{"id":64411,"date":"2015-06-02T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=64411"},"modified":"2015-06-01T20:30:45","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T00:30:45","slug":"baby-saved-abortion-father-pleads-childs-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/baby-saved-abortion-father-pleads-childs-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby saved from abortion after father pleads for his child&#8217;s life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>He thought it wasn&#8217;t his choice.\u00a0 The baby&#8217;s father had pleaded with the mother, but she was inside the Founder&#8217;s Women&#8217;s Health Center, waiting for the abortionist to arrive.<\/p>\n<p>On May 22,<a href=\"http:\/\/createdequal.definehosted.com\/index.php?action=social&amp;chash=6d0f846348a856321729a2f36734d1a7.1293\" target=\"_blank\"> the team from Created Equal <\/a>was outside the clinic when the father walked out, saying he was &#8220;depressed&#8221; at the idea of killing the baby. As the team talked to him, <a href=\"http:\/\/createdequal.definehosted.com\/index.php?action=social&amp;chash=6d0f846348a856321729a2f36734d1a7.1293\" target=\"_blank\">he agreed with them<\/a> and said, &#8220;I love what you guys are doing. I want to keep [my baby].&#8221; But he added, &#8220;it&#8217;s not up to me,&#8221; as he pointed to the abortion facility and said, &#8220;this is her option.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Created Equal gave him resources and told him they would be willing to help them. The father says they have a two-month old baby already, but he had also told her that &#8220;the best option would have been adoption because I believe every child deserves to have life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8barzt-x9Zo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As the Created Equal team continued to offer him help, the abortionist arrived, and the father went to his car to plead for his baby&#8217;s life via telephone. And then 30 minutes later, it happened: The team saw him meeting with the mother, ready to leave. He told the team, smiling, &#8220;She couldn&#8217;t go through with it!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The father, feeling powerless and depressed at the idea of his baby dying, was empowered to fight because a few people stood outside an abortion facility reminding him of what people in crisis often forget: there are many free resources available for women with unplanned pregnancies. The importance\u00a0of what occurred\u00a0in those few minutes is a stunning reality that takes place across the nation every day. A few minutes, a few more pleas for life, and another baby is saved.<\/p>\n<p>This is a reminder to all fathers of preborn babies that there are options for them, too. <a href=\"\/news\/abortion-and-men-whats-a-father-to-do\/\" target=\"_blank\">This article reminds fathers of some defenses <\/a>they have, including legal ones.\u00a0 A baby has two parents, and a father may be the last line of defense that the child has to live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He thought it wasn&#8217;t his choice.\u00a0 The baby&#8217;s father had pleaded with the mother, but she was inside the Founder&#8217;s Women&#8217;s Health Center, waiting for the abortionist to arrive. 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