L.A. Lutherans for Life

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

It Has Begun... Obama Administration Forcing Catholic Institution To Carry Abortion Coverage

Last year abortion survivor Gianna Jessen joined Born Alive Truth in a campaign to shine light on Barack Obama's horrific record on infanticide. Gianna, who had survived as a baby after being aborted, pointed out that--
Obama voted 4 times to support infanticide...

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Finger Grasping Baby in the Womb Is Nine Years Old Today!! That Is a Baby in There...

Nine years ago a Doctor was performing surgery on an un-born baby and that baby reached his tiny hand an grasped the doctor's finger---Many believe that such children should be aborted (murdered). Now the baby is nine today and is a good swimmer among other talents.

Miracle "Hand of Hope" Baby Turns Nine Years Old

Samuel Alexander Armas (born December 2, 1999) is the child shown in a famous photograph by Michael Clancy as he seemed to grasp his surgeon's hand from a hole in his mother's uterus during open fetal surgery for spina bifida. The photograph was taken during a pioneering surgical procedure performed on August 19, 1999 to fix the spina bifida lesion of a 21-week-old fetus in the womb. During the operation, Dr. Joseph Bruner successfully alleviated the effects of the opening in Samuel's spine caused by the spina bifida. As a result of the operation, Armas was healthy when he was delivered on December 02, 1999.

FOX News reported:
"When I see that picture, the first thing I think of is how special and lucky I am to have God use me that way," Samuel told FOXNews.com. "I feel very thankful that I was in that picture."

On Aug. 19, 1999, photographer Michael Clancy shot the "Fetal Hand Grasp" — his picture of a 21-week-old fetus grasping a doctor's finger during innovative surgery to correct spina bifida. Nearly four months later, on Dec. 2, Samuel Armas was "born famous."

The photo, which first appeared in USA Today on Sept. 7, 1999, quickly spread across the globe as proof of development in the womb and was later cited during congressional debates on the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, which passed in 2000.

"It's just a miracle picture, a miracle moment," Clancy told FOXNews.com. "It shows the earliest human interaction ever recorded."

Samuel, now 9 and living in Villa Rica, Ga., said the photo likely gave countless "babies their right to live" and forced many others to debate their beliefs on abortion, something he's proud of.

Aug. 19, 1999: The hand of Samuel Armas, then a 21-week-old fetus, is seen grasping the hand of Dr. Joseph Bruner.

That was ten years ago. Today Samuel Armas is nine years-old, a swimmer and says the photo likely gave countless "babies their right to live." Samuel took first place last weekend in a 25-yard backstroke event.

Some comments...

That little hand changed the photographer from pro-choice to ANTI ABORTION!! Quite a picture, huh!?

We Christians can use all art forms to get the TRUTH out!

Isn't that an amazing story!? I'm SO glad you blogged on it, Carol.

Samuel Armas, 9, proudly displays ribbons he's won for swimming. Backstroke is his best stroke, he said to FOX News.com

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations"