Isaiah's Promise  
Support for families carrying to term after a severe or fatal diagnosis 

 

  Isaiah's Promise

 SEE, I WILL NOT FORGET YOU. I HAVE CARVED YOU ON THE PALM OF MY HAND.

                                 Isaiah 49:15
Helpful Resources
Articles  
Choosing not to Abort Babies with Disabilities, The Washington Times, Sunday May 10, 2009

'Incompatible with Life' is a Judgement not a Diagnosis, Nancy Mayer-Whittington, LifeSiteNews, January 30, 2012

Parents, Be Not Afraid, Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review Online, January 25, 2010

The Lived Experiences of Families who are Told Their Child will Die at or Shortly after Birth, Melissa L. Horning, Carie A. Braun, Ph.D., RN. College of St. Benedict: St. Joseph, Minnesota, 2006

The New Eugenics: Eliminating the “Undesirables” by Prenatal Diagnosis
, Dr. Marie Hilliard, JCL, Ph. D., RN, National Catholic Partnership on Disabilities Conference,
2010

The Perinatal Hospice: Allowing Parents to be Parents, Byron Calhoun, M.D., FACOG, FACS, MBA, Charlotte Lozier Institute, May 18, 2012


Online Resources  
Be Not Afraid,
support for parents carrying to term after a poor prenatal diagnosis

Genetic Alliance, provides information about many medical conditions

International Down Syndrome Coalition, support for families that have children with Down Syndrome

MEND, Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death

Reece's Rainbow, adoption services for children with Down Syndrome and other medical conditions

Books
A Gift of Time: Continuing Your Pregnancy When Your Baby’s Life is Expected to Be Brief, Amy Kuebelbeck and Deborah L. Davis Ph.D.

Empty Arms: Coping with Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death, Sherokee Ilse, Wintergreen Press

For the Love of Angela, Nancy Mayer-Whittington

My Child, My Gift, Madeline P. Nugent, New York City Press, Hyde Park, New York, 2008

Our Unborn Baby Has a Problem, Jeannie & Bruce Hannemann, Elizabeth Ministries

Waiting with Gabriel, Amy Kueblebeck, Loyola Press, Chicago, Illinois, 2003






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