Picture of a 21 week old baby

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[M. Peach]

The picture is that of a 21-week-old unborn baby named Samuel Alexander Armas, who is being operated on by a surgeon named Joseph Bruner. The baby was diagnosed with spina bifida and would not survive if removed from his mother's womb. Little Samuel's mother, Julie Armas, is an obstetrics nurse in Atlanta. She knew of Dr. Bruner's remarkable surgical procedure. Practicing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, he performs these special operations while the baby is still in the womb.

During the procedure, the doctor removes the uterus via C-section and makes a small incision to operate on the baby. During the surgery on little Samuel, the little guy reached his tiny, but fully developed, hand through the incision and firmly grasped the surgeon's finger. The photograph captures this amazing event with perfect clarity.

The editors titled the picture, "Hand of Hope." The text explaining the picture begins, "The tiny hand of 21-week-old fetus Samuel Alexander Armas emerges from the mother's uterus to grasp the finger of Dr. Joseph Bruner as if thanking the doctor for the gift of life." Little Samuel's mother said they "wept for days" when they saw the picture.

She said, "The photo reminds us my pregnancy isn't about disability or an illness, it's about a little person." "The Hand" of the fetus. You can see the actual picture, and it is awesome...incredible. And hey, pass it on. The world needs to see this one.

[M. Peach]

This may have already been posted, but I think it's a good picture to show to those who think life begins at birth...

[Utah Girl]

This is one of the most incredible pictures ever. And little Samuel is doing very well, thanks to this surgery.

[MHGinTN]

Baby Samuel is now about three (but measuring from his implantation in his mother's uterine wall, he's nearly four), if memory serves.

[OldFriend]

The picture that cost Drudge his FNC job.........the little baby must be over a year old by now and quite adorable.

[Ciexyz]

Marvelous and most wonderful.

[shaggy eel]

,,, post of the day! Well done.

[Saundra Duffy]

I guess the Freeping moderators are going to let you get away with this picture. Thank Goodness. Very sweet. By the way, Bill Simon (GOP candidate for Calif. gov) is pro life. Go, Simon!!!! (Dump Davis, the pro abortion democrap creep from hell). For victory & freedom!!!

[Texas Eagle]

Not a bad pic. Last weekend our pastor showed a video clip of a baby's hand reaching out of its mother and grabbing the utensil that the doctor was about to use to abort it.

That was a pretty powerful scene as well. Afterwards, one girl told our youth pastor that she just learned she was pregnant and was planning on getting an abortion....she changed her mind after seeing that clip.

[Coleus]

http://hometown.aol.com/dfjoseph/babyhand.html


http://hometown.aol.com/dfjoseph/

[hole_n_one]

Story of pic

Source

[M. Peach]

I can't imagine anyone not being touched by this. They would have to be without a conscience.

[rintense]

OMG, I have tears in my eyes...

[ErnBatavia]

Great post - and glad to see a fellow citizen of La Quinta back posting again.....Fregards from "top of the cove"!

[M. Peach]

Hello Ern - and top of the evening to you too!

[MHGinTN]

Uh, was the abortion being done a 'partial birth' procedure? I'd be verrrrry interested in getting a copy of that video, if it exists, not a cartoon. Help please.

[shadowman99]

I'm 34 and my wife and I (after 10 years of marrage) are about to become parents for the first time. She's 8 weeks along. Yesterday during an ultrasound we found our she is expecting twins.

I'm happy, excited, freaked out, ouverwhelmed, and a million other things all at the same time. But I welcome them both, and just hope for the health of my wife and our children.

[DWSUWF]

"...The baby was diagnosed with spina bifida and would not survive if removed from his mother's womb..."

The baby butchers would call Sam 'Imperfect' and 'Not Viable'

And then, for a price, they'd murder him in cold blood.

And the weak, cowardly apologists for evil among us would allow the killer to hide behind 'laws' that are no more binding on moral beings than were Hitler's edicts.

[M. Peach]

It will be the most incredible experience you will ever have, I truly mean it. Cherish it while you can, and congratulations to you and the wife!

[Texas Eagle]

I'm on the case....I'll check with our pastor tomorrow to see where that clip came from.