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Google honors 17th century midwife who valued lives of mothers, babies

Updated: March 28, 2023 at 6:57 pm EST  See Comments

Tue Mar 28, 2023 – 5:16 pm EDT

(LifeSiteNews) — In an unusual move, the pro-abortion technology giant Google is today featuring an image of a baby in utero to honor a pioneer midwife from 17th century Germany.

The image is part of the March 28 Google Doodle, which inserts drawings of historical figures and events that took place on a given day. Today’s animation aims to celebrate German midwife Justine Siegemund, who dedicated her life’s work to developing safe childbirth techniques and reduce fatalities among pregnant women and newborn babies.

The images included above the search engine bar show a depiction of Siegemund writing her famous book The Court Midwife — a compilation of her experiences and developed techniques — in between two pictures showing the beauty of life. One image shows a baby in utero, with two hands reaching up to guide the baby safely out of his mother’s womb. The other shows a mother cradling her newborn child.

“On this day in 1690, the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) certified her book, The Court Midwife, as an official medical textbook,” Google wrote in its celebratory explanation of the daily doodle. “During a time

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