milk for a few weeks? Ruth and I could not understand Sheela’s parents because our worldview was so different from theirs. They looked at children as assets or liabilities, conveniences or burdens. We looked at them as human beings with intrinsic worth. We believed that God’s command, “You shall not murder,” gave to every human person a fundamental right to life. We did not expect to gain anything from Sheela. We believed that loving God required loving her. We intervened because we believed that God’s