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This is a wonderful article and very close to my heart.

In 1983 my aunt gave birth to a severally premature baby and she knew before going into labor that there was almost no chance of survival. When my cousin was born, he was immediately baptised and given last rites. There was nothing the doctors could do to correct his condition (chances are that today's technology could have saved him) and he died aftert three days with my aunt and uncle holding him. They do not like to discuss it, but they have also told me that they wouldn't trade those few painful days for anything in the world.

In 1970, when my mother was in her seventh month of pregnancy, she got food poisoning and went into labor. My brother was given less than a 25% chance of survival and my parents were told that even if he survived he would likely have severe health problems for the rest of his life and would be very small and weak. By the time my brother was a senior in high school, he was All American in medium and long distance track (in one event his times were in the top ten in the country). He always wanted to be a military officer and attended college on a full ROTC scholarship. While in the Army he went through northern warfare school in Alaska and Ranger school at Fort Benning. He left the Army after a severe shoulder injury made it impossible to continue doing what he loved. He is now a very successful lawyer handling complex litigation. Had my family accepted the doctor's opinion, he would have been told that nobody expected anything from him and would have missed out on a very fulfilling life.

Pro-Life/Pro-Baby ping!