Reply #11: this was at a non-profit agency for the developmentally disabled [View All]

[HockeyMom]

The founder of the agency was a former catholic nun. Apart from the insurance being canceled, this woman advised the mother to talk to a priest. Basically what the mother was told was to leave it in god's hands. Give the baby nourishment (IV) and let god decide whether the baby would live or die. Apart from that, this baby was denying care to adults and children who could be treated and helped. That was why the agency head was so furious at the insurance company.

I have worked with the disabled, both children and adults, for over 10 years. I had two of my own special needs children and that is why I went into this field. Once they are born, they are human beings and deserve to be cared for, even at SOCIETY'S expense, if their family members cannot pay themselves. So many of the adults I worked with had long ago been abandoned by their families. Very, very sad, but this is where SOCIETY needs to step in. We just cannot let our sick, disabled, and elderly just die on the streets. While I am not a religious person, I do believe in a higher power/nature who knows more than we humans do. Again, having raised special needs children, and lost two, I can see a "plan" in the outcome of this. My own daughter had/has severe allergies. While I was still nursing her, her sibling embryo died, perhaps so an already born child could live to adulthood.

I went into this field not for money and to make profits for myself or somebody else, but to serve, if you understand what I mean by that. No amount of money can compensate. If you yourself, have a special needs child you will know what I mean. It so burns me up that the most vulnerable in our society are going to be thrown away by America's greed for PROFITS. There should be the money and care for ALL that need it.