Healthy boy survived the BPAS' three abortion attempts

Main Category: Abortion
Article Date: 14 Feb 2005 - 12:00 PDT

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Two years ago, a baby boy was delivered at 24 weeks after three failed attempts to abort him by doctors at the BPAS (British Pregnancy Advisory Service). The 24 year old mother who had been given a series of abortion drugs was told by the clinic that the ultrasound scan confirmed that the child was dead. On her way home from the clinic she felt fetal movement and changed her mind about the abortion. The baby, now a healthy 2 year old, spent seven months in the neonatal intensive care unit at Hope Hospital in Manchester, UK, before being allowed home.

'This horrific case again highlights the gross injustice of abortion. A healthy baby had to fight for his life whilst doctors tried repeatedly to kill him,' said Julia Millington of the ProLife Alliance.

'We are opposed to abortion at any stage of gestation and are confident that our nation has the humanity to reject the perverse mentality of those who campaign for abortion to be available "as early as possible and as late as necessary".

'We praise this mother for her courage in changing her mind and saving the life of her baby. Abortion is promoted as a woman's right to choose yet it is clear that this mother, likes many others, 'chose' abortion because she felt that she had no other choice. What kind of choice is that? What kind of society is it that offers abortion as the only real solution to a crisis pregnancy?'

Julia Millington
Political Director
ProLife Alliance
Tel: 020 7581 6939
Fax: 020 7581 3868
info@prolife.org.uk
http://www.prolife.org.uk

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