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

LifeSiteNews ^ | 5/27/09 | Hilary White

[wagglebee]

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

[PGR88]

Tragic how “Just Kill It” has become the accepted norm in society (esp. Canada).

very ghoulish.

[wagglebee]

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.

I've never understood it either.

[brytlea]

I believe that every soul that comes to earth has a purpose. Clearly that child served theirs.

[WKB]

Always glad to help a Catholic :>)

[mc5cents]

Yea, this mom knows all about it too.

There are some great moms out there for sure.

[packrat35]

My father was stillborn in 1933 and was saved by the doctor. He was named after that doctor as was I.

[silverleaf]

What a good brave young mother. She wil always treasure those 93 days with Faith. And taught medical science some things they did not know about quality of life possible for such babies.

[Global2010]

LOL Catholic that went Baptist then ended up back Catholic.

It’s all good. : )

[Not gonna take it anymore]

When my daughter was pregnant she was high risk and there was concern about Down’s syndrome.

So she and I and my son in law went to get a sonogram. The clinic was pushing them to get other tests done especially amneosentisis. Now it is risky to take fluid from the mother to test for Down’s. They kept saying we can do the test and then let you know in two weeks or so and you can make a decision then.

My question to my daughter and son in law was: If he has Down’s are you planning to abort him?

Of course not, they said, this is our baby.

Then don’t get the test. You don’t need it. It’s risky.

The clinic wasn’t happy because they weren’t going to make any money but, we were so lucky because he was born perfect.

I cannot believe the people who get amneosentisis done just because they are so pushed into it.

[originalbuckeye]

You and your father were named packrat???

[OldMissileer]

OK. My monitor is blurry.

God bless you little Faith. You are in His loving hands now. You have enriched the lives of everyone around you.

God bless you, Myah Walker, for Making the world a brighter place with your love and for giving us 93 wonderful days with your beautiful child.

The entire world is a better place for having little Faith in it.

[mrs tiggywinkle]

I’m so thankful this young mother was blessed by and with, Faith. Her life is changed forever. I encourage each FReeper to read the blog about Faith. It’s lovely.

[TalonDJ]

I think I will go home now and kiss my 39 day old...

[eccentric]

The opposite of unconditional love is planned parenthood.

[packrat35]

Not quite!

[dixiechick2000]

What a testimony for life, and what a brave, strong young woman Myah is.

God bless her, and heal her heart.

Thank you both for the post and ping.

[Global2010]

Amazing isnt it that Medical folks are always ready to give your health issues worse case scenerio but they dont always fill you in on all the side effects of the procedures they want do.

[wagglebee]

The opposite of unconditional love is planned parenthood.

That would make a fantastic billboard or tagline!

[BykrBayb]

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

Yes, they are. And I’m baffled by them being baffled. It seems simple enough. I don’t see how they could be so confused.

[fanfan]