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There seems to be a less severe judgement on women who had abortions in the eastern churches over the centuries. I am wondering what the attitudes were in societies following invasions by the Huns, Mongols, Tartars, Turks, etc. who ravaged Christian countries? It is a fact that most of us Eastern Euro's do have mongol DNA as well as others but you would think we would show more of this bloodline than we do? Researchers claim that Ghengis Khan's DNA is found in 16 million people today.

You will find the Khan's decendents all over Europe as well as the DNA of many peoples of similar ancestry. Invading armies have all tended to leave DNA behind where ever they go.

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I actually forgot to mention some important details to my brothers birth. My mother felt that it was actually partly because she never got to hold her baby that he died. I suppose what she has is a similar feeling to mothers who had abortion because she felt that the child was taken away from her without her permission. And the next time she saw him he was no longer alive so she has the never ending sense of regret that Alexander might have lived if hed been able to have been held by her. What I am saying is that the child being in an incubator is a traumatic experience for many mothers, because it requires an impossible detachment. I am glad that this young woman born premature is alive and in fine health. However that is not the point. The point is that the question should be asked: does the good outweigh the bad to use technology to this great a length as a regular practice? That is the question I'd like the Church to tell me. Perhaps Pavel was saying that the church can not answer this question and so this is why it is not required. This is not quite a firm answer. Not are there miracles or exceptions, but what happens the majority of the time ..Let's not let our children be research experiments.