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As she travels the globe, she encounters people in conditions almost unimaginable to Americans, with disabilities or not. She describes meeting mothers so desperate they have thrown their own disabled babies into the creek. Remembering the meeting, she says in amazement, "I cannot believe that I can do something about that. What a privilege to be able to do something!"

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More about Joni Eareckson Tada is available on the Joni and Friends web site.

Other Christianity Today articles about Joni Eareckson Tada include:

Doubt and Meaning | Joni Eareckson Tada's poignant memoir probes God's use of suffering. (Aug. 18, 2003)

The Threat of Biotech | Joni Eareckson Tada responds to Christopher Reeve and others. (March 28, 2003)

Undaunted | Bioethics challenges are huge. But so is God. (July 31, 2002)

Christianity Today's Life Ethics archive and sister publication Books & Culture's Science Pages have more perspective on bioethics, including:

The Techno Sapiens Are Coming | When God fashioned man and woman, he called his creation very good. Transhumanists say that, by manipulating our bodies with microscopic tools, we can do better. Are we ready for the great debate? (Dec. 19, 2003)

Define 'Better' | One person's improvement is another person's degeneration. (Dec. 19, 2003)

Reprieve for Brain-Damaged Woman | But Christian activists say the fight to protect the disabled is far from over. (Nov. 25, 2003)

Souls on Ice | The costs of in vitro fertilization are moral and spiritual—not just financial. (June 24, 2003)

400,000 and Counting | Christians recoil at the explosive growth of frozen human embryos. (June 24, 2003)

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January 2004, Vol. 48, No. 1