Tony Perkins appeared on Fox News this morning to discuss Bella Santorum. He gives an update on her condition and discusses the role that Bella and the rest of the family play in Rick Santorum’s public life.
Tony Perkins appeared on Fox News this morning to discuss Bella Santorum. He gives an update on her condition and discusses the role that Bella and the rest of the family play in Rick Santorum’s public life.
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Christiane
The concern came up about the possibility of a single mother without resources being able to raise a trisomy 18 child . . .
yes, in certain countries where help is already in place for the mother and the child.
Even a young couple would have great difficulty providing for the needs of a severely ill child. So it IS ‘pro-life’ to work towards recognizing that we need to put reasonable structures in place to offer support for families with special needs children.
My own son is in private care . . . in the facility where his group home is located, the average cost per resident for care amounts to between six and eight thousand dollars a month. That is the average. Some residents require additional care. So for those people who say to others ‘you are on your own’, and who still say that they are pro-life, please know that it is not so simple as that.
Ultimately, what is the role of a society and its government in the lives of those who are vulnerable ? Can ‘abortion’ be stopped, and yet nothing done to support the children who will come with special needs, whose care will mount up to thousands of dollars a month?
Please don’t say, ‘that’s their problem’ . . . that is not the moral answer of any humane country . . . or the answer of any one who proclaims Christ Risen from the dead.