This is a comment by anonymous on the post “Choosing Thomas: Inside a Family’s Decision to Let Their Son Live, if Only for a Short Time“.
What they did wasn’t right. They chose to give the child this horrible disease, and they made him live for their own selfish benefit.
The child had a right to die, and they prolonged his suffering as long as they possibly could.
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No matter what outcome is decided upon, this is no easy road for parents who have to make such choices. Either way, nobody has the right to judge the excruciatingly difficult decisions these parents have to make. And note, not all situations are the same, all cases are varied, so there’s no perfect-fit solution.
There was an article featured not too long ago about a young mother whose son was born with a diease that left him disfigured. I wish I could find the article because it was really beautiful and I can’t do it justice because I can’t remember the whole story. Her baby had no eyes and other issues. She talked about how when she took her son out people would stare, whisper or just say these crazy thing to her about how her son never should have been born. But despite his physical issues, he was a very happy baby and… Read more »
They didn’t “give” him the disease. Their only other option was to kill him. Making they choice to kill their own desperately wanted offspring isn’t easy for some parents, and impossible for others.