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Baby boy survives for nearly two days after abortion
Telegraph ^ | April 27, 2010 | Simon Caldwell

Posted on 04/28/2010 9:08:21 AM PDT by NYer

The 22-week infant later died in intensive care at a hospital in the mother's home town of Rossano in southern Italy.

The mother, pregnant for the first time, had opted for an abortion after prenatal scans suggested that her baby was disabled.

However the infant survived the procedure, carried out on Saturday in the Rossano Calabria hospital, and was left by doctors to die.

He was discovered alive the following day – some 20 hours after the operation – by Father Antonio Martello, the hospital chaplain, who had gone to pray beside his body.

He found that the baby, wrapped in a sheet with his umbilical cord still attached, was moving and breathing.

The priest raised the alarm and doctors immediately arranged for the infant to be taken to a specialist neonatal unit at a neighbouring hospital where he died on Monday morning.

Italian police are investigating the case for "homicide" because infanticide is illegal in Italy.

The law means that doctors have had an obligation to try to preserve the life of the child once he had survived the abortion.

The Italian government is also considering an inquiry into the conduct of the hospital staff.

The case has reignited controversy on the legality of abortion in the proudly Roman Catholic country.

It could also raise questions in Britain over the legal upper limits for abortion and the viability of the foetus – or its ability to survive outside of the womb.

A spokesman for the ProLife Alliance said: "There cannot be anybody in the world who is not horrified by a story like this nor anybody in the UK who would not support a massive reduction in the upper limit for abortion."

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: abortion; after; baby; boy; days; italy; nearly; survives; two
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1 posted on 04/28/2010 9:08:22 AM PDT by NYer
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To: netmilsmom; thefrankbaum; markomalley; Tax-chick; GregB; saradippity; Berlin_Freeper; Litany; ...
Since 1978 abortion has been available on demand in Italy in the first three months of pregnancy but is restricted to specific circumstances – such as disability- in the second trimester. The government is considering a review of the working of the laws.

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2 posted on 04/28/2010 9:09:05 AM PDT by NYer ("Where Peter is, there is the Church." - St. Ambrose of Milan)
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the “mother” will have some explaining to do when she meets her loving child’s soul someday


3 posted on 04/28/2010 9:10:04 AM PDT by silverleaf (Karl Marx was not one of the founding fathers ....)
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To: NYer

Obama was too busy to get there to finish the job i guess,,


4 posted on 04/28/2010 9:10:53 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: NYer

Oh how awful...

Poor little baby...


5 posted on 04/28/2010 9:11:35 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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A priest discovered him moving and breathing 20 hours later? Covered in a sheet? Just lying there?

No one KNEW he was alive when born or checked on him later? Not even the mother or her relatives? No one wanted to see him?

Who ARE such people?


6 posted on 04/28/2010 9:13:14 AM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spirito Sancto.)
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To: DesertRhino
Yeah, wouldn't want her punished with a baby or anything. /sarc

Prayers for the child.

By the way, I love your tag line.

7 posted on 04/28/2010 9:13:20 AM PDT by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy Saints surrounded)
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To: silverleaf

About half of American “mothers” will have some explaining to do;I use abortion as my “litmus test” in gauging people,because anyone willing to kill a defenseless innocent is someone not to be trusted with anything.


8 posted on 04/28/2010 9:13:54 AM PDT by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
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To: combat_boots

“Who ARE such people?”

The same mentality as Nazi concentration camp guards


9 posted on 04/28/2010 9:15:26 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Chairman Mao was a community organizer)
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To: NYer

Hell will be hot for a long, long time.....


10 posted on 04/28/2010 9:17:41 AM PDT by mom4melody
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I sincerely doubt that abortion doctors have shame or a conscience. They are merely licensed murderers. I hope this Doctor is haunted by this child for the rest of his life.


11 posted on 04/28/2010 9:21:40 AM PDT by Venturer
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These stories break my heart. What the hell’s wrong with people?


12 posted on 04/28/2010 9:24:06 AM PDT by fullchroma (Obama: GET OUT OF MY DOCTOR'S OFFICE!)
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To: hoosierham

I couldn’t use that test. I know two wonderful ladies who had abortions at the pressure of their jerk boyfriends when they were teens. Both regret it. One says God may have forgiven her, but she still can’t. I told her she could use her experience to keep other girls from going through the same experience.


13 posted on 04/28/2010 9:27:58 AM PDT by HungarianGypsy
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However the infant survived the procedure, carried out on Saturday in the Rossano Calabria hospital, and was left by doctors to die.

They purposely left the baby to die.

The method that obama supports:Obama and live birth abortion

14 posted on 04/28/2010 9:28:22 AM PDT by cowboyway (Molon labe)
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To: fullchroma

It sure feels like a losing battle to be pro-life in this world. But I’m getting to the point where it’s difficult for me to care anymore whether some idiot liberal decides to kill their baby. Let God sort them out.

I’m 100% pro-life, so don’t take this the wrong way. Studies show that democRATS kill 2/3 of the babies aborted. So aren’t they killing themselves off in essence? Silver lining?

God I hate liberals.


15 posted on 04/28/2010 9:30:35 AM PDT by bicyclerepair (FR - my online family. From Ft. Lauderdale, Florida)
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To: DesertRhino

Does make you wonder how much blood is on his hands from the way he has voted. Obama’s voting record on abortion is the most appalling of an of the legislators.


16 posted on 04/28/2010 9:30:48 AM PDT by MsLady (If you died tonight, where would you go? Salvation, don't leave earth without it!)
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To: Venturer
I hope this Doctor is haunted by this child for the rest of his life.

That is indeed what happened to another abortionist. You can read his story below.

Serbian Abortionist Who Aborted 48,000 Babies Becomes Pro-Life Activist

17 posted on 04/28/2010 9:31:03 AM PDT by NYer ("Where Peter is, there is the Church." - St. Ambrose of Milan)
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To: NYer

notre dame discriminates vs Father Weslin...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiz4tfjSuPc


18 posted on 04/28/2010 9:32:39 AM PDT by biggredd1
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I’m 100% pro-life, so don’t take this the wrong way. Studies show that democRATS kill 2/3 of the babies aborted. So aren’t they killing themselves off in essence? Silver lining?

1. Any infanticide is wrong.

2. In some countries, abortion is mandated by a tyrannical government.

3. Yes, it COULD happen here.

19 posted on 04/28/2010 9:34:31 AM PDT by Grizzled Bear (Does not play well with others.)
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To: HungarianGypsy
My test is IF the person in question believes/supports/demands "abortion rights cuurently;someone who excuses abortions by blaming them on others is still not accepting personal responsibility.

I know about the judge not thing,but there is also the adcive to not associate with some persons.

20 posted on 04/28/2010 9:38:37 AM PDT by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
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