Fr. Mark Hodges
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TORONTO, CANADA, January 3, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Medical experts insisted abortion was the only option for horribly deformed Kaito Kryvenchuk.
A 17-week ultrasound revealed he had a massive tumor larger than his head, attached to his neck and jaw up to his ear. He literally looked like he had two heads.
Not only was the benign tumor life-threatening because of its size, but accompanying disabilities were unpredictable. The mass was so large that the boy would not be able to breathe. Only one in 50,000 babies with similar tumors even survive.
The obstetrician said Canadian hospitals simply do not do such births. Doctors told Kaito’s parents Charles and Tamami it was best and most compassionate to abort him and just try again for a viable child.
“Your emotions are running through the roof,” Charles later shared. “What do you say when you’re told your baby has to be terminated?”
But as the Toronto Star gleefully reports, the couple decided to give their son a chance.
First, Charles and his wife said “no” to abortion.
“We decided we couldn’t live with ourselves terminating the life we created, not knowing whether
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