{"id":201052,"date":"2019-05-03T07:35:57","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T12:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=201052"},"modified":"2019-05-02T22:01:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T03:01:54","slug":"michael-brother-anencephaly-blessing-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/michael-brother-anencephaly-blessing-expected\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael’s brother, born with anencephaly, was a blessing – just not in the way he expected"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Students for Life Ireland recently shared the story<\/a> of Michael and his brother John Paul Jr. Michael was seven years old when he found out his mother would be having her sixth child. He had four sisters and was thrilled when he learned his mom was expecting a boy.\u00a0“As the pregnancy went on, we found out that it was going to be a boy and I was buzzed!” he told Students for Life Ireland. “However, straight away they also discovered that he had a sickness called anencephaly and that meant he wouldn’t live long outside the womb. When I was told this I was gutted. I really, really wanted a brother and the moment I was given one, he was going to be taken straight away.”<\/p>\n

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