Over the past few days the news has been full of the fact that in a number of late abortion cases babies have been aborted at over 22 weeks gestation and left to die wrapped in a blanket in a room on their own, it can take an hour and a half or more before their heart stops beating. At the same time and probably in the same hospital babies of about 23 week’s gestation have a surprisingly high survival rate. Paediatricians and midwives fight to save their lives.
I have no intention of getting involved in a debate about abortion. What I am however surprised about is that people have not known that an aborted baby is not always born dead. Even those born within the limits of the normal permitted parameters for abortion ie not late abortions, can live for some time after the procedure.
Do we dare make a decision for ourselves on what we think about abortion. We are well educated but do we find the facts for ourselves and make our personal decisions based on factual, ethical, emotional and religious views or do we follow the status quo, bury our heads in the sand or hope we don't have to engage with it personally?
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