Note: See update below related to the cover issue of Time magazine
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Baby born after 21 weeks and 6 days. Full AP article here. (HT: Drudge Report)
MIAMI (AP) - A premature baby that doctors say spent less time in the womb than any other surviving infant is to be released from a Florida hospital Tuesday.
Amillia Sonja Taylor was just 9 1/2 inches long and weighed less than 10 ounces when she was born Oct. 24. She was delivered 21 weeks and six days after conception. Full-term births come after 37 to 40 weeks.
"We weren't too optimistic," Dr. William Smalling said Monday. "But she proved us all wrong."
Neonatologists who cared for Amillia say she is the first baby known to survive after a gestation period of fewer than 23 weeks. A database run by the University of Iowa's Department of Pediatrics lists seven babies born at 23 weeks between 1994 and 2003.
Not exactly a blob of tissue it seems.
Update - The February 15, 2007 issue of Time magazine has a cover story titled "The Grassroots Abortion War." It refers to the crisis pregnancy centers mushrooming across the United States, many of which are equipped with ultrasound technology and therefore able to show expectant mothers their babies. Time magazine's graph and map show that crisis pregnancy centers now outnumber abortion providers 2,300 to 1,819. A large number of Crisis Pregnancy Ceners are affiliated with either Care Net or Heartbeat International.