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Article: Unborn Baby with Dwarfism Killed at 32 Weeks in Australian Hospital.(Brief Article)
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- National Right to Life News
- Article date:
- July 1, 2000
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Australian pro-lifers were horrified to learn that a 32-week-old unborn baby diagnosed with dwarfism died from a late-term abortion in a Melbourne hospital January 31. Royal Women's Hospital initially suspended the three doctors involved in the abortion July 2 after an internal review, but quickly reinstated them and issued a report saying they acted in "good faith," according to The Age.
Pro-lifers and disability-rights advocates said they were appalled that the baby was killed within weeks of birth. "It needs to be reinforced that dwarfism is not a death sentence and life remains very much full of promise," Francis Kelly, chair of Short-Statured People of ...