The family, wounded but undeterred, found two surgeons at the Vanderbelt University Hospital in Nashville who were performing risky surgery on 3 to 4 month old fetuses.
The high risk surgery was performed in the 23rd week of gestation and took less than one hour to remove the womb, and using ultrasound to detect the baby's position, cut a small slit, sew the opening up at the base of her spine and close the womb. Before doing so, one of the doctor's pulled her arm out and proclaimed that she would be a beautiful girl. Sarah Marie was born 2 monts premature, healthy.
This photo became the center of a controversy when the Fox News cable channel canned talk-show host Matt Drudge. The cyber-pundit, who broke the Monica Lewinsky story, was tossed in November after refusing to tape his weekly show. Network execs had refused to allow him to show the photo, claiming Drudge planned to use it to further his anti-abortion agenda; he cried censorship and walked.
Yes. The baby's name is Samuel Armas.