Posted on 02/08/2016 7:07:54 PM PST by kathsua
Today parents are sometimes pressured to abort simply because their unborn child has a cleft lip, a correctable condition. Physicians categorize it as a disability. Yet a surprising number of successful individuals were born with cleft lips. Among them is Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning.
Manning’s success story shows that his cleft lip did not hinder him at all. Because his parents chose life, Manning was able to grow and pursue his dreams in football. This week, he and his team will play in the biggest American sports game of the year — the 2016 Super Bowl. Manning is not only well known as a successful quarterback, but also as a faithful Christian, husband and father.
Many babies born with this condition aren’t given the chance Manning’s parents gave him. Instead, they are aborted or left to die. According to a 2013 article in The Telegraph, “More than 10 times as many abortions take place for cleft lip than are recorded in the Department Health statistics.†Because even a child with a cleft lip is viewed as less than perfect in our society, physicians often suggest abortion.
One startling case occurred in 1997 when the Petersons welcomed a son into the world. Aidan Peterson was born with a cleft lip, and doctors told his parents to abandon him at the hospital. In a previous article, LifeNews reported about the Petersons’ experience:
The hospital pediatrician called my husband into the nursery and advised us to sign Aidan over to the hospital. He told us that we were still young, we could still have other children, and that these kids (kids with cleft lip and palate) tend to have neurological problems, he would require many surgeries that could bankrupt us, and that if we were foolish enough to ignore medical advice and take our baby home he would end right back at the hospital as a “failure to thrive.â€
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The hospital’s solution was to give Aidan pain medication and wait for him to die of starvation and dehydration. Despite the hospital’s insistence, Aidan’s parents chose life and took their baby home with them. They found special bottles that allowed their son to eat.
When he was 18, Aidan wrote:
For any and all parents who are stuck in the same or similar situation that my parents were, listen up. Your kid is worth it, be he or she mentally or physically disabled. And as my mom said, if your kid has only one day to live, spend it loving your child.
Put yourself in your kid’s shoes. You have one day to live, no two ways about it. Which is better: to spend that day with your loving parents, or to starve to death while uncaring doctors simply pass you by, not caring at all for your plight? Answer that question, and then make a decision on your kid’s life.
Stories such as Aidan’s and Manning’s ought to encourage parents who have children with disabilities. Their stories prove that disabilities do not define a person or hinder them from achieving success. Rather than allow these difficulties to mark the end of a child’s story, families should embrace the gift of their son or daughter’s life.
He needs to go into politics.
Thank you for posting this inspirational story.
Abortion is murder.
He is a good guy from a great family. Glad him Mom didn’t listen to the stupid doctor.
One who doesn't want to be sued.
These Life News articles are beginning to get to me.
I’m a HUGE Horror movie fan. Working overnight, I might even catch part of one if it’s slow.
Out of hundreds of movies, even the crazy Asian ones, none has concocted a more sinister premise.
cleft lip. Incredible.
Signed up for the forty day vigil. Into Manhattan next week in front of PP. God help the person that gets in my face defending abortion.
i know, i know, restraint.
Leftists always find excuses to abort babies its what they do. Thank God Peyton’s Mom did not abort him, he is a great football player, so is his brother Eli..which ironically is the name of my lil nephew, but he wasn’t named after Eli Manning my sis just liked the name :-)
Omaha - Omaha -
it’s been real Peyton - good on ya -
Smile Train, which repairs cleft palates free of charge in over 85 developing countries, is one of our favorite charities.
“Tragically Some Babies With Cleft Lips are Aborted”
What about babies that are inherently evil? Didn’t anyone realize that when Hitler was born or Hillary that they were evil?
Colorado(dem) OR TENNESSEE-replacing THOSE Rinos? Give us all a break. Kurt Schilling was for Bush. He was in Taxachussets. Use the weapons u have.
A couple of years ago, I watched an hour long program about Archie Manning. I had forgotten just how good he had been in college. His running ability was striking and he could pass as well as anyone.
One thing which made it interesting was that Archie had been a real home movie hobbyist. There were lots of movies showing his kids and just the typical family living ordinary lives.
I remember thinking they were remarkable in that they were so unremarkable. Just your ordinary family.
They did a miraculous job of repair then because you cannot even see a scar in any pictures...His lips look normal as can be....
A high school friend went through a few operations to correct issues from a cleft palate. He has gone on the be a very well respected Doctor, and father of biological and adopted kids. It is savage for doctors to advise parents to do that to their kids.
Absolute rubbish.
Cleft palates are easily corrected and there is no reason a child should have to live with the condition.
If babies are being aborted for having this condition it speaks more to the unwillingness of people to correct when the infant is born.
You are correct! One of my good friends is a sorority sister of Archie's wife Olivia. She says that they are the most "down to earth" family you would ever want to meet and that Archie and Olivia raised their three sons to be responsible members of society. Although Eli is not my favorite person since I am a Cowboys fan, I have always liked and admired Payton. He did not have a great game yesterday, but what an example he is of patience and perseverance. Mid-season last year, we were reading stories entitled "Has Payton played his last game?" and now he is a Super Bowl champion for the second time!
Yeah, you got to wonder at this story............
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