by APFLI | Jan 30, 2011 | Hard Cases - Incest / Rape / Congenital Anomalies / Life of Mother
Parents who were advised to abort their baby, went against doctors wishes and are now the parents of a beautiful little boy named Issac. Kylie Ingham, 22, was devastated when doctors advised her to abort her unborn baby at 20-weeks because a scan revealed he had major...
by APFLI | Oct 13, 2010 | Hard Cases - Incest / Rape / Congenital Anomalies / Life of Mother
The Tiny Foot By: Joe Wheeler http://911babies.com Several years ago a fragile young woman came to my office, expecting her first baby. One month before she was due, the baby was in a breech position. The death rate of breech babies is high because...
by APFLI | Jul 16, 2010 | Hard Cases - Incest / Rape / Congenital Anomalies / Life of Mother
This is a personal story. I want to share it with you, because it puts our Sanctity of Human Life ethic in perspective. It certainly sharpened my perspective! It concerns Elly, a girl I delivered in 1993. I had not seen her for 16 years, as they had moved away. I...
by APFLI | May 8, 2010 | Hard Cases - Incest / Rape / Congenital Anomalies / Life of Mother
“How can you deny an abortion to a twelve-year-old girl who is the victim of incest?” Typically, people on both sides of the abortion debate accept the premise that most women who become pregnant through sexual assault want abortions. From this “fact,” it naturally...
by APFLI | Sep 8, 2008 | Hard Cases - Incest / Rape / Congenital Anomalies / Life of Mother
A story that I first heard 25 years ago is worth re-telling. It was from Dr. J.A. MacDougall of St. John's, New Brunswick. It happened right after World War II before we had any effective treatment for tuberculosis. Back in those days, when a person got active TB,...
