I have a member of my church who's parents were told to abort her because (supposedly) she many birth defects. The parents, opposed to abortion refused. The doctors were wrong. The child had none of the defects doctors had diagnosed and is a beautiful, charming, and very bright 4 year old girl. A picture she drew me hangs on my office door. The case has been used by the State Medical Board to urge doctors to be more careful in their diagnoses and prescriptions.
We worry about wrongly killing an innocent man in capital punishment cases. (I'm opposed to the death penalty). Have you ever heard of a similar to the Innocence Project for misdiagnoses and the wrong advice of physicians who recommend the termination of potentially healthy and loved children?
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