The Double Tragedy of A Girl Whose Parents Claim Should Not Have Been Born

In a legal settlement, a Connecticut couple has been awarded $2 million because their daughter was born with Cystic Fibrosis. The court assessed the penalty against the doctor who neglected to run a relatively simple blood test almost four years before the child’s birth. At first blush, this looks like a simple malpractice suit, but its moral implications are mind-boggling.

The desire to have healthy children is universal. In Genesis 9:1, God told Noah and his sons to “Increase and multiply, and fill the earth.” The only way to fulfill that command is to give birth to healthy children, who can then produce healthy children of their own.

With medical discoveries occurring rapidly, it is normal for parents to request all available information about the pre-born child. This concern is especially present when specific diseases are known to run in families when the parents are older than usual, when complications arise within a pregnancy, or for a thousand other reasons.

An Unfulfilled Request

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The Double Tragedy of A Girl Whose Parents Claim Should Not Have Been Born

In a legal settlement, a Connecticut couple has been awarded $2 million because their daughter was born with Cystic Fibrosis. The court assessed the penalty aga

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