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Abortion column provokes letters

March 21, 2006

A column in the Sunday Viewpoints page by Donald Kreis about his daughter, who has cystic fibrosis, and the abortion rights debate generated several responses yesterday. To read the column and the letters, click on the links below.

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A life owed to choice

No child born anywhere in the world on Jan. 11, 2006, was more wanted than our son. The only member of his generation to carry the last name of his immigrant great-grandparents, he embodies a glorious past. When he tries out all the facial expressions with which he will react to our struggling world, one sees in him the promise of survival for democracy and, indeed, humanity itself. To… 0

March 19, 2006

An argument for life, BILL LAMBERT, Boscawen - Letter

I read with interest the "My turn" item by Mr. Kreis in the March 19 SundayMonitor ("A life owed to choice"). Mr. Kreis writes of his "beautiful and smart little girl," Rose. I can't pretend to understand what it is like to raise a child with cystic fibrosis or some other disability, but I wonder how the Kreises would explain to their daughter that they were prepared not to give… 0

March 21, 2006

Abortion column provokes letters

Optimists choose life, COLIN CURLEY, Concord - Letter

Before my cousin, Megan Curley, was born in December 2000, we knew something was wrong. Doctors couldn't pinpoint what the problem was, but with faith and determination, my aunt and uncle prepared to introduce into the world a child who might not be perfectly healthy. Upon delivery, Megan was placed in the intensive care unit at the hospital, where she underwent tests. She had cystic… 0

March 21, 2006

Abortion column provokes letters

Disturbing, ROSEMARY BOTTCHER, Monticello, Fla. - Letter

The column by Donald Kreis in which he declared that his infant son owes his life to "choice" is deeply disturbing. Mr. Kreis claims to love his young daughter, who struggles with cystic fibrosis, yet the reasoning he expresses in his support of "choice"makes clear that if only he had known before her birth that she had this disease, she would have been aborted. 0

March 21, 2006

Abortion column provokes letters

Playing God?, DONALD M. KREIS, Grantham - Letter

My family and I are grateful for the consistently thoughtful responses to my article about our decision not to have a second child with cystic fibrosis. One such letter, which implied that we claim a right to play God, deserves rebuttal. The writer pointed out that such a child, if actually born, would likely be happy to have lived. This is true but not germane to the decision whether… 0

March 29, 2006