Thread by me.
TORONTO, April 3, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The scandal of priests advising mothers whose babies are diagnosed with lethal fetal anomalies that having an early induction in such cases is not opposed to Catholic teaching is not new. The problem was already apparent in 2002, and denounced by Archbishop Terrence Prendergast in a column in The Catholic Register.
The issue came to the fore recently after LifeSiteNews.com published an exposé of such recommendations and procedures at St. Joseph’s Catholic hospital in London Ontario. Fr. Michael Prieur the ethical director at the hospital is responsible for the practice and believes it in synch with Catholic teaching.
Two mothers revealed to LSN that they were advised by Fr. Prieur that early induction would be permissible according to Catholic teaching since their children were diagnosed with lethal fetal anomalies. In both cases, the mothers' lives were not in any danger from their pregnancy, they were not asking for early induction and their strong sense that it was wrong caused them to reject the advice given to them by Father Prieur. . .
Thread by do the dhue.
Twins -- one aborted, one survives!
Sarah tells her story . . .
"Twenty-nine years ago, my mother decided to have an abortion. At the time, she was pregnant with twins, but nobody knew this, not even her doctor. My tiny brother and I were both there growing in her womb, until that dreadful day. Before the abortion, we were both alive. Moments later, I was alone.
It's frightening to think I was almost aborted when my mom had a D&C abortion. Somehow, miraculously, I survived! My twin brother wasn't so lucky. Andrew was aborted and we lost him forever.
Several weeks later, my mother was shocked to feel me kicking in her womb. She already had five children and she knew what it felt like when a baby kicked in the womb. She instantly knew that somehow she was still pregnant. She went back to the doctor and told him she was still pregnant...that she had made a big mistake and that she wanted to keep this baby.
To this day, my mother deeply regrets that abortion. I know the pain is unbearable for her at times when she looks at me and knows she aborted my twin brother. Mom says 'the protective hand of Almighty God saved my life . . . that God's hand covered and hid me in her womb, and protected me from the scalpel of death. . .