She Weighed 2 Pounds at Birth and Had a 50% Chance to Survive, Now She’s Saving Premature Babies
She Weighed 2 Pounds at Birth and Had a 50% Chance to Survive, Now She’s Saving Premature Babies – LifeNews.com
Thirty years ago, doctors were not sure if Sabina Checkett would survive because she was born so prematurely. But the tiny baby girl fought for her life; and today, she is helping other premature babies to thrive as a medical specialist in London, England. The Daily Mail reports Checkett was born weighing only 2 pounds, […]
New Study Shows Premature Babies Can Survive at Earlier Ages, But Will Hospitals Let Them Die? – LifeNews.com
A study published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrates widespread discriminatory denial of life-preserving medical treatment to premature infants based on fear that if assisted to live they might have disabilities – in defiance of protective federal law. It provided a startling snapshot into the treatment of very premature infants.
