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Newborn Makes History for Her Incredible Birth Weight

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23 weeks and three days...8.6 ounces...only a fetus...not human? I think not...

When she was born, the baby girl weighed about the same as an apple. A San Diego hospital on Wednesday revealed the birth of the girl and said she is believed to be the world's tiniest surviving micro-preemie, who weighed just 8.6 ounces when she was born in December, the AP reports. The girl was born 23 weeks and three days into her mother's 40-week pregnancy. Doctors told her father after the birth that he would have about an hour with his daughter before she died. "But that hour turned into two hours, which turned into a day, which turned into a week," the mother said in a video released by Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns. More than five months have passed, and she has gone home as a healthy infant, weighing 5 pounds.

The baby's family gave permission to share the story but wanted to stay anonymous; the nurses, however, called her "Saybie." In a video produced by the hospital, the mother described the birth as the scariest day of her life. She said she was taken to the hospital after not feeling well and was told she had preeclampsia, a serious condition that causes skyrocketing blood pressure, and that the baby needed to be delivered quickly. "I kept telling them she's not going to survive, she's only 23 weeks," the mother said. But she did. The tiny girl slowly gained weight in the neonatal intensive care unit. A pink sign by her crib read "Tiny but Mighty." The hospital said the girl officially weighed 7 grams less than the previous tiniest known baby, who was born in Germany in 2015.
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Newborn Makes History for Her Incredible Birth Weight
 
Ok... so why is this in the abortion section of the forums?
 
Elvira said:
Ask any pro-abortionist if a 23 week old fetus is a human...
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Every pro-choice person will answer that once they are born they are a person

Every anti-choicer has to lie to support their perverted immortality
 
sangha said:
Every pro-choice person will answer that once they are born they are a person

Every anti-choicer has to lie to support their perverted immortality
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Not only that, they will acknowledge that a fetus gestating inside a human woman is human.
 
I know some people just want to see this as a miracle, but I can't imagine she will be healthy or not have problems. For me, it's a story mixed with happiness, sadness, and anxiety.
 
5 months in the NICU I hope they have really good insurance and a huge bank account.
 
Elvira said:
Ask any pro-abortionist if a 23 week old fetus is a human...
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Otoh, you pass by the incubator and your footsteps are too loud, monitor alarms go off immediately.
 
Elvira said:
Ask any pro-abortionist if a 23 week old fetus is a human...
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Anyone with an 8th grade education should know the answer to that.

OTOH, anyone with a similar education knows that pro-choice does not mean pro-abortion.
 
Lursa said:
Anyone with an 8th grade education should know the answer to that.

OTOH, anyone with a similar education knows that pro-choice does not mean pro-abortion.
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I wonder if she realizes why most late abortions occur.

I pray for a long and happy life for this little one.
 
Elvira said:
Ask any pro-abortionist if a 23 week old fetus is a human...
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“Pro-abortionist” is a nonsensical and inflammatory dig. Your intent to start a flame thread is obvious and pathetic.

BTW, a 23 week old born infant is a human being. A 23 week unborn fetus isn’t. Pretty simple and obvious distinction between the two.
 
sangha said:
Every pro-choice person will answer that once they are born they are a person

Every anti-choicer has to lie to support their perverted immortality
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i don't think newborns are people yet but i like after birth as the standard point for not killing a human because it no longer inside a person and self awareness develops after birth so its just a good arbitrary cut off point on the safe side
 
blarg said:
i don't think newborns are people yet but i like after birth as the standard point for not killing a human because it no longer inside a person and self awareness develops after birth so its just a good arbitrary cut off point on the safe side
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I asked in another thread when people stop being people. You say that self awareness is important. So what about people in a coma, or people with dementia? Are they people? They need to be fed, clothed, kept clean. If we, as a nation, leave babies to die, what about those who are as helpless as they?
 
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