By Maria Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation Recently, a friend of mine, ever-sunny Robin, was all set to serve as a volunteer on a women’s retreat weekend. Then she learned that her beloved grandchild in utero, Quinn, had to be delivered...
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Baby delivered while mother in coma wakes her mom with a lick to the cheek
By Dave Andrusko Up until her 37th week, Louise Bonfield of Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, England had experienced an uneventful pregnancy. And when her right arm and leg began tingling, she was told by a doctor that it was merely a “trapped nerve.” But subsequently...
“Life in the Womb (9 months in four minutes)”
By Dave Andrusko I always love to watch well-done stories of fetal development, even more so now that our daughter-in-law has had two babies. NRL News Today has written about many YouTube videos, here’s one more: “Life in the Womb (9 months in four minutes)” So what...
Why the ‘What If I hadn’t been born’ question so annoys pro-abortionists
By Dave Andrusko A while back Slate managing editor Rachael Larimore, no dyed-in-the-wool pro-lifer, wrote a column titled, “What if I hadn’t been born” which touched off a flurry of comments. And because she is not one of us, it made her observations all the more...
Amazing photos taken seconds after birth show newborns in all their beautiful sublime grittiness
By Dave Andrusko I’m guessing that on a first take, I might not be the only one to be of (at least) two minds about photographer Christian Berthelot’s "Cesar," which is part of the Circulation(s) festival on view at Centquatre in Paris. “The French artist captures...
Media Applaud Pampers’ Heartwarming Ad Celebrating Unborn Babies
By Katie Yoder While the upcoming Superbowl ads count on puppies and scantily clad women for views, Pampers is counting on something infinitely more precious: babies – both born and unborn. Pampers’ new ad, “A Newborn Journey of Firsts,” boasts almost 950,000...
Florida mom awakes from coma to deliver baby girl, mother and daughter doing well
By Dave Andrusko When Jenny Quiles was struck by a tow truck October 15 as she approached her doctor’s office, she successfully shielded her unborn baby, then seven months. However she suffered a traumatic brain injury and doctors placed her in a...
Savannah’s and Vale’s nine-month journey—she was “here” all the time
By Dave Andrusko Whew, just in time! Hours after we posted our story about Savannah Guthrie, the Today Show co-host delivered Vale Guthrie Feldman, all 8.5 pounds of her. Today’s Matt Lauer explained this morning that “Vale” is taken from an old English word...
Welcome to our world, Ava Leigh
By Dave Andrusko You would think that as the father of four, I would have been more understanding. But there I was, asking Melissa Ohden if she could put the finishing touches on a piece for the August issue of National Right to Life News just at the moment...
Baby Ziah, declared dead eight minutes after birth, “comes back to life”
By Dave Andrusko The British publication The Daily Mail is a seemingly inexhaustible source for stories of babies (and moms) who beat incredible odds to survive. Add to that joyous litany Nikkita Pereira whose son Ziah was delivered by emergency Caesarean...