Unborn baby Samuel Armas reaches out to his doctor during fetal surgery in August 1999. Michael Clancy, the photographer who snapped the amazing image, will share his first-hand witness to the humanity of the unborn at the NRL Convention in July.
Great photograph. God continues to tell His side of the story with happenings such as this.
Too bad the doctor tried to twist facts.
as a nation, america needs to repent and humble itself before almighty God and pray for mercy.
While the doctor seems to have a different opinion on whether the baby reacted or not, what I instantly noted is that he both referred to the baby as...a baby and he admitted the basic truth that a baby will feel pain if not anesthetized. Of course the most radical pro-choicers claim that a "fetus" doesn't feel pain because to admit as such is to admit that a "fetus" is a baby. Thus any abortion where a baby would feel pain is allowed so as to avoid admitting the reality of a baby's agony when being aborted which would then open up a whole 'nother can of truth worms.
I may be wrong but I believe Drudge got canned by CNN for showing this picture on his brief tv show stint.
The theme of an episode of the TV show House was a pregnant mother who kept refusing treatment that would harm her unborn child. House was his insufferable self and constantly berated the woman for not aborting the “fetus”. Cutty, his woman boss, stood by the woman to support her decision.
Late in the episode House performed surgery on the pregnant mother and they reenacted the picture above. There was genuine wonder on the face of House as the infant grasped his finger. His attitude visibly changed at the end of the show.
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When my wife was 14 wks pregnant we did an amniocentesis because of prior miscarriage problems. The doctor used an ultrasound machine to locate a spot away from the baby to remove amniotic fluid. After the needle was inserted, into the view of the ultrasound floated a tiny, tiny hand. It touched the shank of the needle, jerked away, then the hand came back and tapped the needle again before disappearing.
The doctor said she’d seen it happen before, but still we were all amazed that this 14 wk old baby had sensed an intrusion in his space and had come over to “check it out”.
Simply awe-inspiring.
So photographer Clancy thinks he knows better than a surgeon who is experienced at performing life-saving surgeries on babies in utero? Gimme a break! There are PLANTS that will grip a finger that touches them! If the surgeon says the baby was anesthetized, then the baby was anesthetized. If it hadn't been, it would have been in excruciating pain from having its spine surgically manipulated.
Oh, how I pray God forgives us.
BTTT in honor of my 6 week old grandaughter...
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