{"id":177845,"date":"2018-01-26T09:31:06","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T14:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=177845"},"modified":"2018-01-25T00:25:42","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T05:25:42","slug":"baby-liver-parents-chose-life-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/baby-liver-parents-chose-life-expectations\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Oliver’s parents chose life, and now he’s defying expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two years ago, Live Action News brought you the story of Oliver Hinkley, a little boy with spina bifida who, according to his mother, “has broken every boundary set on him<\/a>.”\u00a0Brittney Hinkley found out that there were abnormalities with her baby at 20 weeks and were sent to get a higher level ultrasound. \u201cThe moment he reached for the tissues, I knew it was confirmed,\u201d she said. \u201cSpina bifida, myelomeningocele\u2026 the worst type.\u201d\u00a0This kind of spina bifida means that the spinal cord actually protrudes through an opening, and most children with spina bifida also have fluid on their brains. Brittney was offered an abortion<\/a>, but she refused. Oliver’s parents chose life.<\/p>\n

“The only time it was brought up was when my first OB asked if I had wanted to get one,\u201d she explained. \u201cNeedless to say, we left him without a second thought. I had a lot of support from Aaron, and we both wanted Oliver, regardless of his new diagnosis.\u201d The typical abortion that would be done on babies Oliver’s age at the time — 20 weeks — is the brutal D&E abortion, in which a living child is dismembered piece by piece and removed from the womb:<\/p>\n