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From: oft@hocsi.UUCP (o.a.faco)
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Subject: Re: Vet kills his baby.
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Date: Tue, 19-Feb-85 10:29:32 EST
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Would it be correct to make assumptions?  

	If yes:
		I'm assuming that the vet's wife underwent tests to deduce
		the health of the fetus, and so on.  If this is true, the
		doctor should have at least found that the child was
		having problems.  At this point, I'm assuming the doctor
		told the patient that there were/weren't problems.  If he 
		didn't tell her,  he's in some trouble.  If he did tell her,
		did she tell her husband?  If she did, then he murdered his
		child.  If she didn't, she's just as guilty.
		Now, if the fetal tests were done during the whole pregnancy,
		would signs of the illness have shown themselves in time
		for an abortion or possibly some medical aid?  If so, and
		the parents took no affirmative steps, then they both
		killed their child.
		My feelings would be to try to get the child's problems 
		solved.  Through medical research, as a 'guinea pig' (even
		though it sounds awful) if there was no chance otherwise.
	If no:
		I wouldn't know if I'd react in the following way.  I would
		not have smashed the kid's head onto the floor.  I would have
		tried to raise the kid for the three months, and if he lived
		longer than that, I would consider operations to correct
		as many of his problems as possible.  These events could
		also be deemed an educational/experimental experience.
		Where new procedures could be tested, and so on.



In either case, I would not have killed him.  

Olga Faco

Fudd and Fuddett forever.