i am also a military wife,my husband is a marine
stationed at camp lejuene.there are was tri-care would
have let you terminate.but it would have been a long
process and you proberly would have had your angel by
then.i had my angel still born at 36 weeks on
jan28,2003.i have gotten the naval hospital here along
with the march of dimes to get a folicacid aweness
campaign started.they named it project Gabriel ,after
our wonderful angel.i would not have changed the
desicion we make to keep our baby for the world.i do
have 5 healthy children.i did here about you when i
first got my diagnoses though.i have a question ,the
local paper is doing a story to bring the folicacid
awreness out to more people plus to get everyone to
know more about anencephaly.would you mind if i sent
your email to her.or could i give you her email and
have you email her your story.i carried to term but i
amsure she would like to know your story as well.plus
you are a military spiuse and so i am living in a
large military area.please let me know . my personal
email is bradandsuzetterichart@...
--- "aleah_5442 <aleah_5442@...>"
<aleah_5442@...> wrote:
> Hi
> I have been a member of this group for almost sixth
> months now.
> Last July I found out that my baby had anencephaly.
> As you all know
> most doctors recomend terminating the pregnancy. I
> honor everyones
> decision on this matter and woll not condem anyone
> for anything they
> choose to do. But after careful consideration my
> husband and I
> decided it would be in everyones best iterest if we
> terminated the
> pregnancy. This would be a lot harder than we
> thought however. My
> husband is in the navy and we use the medical
> insurance provided by
> the government called Tri-care and they specificaly
> do not cover
> abortions (gosh I hate that word) even if the child
> has
> anencephaly. After much termoil and going all the
> up the chain of
> command via our insurance we got an offer form the
> Northwest womens
> law center-they offered to take our case pro bono.
> We won. But
> that was just the beggining the declaration was only
> for me. So
> ever since they won on my behalf in august they have
> been fighting
> to get the law declared unconstitional-and that
> would benefit
> everyone. Since the case involved the military it
> was the united
> states government that my lawyers were going up
> against. Well I
> just got the word tonight and they won-the law is
> declared
> unconstitional. So women like me won't have to
> fight to make a
> personal decsion. This dose not mean that I am pro
> choice. I am
> pro life. But I also realized that carring the baby
> inside me could
> cause great risk to me and my body and she would
> never live. I
> would die for my baby if I could of but the
> situation was totaly
> hopelss. -aleah
>
>
>


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love,Suzette mom to ^0^Gabriel ~~~~No heartache compares with the death of one
small child ,God knows how much we need them,and so He takes but few to make His
land of Heaven more beautiful to view, so when a little child departs, we who
are left behind Must realize GOD LOVES CHILDREN, ^0^ANGELS ARE HARD TO
FIND!!!^*^sending angel kisses and hugs to all who have gone.^*^

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