PEDIATRICS Vol. 71 No. 4 April 1983, pp. 664-665
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Adoption: An Option for the Imperfect Child

REBA MICHELS HILL MD1 and Jo ANN CALDWELL 2

1 St Lukes Episcopal Hospital, Newborn Research, 6720 Bertner, Houston, TX 77030
2 Homes of St Marks Adoption Agency

To the Editor.—

With the angry outcry by the public regarding the ethics of withholding of nutrients from infants with handicaps to promote early death, or death by neglect, I would like to propose an alternate method for handling cases of malformed or damaged infants who are unacceptable to biologic parents. Susie Q was born November 1975, after 28 weeks' gestation. She weighed 1,000 g and had virilization of her external genitalia due to a maternal ovarian tumor.