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[anniegetyourgun]

What a sad world we live in that we should view life as wrongful.....

[Dakmar]

The skills of a 2 year old? Call me cynical, but I suspect there might be lawyers behind this.

[lsee]

There is a meaning to the lives of even the most profoundly disabled people.

My life is better because I have had the opportunity to help and take care of severely retarded children and adults at one point in my life. While I am eternally grateful my kids are not handicapped in any way, I can't believe that I would wish they had not been born, even if their care was a severe strain on the family and on them.

I'm sorry for the suffering of the disabled, but to say they should not have been born robs us all of the opportunity to learn from and love the amazing variety of people we encounter in the course of our lives. Every life is important, every soul matters.

Some of my experiences with the severely retarded were unpleasant and traumatic, but I'll never forget them. I hope we each benefitted from our shared experience.

[Bogey78O]

'"The goal of this case was to make sure that John could have the loving care of his family," said Nagel. "This settlement will insure that he will be cared for even after his parents are no longer here to take care of him." '

Then why not kill the guy right now?

I mean if you view him as an accident that should never have been then why not just put him down like a lame pup. In fact why didn't the doctor euthanize her right then and there when they tested her to prevent this monstrosity from being born?

Don't go telling us he shouldn't have been born then singing the praises of how wonderful he is. It reveals too much really.

[perfect stranger]

And you wonder why malpractice insurance is prohibitive.

How much of that goes to the POS lawyer?

On another more sane parallel world this case didn't make it as far----

The judge for the case simply said, "Well if you really didn't want to be born we can fix that right now.", reaching for his gun.

Quickly getting the message, the plaintiff whined, "No! I wasn't really serious Your Honor, I want to withdrawl this case!!!"

[mostlyundecided]

I wonder if the next slip down the slope will be that if a mother knows she is having a handicapped child and doesn't abort, then the state and the insurance company will not be responsible for the care of that child, telling her since she chose to have the baby then she is financially responsible for the care of it as she is being neglectful in not getting the abortion. Does it go both ways?

[perfect stranger]

Planned Parenthood and other of their kind should be eating this up, but they won't touch it. So much for consistency.

[speekinout]

he's getting a $2.4 million settlement in his "wrongful life" claim against negligent doctors.

Does a doctor have any choice other than to recommend abortion for any pregnancy? Why would a doctor risk delivering a live baby? It could ruin him or her financially.
Let's go back to the time when babies are delivered at home, and the fragile ones don't survive. That's where we are going. Is it really what we want?

[Dakmar]

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[astudent]

Actually, this seems quite logical to me. After all don't you know many people who have been born, but shouldn't have been. Think of Saddam and Osama. I believe it makes quite a bit of sense to find out who were the doctors who brought these two onto the earth and sue the doctors.... Actually.... an even better thought: Let's sue the mothers of the doctors who brought Saddam and osama. There. Now i said it. Pretty soon every one will have their candidate of who should not have been born. My first choices would be .......

[Mygirlsmom]

I don't get it. The first part of the article makes it sound as if this person has decided for himself that life with his disabilities is just too difficult. However, if he truly has the capacity of a 2-year old, he would be blissfully ignorant of his condition. So who is it that is really saying his life is not worth living - the man or the people caring for him?

[petuniasevan]

A severely retarded 20-year-old New Jersey man says he should never have been born

NO NO NO! This is an outright LIE! LAWYERS brought this lawsuit to enrich themselves at the expense of others. The NY Post writer is very slipshod in not pointing this out. No person with the abilities of a 2-year-old could even conceive of a lawsuit, much less put one in motion.

My grandmother's only son is institutionalized (he has cerebral palsy). Grandma looks at Uncle Chris as a gift, not some sort of damaged goods. She certainly would never have used a Nazi tactic like abortion to avoid the "inconvenience" of raising him. Instead, she and Grandpa did the best they could to make his life as decent as possible for someone dependent on 24-hour-a-day care.

[Marie]

John Moscatello Jr. claimed that if his mother had known she had a chromosomal problem, she would have terminated her pregnancy and he would never have had to live as a "multi-handicapped" adult with the skills of a 2-year-old.

That's a very articulate argument for someone with the mentality of a 2 year-old.

I wonder how he feels about being born. It sounds like his "mother" would rather not have had to deal with a disabled son. (giving my kids a hug now)

[JoeSchem]

Tony Soprano could fix his 'wrongful life' problem for a lot less than $2.4 million.