{"id":1555,"date":"2010-11-20T22:44:38","date_gmt":"2010-11-21T03:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/blog\/?p=1555"},"modified":"2013-12-28T11:33:58","modified_gmt":"2013-12-28T16:33:58","slug":"a-life-with-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/a-life-with-potential\/","title":{"rendered":"A life with potential"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nI recently heard someone say that \u201can unborn baby is not merely the potential for life, but instead, a life with potential.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Immediately, I thought of my friends\u2019 adopted child who is currently frozen in the embryo stage of development.<\/p>\n

As they considered the options, the Davenports\u2019 hearts were gripped by the tiniest babies available for adoption, frozen embryos.\u00a0 There are roughly 500,000 embryos currently being stored in medical facilities across our nation.\u00a0 The embryos are created from harvested eggs and sperm and conceived in a petri dish in order to provide families with an opportunity for growth through fertility treatment, namely in-vitro fertilization.\u00a0 These babies, though microscopic, are individual human beings each with a unique chromosomal composition that has never been \u2013 nor ever again will be \u2013 in existence.<\/p>\n

For a wide range of reasons, the genetic parents of frozen embryos do not always choose to carry each one of their tiny offspring.\u00a0 When this is the case, the biological mother and father are left with three options; donate their remaining babies to medical research, destroy them, or place them for adoption.\u00a0 Embryo adoption is the ONLY life affirming choice.\u00a0 It is the ONLY way that these \u201clives with potential\u201d are given a chance to develop and survive.<\/p>\n

During the next several weeks I will be battling, through prayer and advocacy, for baby Davenport.\u00a0 He\/she will need to undergo a risky thawing process before being placed in the womb.\u00a0 Next, this baby will face the tough odds of implantation.\u00a0 I will also be praying for baby Davenport\u2019s parents, both adoptive and genetic, who have recognized the beautiful value in what many consider an insignificant medical byproduct and have chosen life for this child, no matter how difficult the course.\u00a0\u00a0 Would you join me in this battle on behalf of all such children?<\/p>\n

The process of embryo adoption is a delicate one filled with risks, dangers and unknowns.\u00a0 But, it is also lovely, a silent demonstration of LIFE over death.\u00a0 Let us not overlook the fight for LIFE that exists in the future of frozen embryos.\u00a0 Each of us who support rights for the unborn should be advocating not only for an end to abortion but also for expiration of the overwhelming notion that frozen embryos represent \u201cmerely the potential for life.\u201d<\/p>\n

For we know, that each and every precious one is actually \u201cA LIFE WITH POTENTIAL.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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