{"id":173004,"date":"2017-10-09T17:30:05","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T21:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=173004"},"modified":"2017-10-09T19:44:42","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T23:44:42","slug":"couple-chooses-life-for-their-conjoined-twins-its-a-blessing-for-the-entire-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/couple-chooses-life-for-their-conjoined-twins-its-a-blessing-for-the-entire-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazing: Conjoined twins saved from abortion are now ‘thriving’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A North Carolina couple, after choosing life and saying abortion<\/a> was not an option for them, are now the parents of seven children after giving birth to conjoined twins<\/a>. Jason and Heather Kroeger were already the parents of five children when Heather realized she was pregnant. At first, the happy couple thought they only had one baby on the way — but a follow-up ultrasound revealed that they not only were expecting twins, but that they were conjoined.<\/p>\n

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“There was that initial shock, and a lot goes through your head,” Jason admitted. “But pretty quickly, we came to the realization, these are our boys and we\u2019ve got to do what we can do for them.”<\/p>\n

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Originally, the couple was advised to have an abortion when it was discovered at the end of the first trimester that the twins were conjoined, and according to their GoFundMe page<\/a>, were pressured several times — but they refused. “To us it wasn’t an option. These children are our children they were given to us for a purpose… to protect them. Abortion was never an option,” Jason said. Abortion is a brutal process, as seen in the animated video below, narrated by former abortionist Dr. Anthony Levatino. A D&E abortion<\/a> is done from 13-24 weeks gestation:<\/p>\n