Mrs. L.M., a former anesthetic nurse, describes what took place when a 28-week-old baby was born alive during an abortion in France. The abortion took place in 1987. The mother was HIV positive. L.M. says:
It was in a maternity of Paris suburbs (South) in 1987. I was an anesthetic nurse at the time and I intervened in monitoring the epidural composed by the Anesthetist…
Gynecologists convinced [the mother] to abort but the baby was born alive. Midwives simply put it in an empty box, naked in a stainless steel tub, cold, without any care. His mother was conscious during labor and delivery of the baby; she was crying and wanted to see her little one but the doctors decided that this child should die. They did not give the child to the mother to spare her. This baby was viable, he was breathing on his own and cried vigorously. I honestly think it was just left to die of cold … it was horrible…! We were harnessed in our gloves, overshirts, headwear, masks, “overshoes” because we were afraid of getting AIDS, and the baby, naked, abandoned by all, and so vulnerable. He took a long time to stop whining. - Source
A large crowd of people followed Jesus, including many women who mourned and lamented him. Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep instead for yourselves and for your children, for indeed, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed.’ At that time people will say to the mountains, ‘Fall upon us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’ - Luke 23:30
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ReplyDeletePrecious innocents lost ... Lord Jesus have mercy on us.
DeleteTears.
ReplyDeleteToday I read a story about a woman who could feel her twins fighting for their lives during an abortion. It's insanity - such hardness of heart - I can't even express the anguish I feel reading these stories.
DeleteAll the time on the news, for their good news segments, they show people bringing in hurt animals to be rehabilitated, orphaned baby rabbits, what people believe to be an abandoned baby deer, or fledgling birds - to be nursed and saved and returned to their habitat.
Recently in the news covering survival stories of the floods and disasters, they reveal it was the cry of babies that led rescuers into the gravest dangers to rescue them - one woman said she wouldn't let go of the baby and she prayed - and then the baby cried - and only then were they rescued.
This is why I love to hear babies cry at Mass - they remind me of those whose cries are not heard, and it rends my heart - and I pray that babies and little kids will no longer suffer from our cold indifference and lack of love.