{"id":158694,"date":"2016-12-26T09:29:01","date_gmt":"2016-12-26T14:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=158694"},"modified":"2022-07-17T21:16:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T02:16:02","slug":"year-review-top-five-pro-life-stories-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/year-review-top-five-pro-life-stories-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Year in review: Top five pro-life stories of 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Live Action News produced a plethora of impactful stories this year. Here are the top five pro-life articles of 2016, counting down from number five:<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Stunning photo of Noah, miscarried at 12 weeks, will amaze you<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In March, Live Action News reported that Lara, Noah\u2019s mother, miscarried her baby boy at just 12 weeks and five days. His life was cut short, but his photo is helping people see the dignity of human life.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though he only lived for 12 weeks, Noah was special to me,\u201d Lara said. \u201cI am blessed that I was able to hold him, to see that he was real. Just like every other mother, this first photo of my child will always be special to me. I am devastated that we lost Noah, but I know that his 12 weeks of life had a purpose. His body reveals the miracle of human life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just like any preborn child at Noah\u2019s age, he was able to move his fingers and toes, and his kidneys and liver were working. To say that Noah was just a clump of cells or a ‘potential life’\u00a0is to totally undermine his existence. Noah was a human being at a very specific stage of development. The CDC reports that 92% of abortions are committed in the first trimester (the first 13 weeks) when babies are growing and developing in amazing ways<\/a>, just like Noah.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf [Noah] could help show one mother considering abortion the beauty of her child, then our loss would be worth it,\u201d Lara said.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0My wife became pregnant from rape, but we chose life<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jennifer Christie and her son<\/p><\/div>\n

In a powerful testimony originally published on\u00a0Save the 1<\/a>, Jeff Christie shared why he and his wife, Jennifer, chose life for their son conceived in rape.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really don\u2019t like thinking about this time. Just saying the words are hard: My wife was raped.\u201d<\/p>\n

Christie could\u2019ve easily asked his wife to get an abortion to take away the ‘problem.’ But instead of choosing that path, he embraced the opportunity to love his wife and the child she was pregnant with.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople always seem surprised by my reaction, and I never understand it. I didn\u2019t think, \u2018What do we do now?\u2019 I knew what was right already. She just told me the news. I thought, \u2018Okay. This is what we\u2019re doing\u00a0now<\/em>.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Christie\u2019s testimony gives hope to fathers everywhere, whatever situation they\u2019re in. (For men who are unsure what to do when their wife or girlfriend considers abortion, here’s a guide<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I look in my baby\u2019s eyes I see innocence and trust. And a lot of love. He IS my son. He knows me as Daddy. He calls me Daddy. That\u2019s the best feeling in the world, and I wouldn\u2019t have it any other way!\u201d<\/p>\n