Many Australian readers would be familiar with the tragic news of two twin babies being killed recently in a Melbourne hospital mix-up. Devastating. Below is an extract from an article that John Piper linked to in this tweet.
It’s from the volunteer disability ministry blog for Bethlehem Baptist Church.
It has also happened in Italy and the United States. Here are the headlines for each:
Australia: Hospital kills wrong baby, aborts twin.
Italy: Italian police to investigate abortion of wrong twin
United States: Doctor loses license after aborting wrong twin
Every headline is mistaken. There is no ‘wrong’ twin in any of these circumstances. Only helpless unborn babies, every one of them.
The only reason any of these babies was chosen to be aborted was because of potential disabling conditions.
The answer isn’t better medical tests or more specific hospital guidelines, but changed hearts that rush to help mothers and babies rather than destroy them.