Survivor: The Womb Edition

Having just witnessed the miracle of new life, I was amazed at the story of the Lord's protection over an unborn baby that doctors in the U.K. tried--unsuccessfully--to abort.

The child, who physicians claimed suffered from an enlarged heart that would likely be fatal in the womb, was a twin. Heeding their doctors' advice, which was to put the child out of his misery, Rebecca and Mark Jones reluctantly agreed to abort the baby in hopes of saving his brother.

Gabriel, as he is now known, had other ideas. When the medical team tried to sever his umbilical cord to cut off the blood supply, the cord was too strong.

Next they tried to divide the placenta in half "so that when Gabriel died, it wouldn't affect his twin brother." To everyone's amazement, Gabriel survived for another five weeks--long enough for Rebecca to deliver him. She and her husband now marvel that their babies are both alive and completely healthy. "No one could quite believe it," Rebecca says, seven months later.

In fact, the procedure that doctors thought would end Gabriel's life was later credited with saving it. The distribution of nutrients through the separate placentas helped give him the strength he needed to keep fighting. As moving as this story is, it does underscore just how vital it is for families to have pro-life doctors who share their worldview. Like the Joneses, we're often at the mercy of the medical community's opinion, and surely we all want their advice to be illuminated through a pro-life lens.



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OMD Comment: Gabriel may have had other ideas but GOD certainly had other ideas! God knits us together in the womb. Psalm 139:13 "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb." He knows how many hairs we have on our head. We are wonderfully made and this story, gleaned from Tony Perkins Washington Update Nov. 5, 2007 edition, is evidence of divine intervention. Did you pick up on the fact that the docs couldn't cut the umbellical cord? AND that the divided placenta continued to nourish Gabriel? YOU TELL ME! Do you think God is making a statement here? May I suggest that you read the whole of Psalm 139? God watches over us ALL. Every Day! he wants to have a relationship with each of us.

45,000,000 babies have been aborted at the hands of doctors who took an oath to protect ALL life. The blood of the innocent cries out to God. "O Lord, hear their cries" Our hearts are groaning for the protection of the unborn, Father."

A Fellow Christian Sojourner and One More Disciple of the Christ, Jesus

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