Via Lifenews:
Little Coeli Zielinski weighed less than 2 pounds when she was born almost 15 weeks early. Doctors predicted that she had a 50-50 chance of surviving and more than likely would have disabilities.
But the little Oregon girl defied the odds, and now is a happy, healthy 3-year-old child. She also has become a familiar face in the fight against late-term abortions in Oregon.
Live Action News reports when Merissa Zielinski was 25 weeks pregnant with Coeli, she began to bleed. Her husband, Brian, rushed her to the hospital where doctors soon discovered that Merissa had dilated to six centimeters.
Here’s more from the report:
Coeli was breech and extremely fragile, weighing in at less than two pounds. “We had many wonderful doctors coming in and out of the room, with one ‘bad egg.’” Merissa says. “The ‘bad’ doctor recommended that I just push Coeli out and let her pass away because the chances were high that she would experience disabilities, and, he cautioned me, it would be easier on MY body to not have the classical c-section that would be required.
Coeli was not supposed to survive. But here’s what happened:
Coeli’s story is becoming more and more common. A 2015 study found that overall survival rates for infants born between 22 and 28 weeks have climbed to about 79 percent. The pro life movement, and the innocent children it seeks to protect are only served by medical advances that help showcase the viability of premature infants that tear down the fiction that an abortion ends a human life. In the past several years, popular support for abortion continues to dwindle, and if we want that to continue, it’s important that we tell stories like Coeli’s. The protection of the innocent depends on it.
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