Joel's Journey article in the AFA Journal

One News Now, a news feature of AFA, just posted the following article about the Morris family and Joel's Journey. This article will also appear in the AFA Journal.

"American culture has embraced a culture of death," said Terry Morris, a father who knows the truth of these words all too well. "We no longer see life as a gift from the Creator, only as an accident of some evolutionary force.little boy Even the church has been influenced by this," At the age of three, Morris' son Joel was diagnosed with Stage IV Neuroblastoma. After chemotherapy, a hospital stay and a visit home for Christmas, Joel returned for his second round of chemo only to suffer from a bleeding tumor in his head and to be declared brain dead.
To the doctor, Joel's life had ended.
To the 15-member Morris family, Joel was still alive because his blood was flowing and his heart beating. They clung to the Scripture that "life is in the blood," and they were not willing to sacrifice the sanctity of their son's life.
"The term 'quality of life' has subtly worked its way into our lives," Morris said. If some official determines that a life has 'no quality' then it can be snuffed out. This is wrong, and we must stand against it."
Joel's doctor took the Morris family to court in an attempt to force the family to take their son off life support, but the Morris family wouldn't budge because doing so would mean taking the life of their son. Both legal and medical battles ensued as the family sought a doctor to care for Joel.

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