Although doctors gave them only 1% percent chance of survival, miraculously little Tiny has managed to get ahead after staying four months in the neonatal care unit. Today she is 8 months old, although her weight is that of a 4-year-old girl.
His mother, Sadie Cratchley, suffered a hemorrhage and went into labor at 23 weeks gestation, one week before the limit allowed for abortion in the United Kingdom, a fact that reopens the debate about the limit established to consider that a life is viable or not.
Premature babies are at greater risk of infections, neurological problems, deafness, blindness, problems of intellectual retardation and even of not surviving. In fact, the consequences that may have remained in Tiny due to its prematurity are still unknown, but its evolution is very encouraging.
When was born weighed only 544 grams and it fit inside the palm of one hand. He remained 11 weeks with a respirator, underwent laser eye surgery and was connected to numerous tubes and cables that controlled his vital signs at all times. A very hard situation for any father, to see his son struggling with all his might to overcome every day. But it was worth it. Against all odds, the little one has managed to survive.
Should the 24-week limit for abortion be reviewed?
Not the first time. We have not echoed a year ago from the birth of Bella, a 23-week-old baby, who managed to get ahead despite being born with 567 grams of weight.
Each time one of these cases comes to light, the reflection is the same. Science has advanced a lot in recent years in terms of the treatment of premature babies, especially the group of extreme premature babies, those born between the 22nd and 28th week of gestation, which have shown greater survival. Deaths and sequelae have decreased markedly in extreme premature babies, especially those attributed to immaturity or lung problems and complications from infection or injury to the central nervous system.
With this panorama,you don't think the 24-week abortion limit should be revised What is the law of the United Kingdom?
