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<\/center><\/p>\nOne thing I didn’t cover yesterday was the issue of when you get the news that your kid *DOES* have a condition that *IS* actually incompatible with life. Knowing that your kid will die the second they exit the womb is a scary thought and most people I know whose kids are diagnosed with anencephaly<\/a> or some kind of similar condition have chosen to terminate the pregnancy. I cannot judge them for that decision because I don’t know what I would have done at the time if I was in their position.<\/p>\n Tommy Tighe, one of the people I follow on Twitter<\/a>, faced this dilemma earlier this year when his fourth child was diagnosed with renal agenesis<\/a>. He wrote about his experiences on Aleteia.Org and talked about the decision that he and his wife made to carry their child to term<\/a>, knowing fully well that they were planning for a funeral instead of decorating a nursery.<\/p>\n I’m not condemning anyone who chose to end their pregnancy after a diagnosis like that but what Tommy wrote has made me think about what I would do in the situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One thing I didn’t cover yesterday was the issue of when you get the news that your kid *DOES* have a condition that *IS* actually incompatible with life. Knowing that your kid will die the second they exit the womb … Continue reading