Baby born with anencephaly to please jesus?

[Aiza]

As far as the exploitation goes, whether the family profited from the birth/death of their son monetarily is unknown. From all the photos I would say that they weren't poor to begin with, that's obvious. Even if they made only $5 profit, it's disgusting, but even if they made nothing, they're still exploiting that baby. They're blatantly using him to promote a pro-life agenda. Some people would say there isn't anything wrong with that, but she said she wants her baby to inspire all women to choose life, no matter what.

She's reaching out to other women so they might have the strength to hold their children in their arms as well.

Also, "my son's life had a greater purpose and can help others" =/= "my son is a tool". As Christians, we always want our lives to be about making the world a better place, and I am sure she also wanted that for her son's short life as well. It's a bit shameful I think, to talk about how being pro-life might make "other women feel bad" and "that's not nice" but if she has the audacity to talk about her son's life maybe helping other people in the same situation, she is "fucking sick" and thinks "her son is a tool".

If you cover up the bottom half of her face, and just look at her eyes, you will notice that you'd still be able to tell that she is happily smiling. That means the smiles are authentic.

You can fake a happy smile as well, but I do believe also the smile is authentic. For her, while she might be very sad, I am sure she was also very happy as well, because that was the birth of her son, the only time she could hold him and love him. I think most mothers would smile at having their newborn baby in their arms, especially when you know she probably had a while to prepare herself emotionally for the fact she would only have a very short time to be with him and love him with everything that she had. Different people respond emotionally in different ways. I remember when I was visiting my great aunt, who I loved very dearly, in the hospital. I knew she was going to die very soon. But yet she was still HER and we could still joke and I smiled for real, just to spend time with her was a happy thing. Then the sadness would hit like "this might be the last time I see her" (and it was) and then I started crying. (I am crying now honestly).

Maybe you are different, sure. Maybe you would not be able to smile when spending precious time with a loved one on their deathbed. But please don't project. If she "hated her baby" as you accuse her of, I don't think she would smile a genuine smile when she held him in her arms.