Bishop Kevin Vann from the diocese of Orange in California, telling the story of a couple whose baby, Rylei was diagnosed with severe disabilities in the womb:
“Given the choice to abort, the parents, Krysta and Derek, decided instead that their daughter Rylei should be born and that her organs would be donated upon her natural death. She lived for only a few days. But she transformed the lives of her parents – who were forever changed by knowing her – and the lives of all the infants who received her donated organs, not to mention their families, friends and so on.
These infants will go on to have lives like the rest of us, full of dreams and joys among the disappointments and sadness. Such is the human experience… But all of this is made possible because of the life of this one child who only lived for a few days outside her mother’s womb.”
Rick Garrett The Duping of America (Maitland, Florida: Liberty Hill Press, 2021) 134 – 135
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