{"id":231432,"date":"2020-09-23T14:45:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T19:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=231432"},"modified":"2020-09-23T00:58:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T05:58:36","slug":"family-refused-abort-daughter-viable-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/family-refused-abort-daughter-viable-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Family refused to abort daughter after being told she didn’t have a ‘viable heart’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In his recently released book, “Made to Live: A Physician’s Journey to Save a Life<\/a>,” Canadian-American physician Dr. Paul Saba shares a “deeply personal” story of advocating for the life of his preborn daughter Jessica after she was diagnosed in utero with a rare, congenital heart condition.<\/p>\n

In a YouTube video trailer<\/a> for the book, Dr. Saba<\/a> stated that before his daughter Jessica was born, a 20-week ultrasound showed “a severe problem \u2014 a severe congenital malformation.” Saba said doctors told he and his wife, “She doesn’t have a viable heart. She probably has Down syndrome. And we really question whether she’s going to have any quality of life and whether she can even survive.” Saba says they were told to “consider [their] medical options,” meaning abortion. Doctors recommended that they decide quickly. The Sabas chose to watch and wait.<\/p>\n