Category: Infants

By Right to Life UK Premature twins, Finn and Zack Bishop, are now flourishing at home after being born at 28 weeks, and just one day after doctors advised their parents to have an abortion. At 24 weeks, mother Caroline Bishop underwent pioneering surgery to correct a condition which was causing an uneven blood flow …

By Dave Andrusko Police in New Haven, Ct. have a 24-year-old woman in custody after maintenance workers at the Presidential Village apartment complex reported finding an eight-month-old girl in a dumpster on Monday afternoon. Andiana Velez has been charged with risk of injury to a child, second-degree assault, and first-degree reckless endangerment, according to WSFB-TV.  “Her …

By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. This story, which is part of our ongoing series of looking back at what appeared in NRL News Today one year back, combines the tragedy of a baby left to die with the blessing of her being miraculously  rescued. In the category of life is stranger than fiction and miracles …

Baby Tinslee was born prematurely and with a rare heart condition. Despite continued improvement, the hospital wants to remove life support, effectively killing Tinslee. By LifeSiteNews staff FORT WORTH, Texas, October 9, 2020 — Disability rights organizations joined religious leaders in an amici curiae brief to protect Baby Tinslee Lewis, a young girl born prematurely and with …

By Susan Hundley Sullivan Editor’s note. This appeared on the blog of Wisconsin Right to Life. For expecting parents, the words spoken often are “We just want a healthy baby.” As they plan for their baby, the usual preparations are regular visits with an obstetrician, choosing a pediatrician, setting up the nursery, shopping for cute …

By Wesley J. Smith On Sept. 25, President Trump signed an executive order designed to save babies who survive abortion. The order doesn’t actually mention the word “abortion,” but make no mistake: The babies protected are those who survive after mid to late-term abortions result in a live birth instead of a dead fetus. Specifically, Trump’s …

By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. This ran a few months back, but the response was so overwhelming (one of the largest ever!), I thought it made sense to repost for those who haven’t read it yet. When Angela Primachenko told Sheinelle Jones on the TODAY show this morning,” I feel like I’m a miracle walking,” she …

By Texas Right to Life Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth asked the Supreme Court of Texas on August 20 for permission to remove Baby Tinslee Lewis’s ventilator against her mother’s will.  The Second Court of Appeals issued a comprehensive ruling in July that argued the 10-Day Rule is likely unconstitutional, and Tinslee’s mother, …

By Right to Life UK A two-year-old from Cambridge born with her stomach, liver, and bowel on the outside of her body continues to defy the odds after her parents rejected advice from doctors to have an abortion. Doctors did not expect Laurel Phizacklea, who was born with a major exomphalos – a condition which …

By Texas Right to Life Editor’s note. My family will be gone on vacation through August 24. During that span we’ll run prior posts from the past year that remain timely and/or were particularly well-received. We will also add a new story or two as events dictate. Elouise Simpson’s parents were told to end her …

By Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca.), House Minority Leader Editor’s note. This appeared at the Daily Wire and was reposted at NRL News Today on July 29, 2019. Alas, the answer proved to be—for Democrats—No: we do find it acceptable for infants with beating hearts (abortion survivors) to be left to die. Democrats are determined that The …