Baby Faith Dies at 93 Days – Doctors Had Pressured Mother to Abort

MONCTON, May 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Myah Walker has described the time from her daughter’s birth up until this past Saturday, May 23, as the “best 93 days of my life.” Faith Hope Walker, the baby about whom LifeSiteNews had previously reported, passed away peacefully this weekend in the arms of her mother, a 23 year-old student living in Moncton, New Brunswick.

Myah, who maintained a weblog of her daughter’s life, wrote on Saturday, “She looked up at me and opened her beautiful eyes, and I realized what was happening. I told her to go with Jesus. I told her that I loved her and that it was ok, that I would meet her in Heaven.”

Faith was born with a condition called anencephaly, in which a portion of the child’s brain fails to fully develop. With the prevalence in the medical community of eugenic abortion, the great majority of such children are not allowed to live until birth.

Myah has said that she was pressured by hospital staff to have Faith killed before birth via abortion. Doctors told her that Faith was alive only because "she was attached" to her mother and that even if she survived to birth, she would be neither able to hear nor see.

Myah, a believing Christian, was told by doctors that she could continue the pregnancy without risk, "Or, I could choose to induce early to terminate the pregnancy."

She wrote, “For some reason I had to give the doctors my decision over and over again, which was frustrating. One doctor asked, 'Can I ask why you want to continue this pregnancy?' I guess some people are baffled by unconditional love.”

When the baby was born, she was apparently able to both see and hear and suffered no health problems other than anencephaly. No medication was required in Faith’s daily care and she was able to breastfeed, although she also received nutrition through a tube.

As a “lethal foetal anomaly,” anencephaly is widely considered justification for abortion or “early induction” of birth, even by some Catholic ethicists.

As LifeSiteNews.com has reported, Fr. Michael Prieur, the chief ethicist for the diocese of London in Ontario, Canada has justified the procedure for lethal foetal anomaly in his work at St. Joseph’s Catholic Hospital in London. He wrote in a June 1997 paper that the hospital had been using early induction for children diagnosed with anencephaly since 1985.

Read related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:

Baby Named Faith Defies Doctor's Predictions for Anencephaly and Thrives 6 Weeks after Birth
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/apr/09040709.html

Exclusive: Twenty Years of Eugenic Abortion at Ontario Catholic Hospital
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/dec/08121111.html

21 posted on 05/27/2009 1:41:03 PM PDT by NoDRodee (U>S>M>C)

*tears* God bless baby Faith’s soul, and bless her Mommy for her courage and love.

22 posted on 05/27/2009 1:42:14 PM PDT by trillabodilla (Jesus Saves)

Something is wrong with my laptop, the screen is all wet and blurry.
Prayers for the family that they are able to celebrate the life of this precious child even for a short time.

23 posted on 05/27/2009 1:42:37 PM PDT by svcw (The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God ... is knowing you need it.)

24 posted on 05/27/2009 1:44:43 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)

Sitting at my desk at work, sniffling, tears close...

25 posted on 05/27/2009 1:44:45 PM PDT by ArmyTeach (There is no distinctly native American criminal class...save Congress. Mark Twain)

One of the Priests on EWTN who does not express alot of emotion in speech ended Mass with that in a monotone voice even though I took it as humor.

26 posted on 05/27/2009 1:49:20 PM PDT by Global2010 (God is not Santa Claus.)

“They have no explanation as to how Faith is even alive and breathing, let alone functioning on a conscious level! There are just some things doctors can’t explain ;)”

They have no Faith.

27 posted on 05/27/2009 1:50:18 PM PDT by ZULU (God guts and guns made America great. Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.)

To: ZULU; wagglebee

That’s because -gasp- *science* does not have all the answers.

28 posted on 05/27/2009 1:57:16 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)

They don’t even have all the questions, but some of them have faith - not this group, obviously.

29 posted on 05/27/2009 1:59:50 PM PDT by ZULU (God guts and guns made America great. Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.)

The first child of a young couple of my acquaintance was thus afflicted, and lived only a few months. But in those few months that young father and mother demonstrated an unassailable and unstinting capacity to love their baby, one that many might deem unlovable. They taught us much. I pray that God has blessed them with more children to love, children that have survived in good health.

