{"id":225638,"date":"2020-06-15T17:36:29","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T22:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=225638"},"modified":"2020-10-06T17:47:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T22:47:59","slug":"mother-law-premature-twins-denied-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mother-law-premature-twins-denied-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother works to change law after premature twins were denied life-saving care"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In June 2017, Amanda Finnefrock helplessly watched<\/a>\u00a0her newborn twins Emery and Elliot die as medical professionals refused to aid them. Now she is working with an Ohio state senator on legislation to help protect future premature children.<\/p>\n

At just 22 weeks and two days gestation, Finnefrock went into premature labor with the boys, but after arriving at the hospital, she was assured, in writing, that if she could make it to 22 weeks and five days before giving birth, the staff at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, would assess and help the boys.<\/p>\n

Finnefrock did<\/em> make it to 22 weeks and five days, but despite this, her boys were left unaided. They were moving, breathing, and even crying. Yet none of the doctors or nurses stepped in to help. Watch the heartbreaking video below:<\/p>\n