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February 09, 2005
Twins Born 3 1/2 Months Early
The smallest baby ever to be delivered and survive has gone home after 6 months at Loyola Medical here in Chicago, weighing 5 pounds, 8 ounces. When she was born via caesarean section she weighed only 8.6 ounces, while her bigger sister weighed 1 pound, 4 ounces. She's "expected to have normal physical and mental development," though I don't know how they can tell at this stage.
The two were delivered 14 weeks early because the mother developed a dangerous medical condition. It's an amazing story.
These children were only in the second trimester. They could still have been aborted almost anywhere in the US. If we can replace a womb with a machine this early and the baby survives and continues to develop, I can't see how people can continue to argue that unborn children are morally just a cluster of cells. I hope this experience helped open some eyes to the moral realities behind the status of the unborn.
Posted by Ben at February 9, 2005 11:45 AM
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