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  • Peyton Manning Was Born With a Cleft Lip, Tragically Some Babies With Cleft Lips are Aborted

    02/08/2016 7:07:54 PM PST · by kathsua · 35 replies
    Life News ^ | Feb 7, 2016 | Emily Derois
    Today parents are sometimes pressured to abort simply because their unborn child has a cleft lip, a correctable condition. Physicians categorize it as a disability. Yet a surprising number of successful individuals were born with cleft lips. Among them is Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning. Manning’s success story shows that his cleft lip did not hinder him at all. Because his parents chose life, Manning was able to grow and pursue his dreams in football. This week, he and his team will play in the biggest American sports game of the year — the 2016 Super Bowl. Manning is not only...
  • HBO climbs on 'Pinki's' Smile Train saga

    06/03/2009 5:22:56 AM PDT · by sukhoi-30mki · 2 replies · 470+ views
    Los Angeles Times ^ | June 2, 2009 | John Lopez
    <p>The documentary's Academy Award win puts it on the cable giant's radar.</p> <p>Sometimes winning an Oscar means more than bigger bucks for your next flick.</p> <p>Once in a while, it can even make the world a better place.</p> <p>That's the case with Megan Mylan, who won the Academy Award in February for her short documentary "Smile Pinki," which follows a young Indian girl and boy, Pinki Sonkar and Ghutaru Chauhan, as Pinki's cleft lip and Ghutaru's cleft palate are repaired. The film was commissioned and funded by the American charity Smile Train, a group that pays local doctors in 75 developing countries to perform the simple surgery that parents of such children rarely know is possible.</p>