NHS to harvest babies' organs

My older brother and his wife's first born was identified as a baby who would either die before or within minutes of birth. They were devastated at having to induce labour prematurely. It would've been monstrous for any doctor to suggest to them that the pregnancy should be sustained to provide organs for another child. I find the suggestion monstrous. Until you have been close to people who have gone through this trauma you cannot fathom the pain this causes people. 100 % against this. These are babies, who are handled tenderly by grieving parents. I cannot think of anything more Inhumane than to sustain such pregnancies to butcher them for organs. This is sick and twisted.

It's not 'monstrous'. When they are told the bad news, they're given options. Some women even want to continue with the pregnancy so they can meet their baby before they die. Some would rather abort. Another option is to continue with the pregnancy so that their baby can be a donor. How is this so different to parents agreeing to have their dying child's organs donated?
Are you just against organ donation?

Really? Where do you get your information from? They meet their baby when it's born at whatever month of gestation it's born! Yes it is monstrous. Nothing you say on the subject will make me change my mind. As my original post indicated, you need to be living it to have an ounce of comprehension about what this means for families.

Really? Where do you get your information from? They meet their baby when it's born at whatever month of gestation it's born! Yes it is monstrous. Nothing you say on the subject will make me change my mind. As my original post indicated, you need to be living it to have an ounce of comprehension about what this means for families.

How is this so different to parents agreeing to have their dying child's organs donated?
Are you just against organ donation?

Because they are prolonging the childs life only to murder it later.

Even if your son or daughter will only live a short time after birth, it can still be a good life.

How are they murdering it? It's either going to die or is already dead when born..

Because they are actively killing it at a later date (that's the whole point of keeping it alive). While I agree with the principle of aborting the child because it has an incurable fatal disorder, but keeping it alive until it is born and then killing it, is morally wrong.

Like I said though, if they can guarantee they fetus is completely brain dead up until the point of death.

If you have an abortion, you're not going to meet your baby because it won't be born.
You didn't answer the question. Are you against organ donation?

If you have an abortion, you're not going to meet your baby because it won't be born.
You didn't answer the question. Are you against organ donation?

Wrong! By the time doctors have carried out all the tests necessary to be able to be absolutely certain that a baby's life is untenable, the child is beyond foetus stage, it is a fully developed baby and the mother goes through labour to give birth to her child. My brother, his wife and both sets of grandparents were there for the birth. My brother and his wife spent the night with the baby swaddled in a little Moses basket beside them, nursing and cuddling her for most of it. Baby was baptised the following day with her parents and grandparents present and I can tell you it was heartbreaking for them to leave hospital without her. I can without question feel compassion for those whose child is in desperate need of organ donation but to suggest that Elizabeth, that is/was her name, should've been nurtured till she was nine months gestation rather than the six she was born at, to be butchered horrifies me. This is standard procedure of care for any family in this situation. My brother, his wife and their daughter would not be responsible for any other child's survival and it is disgusting for anyone to imply that they or anyone facing a similar situation would be.