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If you cannot say yes, then you should keep your mouth shut and thank God every day that you never had to make such a truly hard decision.

Deborah KratterHalf Moon Bay, Calif.

To the Editor:

Im a young, female pro-life activist. Ive donated to pro-life organizations. Spread pro-life information to others. Marched in the streets. Abortion is a massive injustice that violates the right to life.

Ms. Werking-Yip, you admitted that having an abortion meant killing your daughter. Picture someone murdering a 5-year-old girl because they believed she was too sick, too disabled, too abnormal. Society would be horrified. Strangely, its different for a child in a womb.

Every child deserves a chance to live life as much as possible, to stay strong against suffering, to hope for cures to rare disorders, to spend time with loved ones, to be themselves, to be human. Your daughter would have been a gift for this world, an inspiration to others, unique, beautiful. Dont diminish this precious creation of God by arguing that she doesnt deserve to be here.

Jasmine ClarkRaleigh, N.C.

To the Editor:

Having just finished reading Lyndsay Werking-Yips heart-wrenching column, I must say how much I admire the strength she and her husband showed not just in terminating their pregnancy but also in writing openly about their decision.

I have two daughters who are both in week 21 of their first pregnancies. If either of them is faced with a diagnosis as devastating as Ms. Werking-Yips, I hope to God they will make the decision she did with her husband to save a child from a lifetime of suffering. To me that is the definition of parental love.

Carrie C. MahinRadford, Va.

To the Editor:

Six weeks after our daughter was born in 1981, we received the diagnosis following a routine CT scan of her brain. She had suffered a massive stroke to the left temporal lobe, most likely in utero. We were told there were a range of possible outcomes in terms of her development and degree of physical and cognitive impairment.

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Abort to Save a Child From a Life of Suffering? - The New York Times

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