A baby who was born alive following a failed abortion procedure at 16 weeks, was left to die sucking his thumb, according to information from a whistleblower at the hospital in Queensland, Australia,
A photograph of the baby, known as Samuel, was shared on the Instagram account of Dr Joanna Howe, a Professor of Law at the University of Adelaide. Dr Howe stated that the photograph and
other relevant information were passed on to her by Queensland health workers.
“He survived his abortion and was born alive and then left in a room by himself, sucking his little thumb, until he died”, Dr Howe said.
“We need to stand up for these little babies who are being killed right up until birth, and if by some miracle they survive their abortion, they’re being left to die”, she added.
In another video, Dr Howe stated that the circumstances in which baby Samuel died are “not an isolated case. It happened to 50 Queensland babies in 2022 who survived their abortion and were left to die”.
Dr Howe revealed shortly thereafter that an additional whistleblower who works in the Queensland health service had given her a photograph of the administration book where births are recorded.
Dr Howe stated that the book reveals that one unborn baby named Amira was “injected in the heart with poison at 25 weeks. She suffered a cardiac arrest, going into excruciating pain. Her mother was given labour-inducing drugs and baby Amira was born intact”, adding that the baby was delivered dead.
The birth book reveals that baby Amira weighed 726 grams when born, which Dr Howe notes is approximately “the size of a pineapple”. It also revealed that the abortion was a “social termination”, meaning “there was nothing wrong Amira, there was nothing wrong with the mother”, according to Dr Howe.
Following law changes to “decriminalise” abortion, starting with Victoria in 2008, abortion is now allowed up to birth in all states of Australia.
State laws in Australia allow for abortion right through to birth on physical, psychological and social grounds when approved by two doctors; this can be the abortion operating surgeon and anaesthetist.
This has, in practice, allowed for de facto abortion on demand, for any reason, right through to birth in Australia.