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Mother Refused Partial-Birth Abortion "God Still Has Work for Her to Do".(Lori Vance )
Fifteen-year-old Donna Joy could easily have been a victim of partial-birth abortion, if not for her mother's determination to give her life. Now, Donna Joy and Lori Vance are celebrating the Supreme Court's April 18 decision outlawing the abortion technique, happy that other unborn babies will not be threatened with such a gruesome death.
"I am really happy about my law," said Donna Joy in a hand-written statement. "I am glad my mom did not let me die. It is a good law. It saves babies."
Donna Joy is thriving at home in Tennessee, an eighth-grader at Rogersville Middle School and a proud member of her church drama team and choir. She also participates in the state Special Olympics, where she won a blue ribbon in bowling last fall and is looking forward to running the 400 meter dash in the next competition.
Lori Vance was pregnant with Donna Joy in 1991 when doctors diagnosed her unborn baby with serious brain defects: the two hemispheres did not separate properly, some of the brain was outside of the skull and some was missing, and the brain stem was damaged.
"She was given a choice - complete the pregnancy or follow the doctors' advice and agree to a procedure commonly called a 'partial birth abortion,'" according to the Times-News.
Vance refused to listen to the doctors, and finally found a hospital who would deliver her baby after she threatened a lawsuit. She continued to fight to get proper care for Donna Joy in the difficult early months of her life.
"I suppose I could have listened to all of the voices calling for her ...
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