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Living Proof 2/21/2007 Amillia Taylor -- viable after only 21 weeks. "Viable" may require a new standard when referencing babies inside the womb. The majority of countries in Europe ban abortions after 24 weeks because the "fetus" is then considered viable outside the womb and hence would involve destroying a human life. But tell that to Amillia Taylor, the viable child who was delivered at only 21 weeks and went home with her family this week from Baptist Children's Hospital.
Amillia was born October 24, weighing 10 ounces and measuring 9.5 inches long. "She is truly a miracle baby," said Dr. William Smalling, a neonatologist with Baptist Children's Hospital. Not only did she live, but the Associated Press reports that she is healthy and getting stronger. She "now weighs about 4 1/2 pounds and is just over 15 1/2 inches long." "She's going to be in a normal crib, she's going to have normal feedings, she's taking all her feedings from a bottle," Smalling said. Amillia's viability may serve as a wake up call to women considering abortions and bring them to the realization that it is truly a human being growing in their womb and not a blob of tissue as many have been told.
It is unconscionable that pro-abortionists take the stance that this fully-formed baby with the ability to feel, see, hear, taste and cry is not a human because it is inside another human. Last year alone, nearly 12,000 abortions were committed in America against babies Amillia's age and older, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. If a baby can survive outside of her mother's womb at 21 weeks, how much more likely is it that the child can feel pain at earlier stages in pregnancy?
Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kansas) recently introduced the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act (S. 356), a bill that would require women to be informed that their baby will experience pain while it is being aborted. Perhaps that knowledge will deter more women from making the tragic mistake of aborting their babies. If they decide to go through with it, Sen. Brownback's bill would require the doctor to offer anesthesia for the baby.
Wendy Wright, President of Concerned Women for America (CWA), says of the Act, "Just because a baby is slated to be aborted does not mean it has to be done in the most horrifyingly painful ways possible. Every unborn baby deserves to be treated with respect, but until abortion is once again outlawed we should at the least ensure the death is not excruciating."
CWA hopes that baby Amillia, living proof of the humanity and viability of "fetuses," will put a face on the 12,000 babies just like her that are aborted every year.
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