/23/2011 11:33:48 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (undecided)
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>> How’d that work out for Stephen Hawkings?

It didn’t.


19 posted on 09/23/2011 11:34:16 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been Redistributed. Here's your damn Change!)
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To: Gene Eric

Bookmark


20 posted on 09/23/2011 11:41:06 PM PDT by Publius6961 (My world was lovely, until it was taken over by parasites.)
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