by APFLI | Dec 23, 2015 | Hard Cases - Incest / Rape / Congenital Anomalies / Life of Mother, Right to Life - Archive
The news just kept getting worse and worse for Courtney Mitchell and her unborn son. It began when Mitchell went for her 20-week ultrasound. Her doctor discovered strange pockets of fluid in her placenta and ordered a high risk ultrasound for the next day. After the...
by APFLI | Dec 6, 2015 | Hard Cases - Incest / Rape / Congenital Anomalies / Life of Mother, Prenatal Surgery
When Andrea Hasse of Michigan was pregnant with her son, Grant, he was diagnosed with a condition that has about 1% chance of survival. His airways were largely blocked and he would suffer from lack of oxygen after birth. Doctors operated at 27 weeks of pregnancy and...
by APFLI | Apr 22, 2006 | Hard Cases - Incest / Rape / Congenital Anomalies / Life of Mother
Jacob has survived despite receiving a rare metabolic disorder of the liver from his mother, Keeley. Although doctors warned her that getting pregnant would be risky, Keeley had no thoughts about abortion once she found out she was carrying Jacob and that he had...
by APFLI | Mar 13, 2004 | Hard Cases - Incest / Rape / Congenital Anomalies / Life of Mother
Keep in mind that screening/testing for genetic abnormalities can prove to be inaccurate… CYSTIC FIBROSIS SCREENING LED TO "UNNECESSARY" ABORTIONS, RESEARCHERS SAY "New Scientist" magazine has reported that a national U.S. screening program...
by APFLI | Mar 13, 2004 | Hard Cases - Incest / Rape / Congenital Anomalies / Life of Mother
I wanted to comment about hard cases. I have a son who is 7 years old who has Cornelia de Lange Syndrome. He was diagnosed at @ 4 mo. It has not been easy raising him thus far; but, I must say I would not take any amount of money for him or the experience of having...
