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Warpy

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15. The baby is terminal
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 08:24 PM
Jul 2017

He has severe brain damage. Flying him here to be experimented on would just continue a short life of pain with no hope.

Sometimes people need to listen to the doctors instead of to medically ignorant politicians trying to score points against socialized medicine while preparing to deny medical help to millions at home who can be cured.

Yes, this is heartbreaking as are all congenital problems that kill in infancy or early childhood. However, care has its limits and sometimes the kindest course is to let some little ones go.

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