By Jonathon Van Maren\/LifeSite News<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The abortion industry\u2019s ugliest secret is that babies are regularly born alive after attempted abortions and left to die by the medical professionals who had just tried to kill them. There are frequent and documented examples of this in just the past several years\u00a0in the United Kingdom, the\u00a0United States,\u00a0Canada, and in\u00a0Ireland, where abortion has only been legal since 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now government data has confirmed that in New Zealand, babies are being born alive after attempted abortions at least once a month and, as is standard practice, are dying without being provided medical care. Abortion is legal on demand until 20 weeks of pregnancy and is frequently perpetrated afterwards if a doctor signs off that it is necessary for \u201chealth\u201d reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n‘We wouldn’t do that to an animal. I was horrified,’ said a healthcare student who witnessed a baby left gasping for two hours after a born-alive abortion.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFamily First New Zealand reported\u00a0they were able to obtain\u00a0government data\u00a0after filing an official request, and discovered preborn children survive attempted abortions on a regular basis,\u201d Live Action News\u00a0reported. \u201cSince 2020, 80 attempted abortions have resulted in live births, though the real number may be even higher, as some districts did not provide the information. The abortion survivors were between 20 and 30 weeks gestation, and received no life-saving care.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report further\u00a0noted\u00a0that medical care was only granted to babies who were wanted by their parents: \u201cDisturbingly, Te Tai Tokerau district said that life-sustaining care is considered only for \u2018wanted<\/em>\u00a0babies at 22 weeks + 5 days.\u2019 At Waikato, there is \u2018parental\u00a0discretion<\/em>\u00a0to opt in or opt out of resuscitation.\u2019 Canterbury have previously\u00a0advised\u00a0that the \u2018baby is wrapped in a blanket and held until it passes.\u2019<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Specific instances of this horrifying protocol have been revealed in the past. In 2021, Gript\u00a0reported\u00a0that a \u201chealthy baby was reportedly born alive after an unsuccessful late-term abortion, and was left to die in a New Zealand hospital\u201d and that \u201cthe baby was left gasping for two hours whilst healthcare workers refused to intervene, before dying.\u201d A healthcare student who was deeply traumatized from witnessing the baby\u2019s death said the mother had been over 21 weeks pregnant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe wouldn\u2019t do that to an animal. I was horrified,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0the student, going by the pseudonym Nicola. \u201cWe didn\u2019t empower this woman by leaving her child to suffer and die like that. When she left the hospital, she was still in need of support and help for her situation. All we did was end the life of her baby in a drawn-out and cruel way. It\u2019s actually vile and disgusting that any human would be treated that way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The previous year, MP Simon O\u2019Connor had proposed an amendment to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern\u2019s Abortion Bill mandating that children who survived an attempted abortion be granted care. The government, including Ardern herself, opposed the amendment. \u201cWe were told that my amendment was not necessary, yet here we are in a situation with a baby born alive, left to die alone \u2013 and it\u2019s just awful,\u201d O\u2019Connor said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are not surprised by this [new government] data \u2013 but it is still truly shocking. Whether the unborn child is 15, 20, 30 or 40 weeks in the womb, it will naturally be fighting for its life,\u201d said Bob McCoskrie, CEO of Family First New Zealand. \u201cThat is our human instinct. We should be protecting the lives of innocent babies who survive attempted abortions. We should be making abundantly clear that this is an obligation on medical professionals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
McCroskie noted that there is now government data affirming what pro-lifers have long asserted\u2014that babies do sometimes survive abortions. Minister of Health and Labour Andrew Little had previously dismissed these claims, saying: \u201cI would like to see the science about a child being born after an abortion.\u201d McCroskie responded: \u201cHere is the evidence. This is not about politics \u2013 this is about having a heart.\u201d He\u2019s right. There are even a handful of\u00a0abortion survivors who have lived to tell their stories\u2014for the abortion industry, the ones that got away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This story was first published as a blog by Life Site News<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About the Author:<\/strong> Jonathon\u2019s writings have been translated into more than six languages and in addition to LifeSiteNews, has been published in the\u00a0National Post<\/em>,\u00a0National Review<\/em>,\u00a0First Things<\/em>, The Federalist, The American Conservative, The Stream, the\u00a0Jewish Independent,<\/em>\u00a0the\u00a0Hamilton Spectator<\/em>,\u00a0Reformed Perspective Magazine<\/em>, and LifeNews, among others. He is a contributing editor to The European Conservative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His insights have been featured on CTV, Global News, and the CBC, as well as over twenty radio stations. He regularly speaks on a variety of social issues at universities, high schools, churches, and other functions in Canada, the United States, and Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is the author of The Culture War<\/em>, Seeing is Believing: Why Our Culture Must Face the Victims of Abortion<\/em>, Patriots: The Untold Story of Ireland\u2019s Pro-Life Movement<\/em>, Prairie Lion: The Life and Times of Ted Byfield<\/em>, and co-author of A Guide to Discussing Assisted Suicide<\/em> with Blaise Alleyne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jonathon serves as the communications director for the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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