Religion & Law

This isn't Catholic Legal Theory, either, but it's important to those to whom it might be relevant.  I just received a notice from a friend (Amy Kuebelbeck) about a  forthcoming book which she co-edited:  A Gift of Time: Continuing Your Pregnancy When Your Baby?s Life Is Expected to Be Brief, coming out on  Jan. 26 from Johns Hopkins University Press.  

The description from the notice: 

This book is written for parents who learn through prenatal diagnosis that their baby likely will die before or after birth and who wish to continue the pregnancy and embrace whatever time they are able to have together.



Based on material from more than 120 parents from across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia, A Gift of Time draws extensively from parent experiences and includes many direct quotes that tell powerful stories of their own. Full of practical suggestions for parents and for caregivers, it also promotes the innovative concept of perinatal hospice and palliative care.

I haven't read this new book, but I have read Amy's memoir about this experience:   Waiting with Gabriel: A Story of Cherishing a Baby's Brief Life.  That book was one of the most beautiful and profound meditations on love and the value of life that I've ever read.  I'm sure this new collection will be just as beautiful and profound.