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suffocate in the birth canal ... just then, the
baby's hand and arm thrust out as if to push him
away ... the doctor went ahead and delivered the
baby, and apologizing to the parents for the
legacy of this handicapped child that he had
saddled them with ... if only, he thought, he had
delayed the birth two or three more minutes this
terrible tragedy could have been avoided ...
... Twenty years later, he listened to a
wonderful orchestral ensemble entertain a
hospital group in which he was a member ... The
young lady playing the harp especially caught his
eye ... after the performance was over a middle–
aged couple rushed up to him and said, "You
probably don't remember us, do you? Did you
see her? Did you see her?" ... Out of the corner
of his eye he could see a beautiful young lady
with a slight limp walking toward him
... This was the baby girl he had delivered two
decades earlier ... They thanked him for her life
... He broke down and wept and asked the young
lady if she would play something on her harp for
him ... She played a beautiful Christmas type
religious hymn, "Silent Night" ... He wept openly
and told her that a great burden had finally been
lifted from his life ...
Dr. Dobson in replying to abortionists, including
some medical doctors, has said this, "Don't you see
what a philosophical hole you have dug by denying the
dignity of humanness to every unborn child? If you
withhold that status at conception, you have an
impossible assignment of deciding where to grant it
later on. And, of (:ourse, to err is to commit murder in
the eyes of God."
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