30 posted on 05/27/2009 2:02:46 PM PDT by Elsiejay

To: wagglebee; prairiebreeze; Beloved Levinite; TwelveOfTwenty; arderkrag; dixiebelle; raynearhood; ...

31 posted on 05/27/2009 2:11:39 PM PDT by WKB (From "Handout" to "Bailout")

I think (texas?) that bill going up into legeslation that all pregnant woman that are asking to end there babies life must first get a sonogram is a great idea.

As many here are well aware when the Doctor tells his mother to be that the kid should be terminated due to disabilities how many of there diagnosis are wrong.

I was chatting with parents to be in line the other night and they shared that the doctor claims he found some horrible defect in the babies heart, maybe.

Poor young couple were terriefied and stressed (she is 7months along).

So I pointed to King Vanity (who is a quad due to being still born) and said the docs said he would not live to be a month and he is celebrating his 30th birthday (Saturday May 23) tonight and then they said why do doctors give the worst news.
I dont know I said but he (my son has out lived those doctors and before his last doctor fired me I told him he will be wearing adult briefs old and ending his life before my son does.

Good news is his new doc is awesome and on top of my sons care so it is one less thing I have to advocate to get, good health care screenings.

Trying to get the other doc to due routine testing was a huge battle.

His care extended to hey he KV is smiling so he is healthy.

New doc did all the nutritional tests/blood/urine to get a baseline right off the top and his nurse gets the communication ASAP for other doc appts that KV sees now and then.

I used to have to ride the old doc and his staff to do anything.

I was so ready to move on so glad he ended the relationship.

Just to draw blood it is a 5hr process to get KV to and from the lab....so now we have a private lab come out and only a $5 travel fee.

Works great for sputum too as having a trach and flu season I worry when color of secreations are not good plus when we are both down with flu it is not that simple (energy wise).

The new doc is new to our community which is so rural yet peace filled so finding a doc that will take KVs case as a family doc is almost mission impossible.

Socialized medical care would be a nightmare.

32 posted on 05/27/2009 2:14:02 PM PDT by Global2010 (God is not Santa Claus.)

What touching story. My heart goes out to this treasure’s family. God bless the mother for having the courage to see this thing through. While this must be devastating, she got to share 93 days of love with this gift from God. My daughter died at birth, and we never saw each other. While this was a long time ago, I still feel a twinge of sadness of never having bonded with her. I’m so glad this woman got to hold and love this beautiful baby. What a hero and inspiration this woman is. Her family is in my family’s prayers.

Rest in Peace Baby Faith, as brief as your life was; your light burned brighter then most.

33 posted on 05/27/2009 2:15:08 PM PDT by skully (EEEWWW!! Who's carbon footprint do I smell ??!!!)

“I guess some people are baffled by unconditional love.”

A LOT of people are baffled by love of anything and anyone but themselves. We call those people “liberals”.

34 posted on 05/27/2009 2:19:43 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Socialism is the belief that most people are better off if everyone was equally poor and miserable.)

Ping for later reading when I can weep (and pray) in private.

35 posted on 05/27/2009 2:20:18 PM PDT by MissNomer (Proud member of FR's "Final 300")

Huge choker upper.

Unconditional selfless love this Mom has and the next child will be so lucky to have her as Mom.

36 posted on 05/27/2009 2:21:32 PM PDT by Global2010 (God is not Santa Claus.)

Baby Faith knew love. Best mom ever.

37 posted on 05/27/2009 2:22:28 PM PDT by Gene Eric

I have a niece with downs. She is a young woman now, and is a great blessing to all who have contact with her. It baffles me that some people think people like her have no business living.

38 posted on 05/27/2009 2:25:51 PM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)

I didn’t think anything in this thread could make me chuckle, but your post did.

39 posted on 05/27/2009 2:26:40 PM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)

To: WKB; Salvation

Thanks WKB for reminding me to ask for a Catholic Ping.

40 posted on 05/27/2009 2:27:05 PM PDT by Global2010 (God is not Santa Claus.)

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