Earlier this year, a baby was born alive after a botched abortion in Phoenix, Arizona, according to local news reports. The baby was transferred to a local hospital for care, but he or she did not survive.
This week, Live Action News reported another tragic case involving a baby who was born alive after a botched abortion nearly 30 years ago. Pro-life blogger Sarah Terzo uncovered the baby’s story as told by a nurse who witnessed his birth in 1987 in France. The story came from a 2015 document “Late Term Abortion & Neonatal Infanticide in Europe: Petition for the Rights of Newborns Surviving Their Abortion” by the European Centre for Law and Justice.
Terzo wrote:
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…