Mother Racked by Guilt After Her Baby Survives Abortion: She Shouldn’t Be Here But I’m Glad She Is
by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 5/23/14 9:59 AM

Shannon Skinner had an abortion when she was eight weeks pregnant, or so she thought. She already had a four-month-old baby and she and partner Anthony were “having problems” so they decided abortion was the best answer as opposed to a second baby.

But after the abortion, Skinner continued to have morning sickness and to feel the unborn baby’s movements. After consulting a physician, she received word that the movements were just an after-effect of the abortion.

Eventually, a pregnancy test came back positive and she was told she was five months pregnant. Thankfully, the couple decided to keep the baby, who does not appear to have been harmed by the powerful abortion drugs Skinner took.

Now, Skinner is worried about the harmful effects of the abortion on her newborn baby, Amelia, who they are showing to the world for the first time. Born by Caesarean section on May 1 weighing 7lb, she comfortably nestles into her mother Shannon Skinner’s arms for a bottle followed by a snooze.

‘I can’t stop cuddling her — I never want to put her down,’ says Shannon, 20, gently handing Amelia to her partner, head chef Anthony Hunt, 24, while older daughter Lacie, 14 months, plants kisses on her sister’s forehead. ‘Every time I look at her I think: “She really shouldn’t be here. But now that she is, I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

As the London Daily Mail reports:

‘We call her our miracle baby because we just don’t know how she survived. She must have really wanted to be here.

‘Watching her sleep, I can’t bear to think of her not existing. For a long time I felt guilty, but now I just feel relief.’

As a young family group, they present an irresistible picture of domestic bliss, with euphoria pervading their Bristol flat which is heady with the scent of new life and baby lotion.

One can barely imagine that not so long ago they did not want this baby at all. The couple’s story caused a media storm earlier this year when it was revealed that their unborn child had miraculously survived an abortion.

And today, for the first time, Shannon and Anthony are showing Amelia off to the world and sharing their feelings about how her birth has impacted on their lives.

Nor are their anxieties over. Amelia may look perfect, but it could be four years before doctors will be able to say if the abortion drugs Shannon was given to end her pregnancy have caused any long-term developmental damage.

‘I want to believe that she is perfect, and my gut feeling is that she’s fine, which would be another miracle,’ says Shannon, ‘but even if there are problems we don’t yet know about, it won’t change our love for her.’
 

Amelia may be a much-wanted and loved baby now, but it causes her parents visible discomfort to admit it was a different story when Shannon accidentally fell pregnant nine months ago.

‘If there are problems we don’t yet know about [with Amelia], it won’t change our love for her’
How, as they marvel at her new-born perfection surrounded by dancing pink “It’s A Girl!” helium balloons, will they ever be able to tell their daughter the truth?

‘I really don’t know what we’ll say,’ admits Anthony, tenderly straightening Amelia’s tiny denim dress.

‘It’s such a rare thing to have happened, but we hope when she is old enough she’ll understand.

Women who attempt to kill their children shouldn't be trusted to keep them.

 :applause:

:whistleblower:Nobody "accidentally falls pregnant!"  :baby:But I hope they learned something and turn their "relationship" into a marriage.

Exactly.

What, did she bump her head on a tree branch and then BOOM! a positive pregnancy test?

I also don't like the term "fall" pregnant. It implies going from a better state to a lesser one.

You FALL to the floor (and hurt yourself).
You FALL from grace (into mortal sin).
You FALL from riches into poverty.
A civilization FALLS when it is destroyed.

What a horrible expression!

Can you imagine what this girl will go through when she reaches an age where she will realize her own mother tried to murder her?? I'm happy the abortion was not succesful, praise God. But the consequences of her selfish parents choice will haunt her for the rest of her life.... Probably. I know it would affect me permanently if I found out my mother tried to kill me.

There is a lot of it out there. I have only ever met one person who (I know) survived an attempted abortion. He had a tragically unhappy life.

I Am a Survivor of Abortion, Here is My Story

by Melissa Ohden

http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/02/i-am-a-survivor-of-abortion-here-is-my-story/

“I thought that I was the only one until I found this website.”  “Me, too!” “I’ve never told anyone about this, but I felt compelled to share it with you.”  “I’m a survivor, too, and I can’t live with the pain anymore.”
 
These are just a few snippets of the profound emails that I’ve received lately from other abortion survivors.
 
Just a few weeks ago, I wrote an article that discussed how, at that time, I had heard from 131 other abortion survivors throughout the course of my pro-life work and The Abortion Survivors Network ministry that I founded in 2012.  I am overjoyed to share that even since that article was published on May 14th, I have now heard from another seven survivors, bringing the current total to 138!
 
In addition to the overwhelming number of emails that I’ve received from survivors lately, I’ve also received a large number of responses from fellow pro-lifers like the following: “I’ve been pro-life since I was a child, but I feel so dumb because I never knew until now that there were any abortion survivors, nonetheless a whole lot of you!”
 
For the record, I just want to be clear that no pro-lifer should ever feel ‘dumb,’ for not knowing about survivors.  Over the last 40 years, the pro-life community has not spoken of survivors because they have been largely unaware of them, and not because they are oblivious, but because most survivors don’t speak about it openly.  Even in my case, as a survivor, I was unaware of other survivors for many years.
 
After I found out at the age of 14 about surviving my birthmother’s abortion, I spent the next five years feeling terribly alone and afraid.  Then, in 1997, I discovered Gianna Jessen’s story online, and it changed my life.  Just knowing that I was not alone as a survivor was life-changing for me.  To read about how Gianna was using her survival to make a difference additionally provided me with the encouragement and strength that I needed to prepare myself for coming forward publicly as a survivor.
 
The Abortion Survivors Network is now my opportunity to give back to survivors and even to the greater public, just as I was given information, hope and strength through finding Gianna’s story years ago.  If you haven’t visited the website yet, you can find us at www.theabortionsurvivors.com.

This is more common than people think.

Everyday there are women who are not even pregnant being told they are and then put through it. They go through life thinking they killed the baby when in fact they simply bought a steak dinner for the doctor.

"After being taken to a waiting area, the woman allegedly gave birth to the baby that she thought had been aborted the day before. The teenager was sent home after a brief examination.''Employees cut the umbilical cord, put the baby in a bag and walked away with it," Hialeah Lt. Ralph Gracia told a local CBS television station."

"A woman who was scheduled to have her 22-week-along pregnancy ended at a Florida abortion clinic instead delivered the baby alive in a restroom and says her pleading for help from medical staff went unheeded, even when an employee saw that the tiny boy was moving."