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Baby Born With Heart Outside of Body and Miraculously Survives

On November 22nd at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester, England – a miracle happened. Of course the word “miracle” isn’t always a favorite among the medical community but in this case that’s exactly what it was. Vanellope Hope Wilkins was born with her heart beating outside of her body. The condition, ectopia cordis, is extremely rare, […]

My Daughter and I Could Have Died, But Abortion Was Never an Option

My husband and I prayed for years to be blessed with a baby. We were hoping for a spontaneous miracle, but when that didn’t happen, we looked for some medical intervention. We gathered up all of our savings, cashed in retirement funds, sold belongings, and eventually scraped up enough money to pay for one round […]

When Abortion Wins, We All Lose — How This NEW Fetal Surgery is Changing the Conversation Around Abortion

The New York Times wrote an incredibly life-affirming, beautiful story a couple of weeks ago. A pediatric neurosurgeon operated on a spina bifida patient … who was still inside his mother’s uterus! Lexi Royer and her husband, Joshuwa, were high school sweethearts who’d always longed for children, but Mrs. Royer had health issues that made […]

Pregnant and Facing Death — Abortion Was Never an Option

Abortion and Knee Surgery Are the Same – Right?

Rewire recently published an interesting piece on the state of women making decisions about abortion. The article, written by Nicole Knight, is titled, “New Research Eviscerates Widespread Anti-Choice Myth.” Ah, don’t you just love loaded language? The “research” they cite refers to a study that shows that women feel more certain about their decision to […]