{"id":96444,"date":"2016-06-21T15:42:30","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T19:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=96444"},"modified":"2016-09-06T17:08:31","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T21:08:31","slug":"born-premature-at-23-weeks-these-twins-share-the-truth-about-late-term-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/born-premature-at-23-weeks-these-twins-share-the-truth-about-late-term-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Born premature at 23 weeks, these twins share the truth about late-term abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Life Site News<\/a>) Twin babies born one week before abortion may be legally limited are fighting for life inside an Iowa hospital.<\/p>\n

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Twin boys, Wrennyn and James Weeks, were born on last Thursday, June 2, at just under 23 weeks’ gestation. They weighed 1 lb. 5 oz. and 1 lb. 6 oz.<\/p>\n

Although extremely premature, they are receiving treatment at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City.<\/p>\n

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Baby Wrennyn (via Jimmy Weeks’ Facebook page)<\/p><\/div>\n

Two<\/a>\u00a0recent studies have found that as many as\u00a0two-thirds of babies born at 22- or 23-weeks’ gestation could survive<\/a>\u00a0if given medical treatment. The stunning findings have caused researchers to reconsider abortion law, since a 1992 Supreme Court case set 24 weeks as the date of viability, disallowing restrictions on abortion before that time.<\/p>\n

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Baby Wrennyn<\/p><\/div>\n

One of the faculty at the University of Iowa, pediatrics professor Dr. Edward Bell, told the\u00a0New York Times\u00a0<\/em>that he now considers 22 weeks to be the new limit for fetal viability.<\/p>\n

The twins’ parents, Jimmy and Ashley, are \u201ca young couple just starting out, and the hardships ahead will be a true testament to their love and strength,\u201d according to the twins’ maternal grandmother, Wendy Kelly.<\/p>\n

The couple has displayed tremendous affection for one another, and their children, before and after their premature entry into the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cFour months, 3 weeks, and 3 days ago Zeus,\u201d their dog, \u201cdecided to eat your birth control,\u201d Jimmy wrote in a Facebook message to Ashley on Mother’s Day. \u201cThat was the best day of my life, because that’s the day we made those two blessings you’re carrying around.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Baby JB<\/p><\/div>\n

On May 31, Ashley became dilated and went to the hospital, where doctors administered injections designed to aid her babies, according to Jimmy. She was able to hold off going into labor until last Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going through this with confidence and faith that we will be bringing home two healthy baby boys when it’s all said and done!\u201d Jimmy wrote.<\/p>\n

That’s when Kelly opened a\u00a0GoFundMe<\/a>\u00a0with the goal of raising $10,000 to defer their expenses. As of their writing, 29 contributors had donated $1,730.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are so\u00a0very<\/em>\u00a0grateful for all the help, it literally had me almost in tears. (And I don’t cry),\u201d Jimmy wrote.<\/p>\n

He then shared a video of one of the two babies. Wrennyn was sleeping, he said.<\/p>\n