Posted on 02/23/2017 12:42:38 PM PST by redleghunter
Pro-life obstetricians understand that a pregnant woman isn't the only patient, and now medical ability allows them to act on what science has already confirmed with earlier treatments for unborn and premature babies.
A study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine on February 16, 2017, from Duke Health of more than 4,000 babies born between 22 and 24 weeks shows more of those infants are surviving and with fewer neurological difficulties. Dr. Donna Harrison, executive director of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, says while that should be celebrated, it also should cause one to pause and reflect on how that weighs in on the abortion issue.
"Babies who we thought could never survive at 22 or 23 weeks now survive about 30 percent of the time without problems," she says. "And so we have a situation in our mind where we think that if a baby survives outside the womb then that's a person worth protecting – but we don't protect the same baby inside the womb."
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Is viability still 24 weeks? Looks like that needs to be moved back now. The newest technology is creating a conundrum for the pro-aborts.
>”Babies who we thought could never survive at 22 or 23 weeks now survive about 30 percent of the time without problems,”
What happens to the other 70 percent and who pays the hundreds of thousands of dollars for premature medical bills?
About 1/3 don’t make it, 1/3 have one or more serious issues, and 1/3 minor issues. At least that is what the NICU doctor told me at 2 in the morning when my wife went into labor at 25 weeks.
I’m glad I had good insurance with my company.
Great post!
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I think it’s about time we celebrate our birthday on our estimated day of conception. Mine is in June or July. I like July 4th, actually!
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