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Genocide Awareness Project
The Genocide Awareness Project (GAP) is a traveling
photo-mural exhibit which compares the contemporary
genocide of abortion to historically recognized
forms of genocide. It visits university campuses
around the country to show as many students as
possible what abortion actually does to unborn
children and get them to think about abortion in a
broader historical context.
In the Womb - by National
Geographic
>> check out these amazing images
National Geographic shows some
amazing images of the life of the baby while in the
womb.
The webpage description identifies,
"Featuring pioneering medical imaging
technology, called 4-D ultrasound, which shows the
fetus as it sucks its thumb, blinks, yawns, smiles,
and moves in real time inside the womb, In the Womb
also includes stunning images from in-utero surgery
as a doctor inserts a fetoscope through the mother's
womb and into the fetus to correct a congenital
defect."
Samuel's Hand
A picture began
circulating in November, 2002 It should be "The
Picture of the Year," or perhaps, "Picture of the
Decade." It won't be. In fact, unless you obtained a
copy of the US paper which published it, you
probably would never have seen it. The picture is
that of a 21-week-old unborn baby named Samuel
Alexander Armas, who is being operated on by a
surgeon named Joseph Bruner. The baby was diagnosed
with spina bifida and would not have survived if
removed from his mother's womb. Little Samuel's
mother, Julie Armas, is an obstetrics nurse in
Atlanta. She knew of Dr. Bruner's remarkable
surgical procedure. Practicing at Vanderbilt
University Medical Center in Nashville, he performs
these special operations while the baby is still in
the womb. During the procedure, the doctor removes
the uterus via C-section and makes a small incision
to operate on the baby. As Dr. Bruner completed the
surgery on little Samuel, the little guy reached his
tiny but fully developed hand through the incision
and firmly grasped the surgeon's finger.
In a Time Europe article highlighting new pregnancy
imagery (that shows the formation of major organs
and other significant evidence of the formation of
human life but a few days after conception), Dr.
Bruner was reported as saying that when his finger
was grasped, it was the most emotional moment of his
life, and that for an instant during the procedure
he was just frozen, totally immobile. The photograph
captures this amazing event with perfect clarity.
The editors titled the picture, "Hand of Hope."
The text explaining the picture begins, "The tiny
hand of 21-week-old fetus Samuel Alexander Armas
emerges from the mother's uterus to grasp the finger
of Dr. Joseph Bruner, as if thanking the doctor for
the gift of life." Little Samuel's mother said they
"wept for days" when they saw the picture. She said,
"The photo reminds us my pregnancy isn't about
disability or an illness, it's about a little
person."
Samuel was born in perfect health, the operation 100
per cent successful. Now - see the actual picture,
it is awesome. The world needs to see this one!
(follow-up letter from Samuel's mother is below
picture.)
Photo courtesy of Michael Clancy. Read the
photographer's story
Recent photos of young Samuel and updates to the
story... |
