Family exploited to promote late-term abortions

In Nebraska and Iowa, mainstream media outlets are continuing to exploit the story of a Nebraska family to blast an innovative law banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy — that has sparked similar legislation across the country — to promote late abortions.

The Des Moines Register published an article about Danielle and Robb Deavers. They were advised that their baby could have severe complications from the lack of amniotic fluid and that it was painful for the baby to remain in her mother’s womb because there was no amniotic fluid to cushion her. Because LB 1103, the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, went into effect in Nebraska in October, 2010, both the Deavers’ physician and a maternal-fetal specialist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center said they could not induce labor as it would violate the new law. The Deavers’ story is being used by Planned Parenthood of the Heartland as a reason to oppose legislation like Nebraska’s which has been introduced in other States. 

Here is the story of another Nebraska couple, Robert and Lisa Wolf of Lincoln, who faced the same condition (Preterm Premature Rupture of Membrane, PPROM) with their unborn child. Not every PPROM diagnosis ends tragically. The Wolf’s daughter, Jenna, was born at 32 weeks gestation, weighing 3 pounds, 6 ounces. The Wolfs support Nebraska’s unborn baby pain ban and hope that other States are successful in passing Nebraska’s law.