DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

How Small Is Too Small?

English: A new mother holds her baby who was born 10 weeks premature at Kapiolani Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

FROM THE ARCHIVES OF NEW OXFORD REVIEW

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How Small Is Too Small?

Tiny but viable premature babies raise the criterion of size: Can an unborn child be too small to be considered human?

Photo from http://www.baby2see.com/index.html

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Rumaisa Rahman weighed 8.6 ounces (244g) or less than a can of soft drink, and was just 9.5 inches (24 cm) long. She has a twin, Hiba, who weighed 1 pound 4 ounces (563g) at birth. The babies were conceived naturally and the twins were delivered by Caesarean section at 25 weeks and six days on September 19 2004 at Loyola University Medical Center.