Comments on: What Are Your Thoughts On "Live Births?"

By: Rebecca Dyal

Rebecca Dyal — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:52:32 +0000

This bill has passed as of April 16th was signed into law by Gov. Bredesen . Thought I’d share this , I was a parent a constitient that helped on this bill & am trying to get the word out as of July 1st , 2010 past & present families can request one .

By: heidi jo

heidi jo — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:09:28 +0000

this is an easy one… we've quit honoring life in our country… it makes my stomach sick when i really think deeply about it. this child was born alive and should be honored as such.

By: Lisa @ Stop and Smell the Chocolates

Lisa @ Stop and Smell the Chocolates — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:43:43 +0000

Absolutely a live birth – no question! Very scary thought that people can set an amount of time like that. If someone can say that the first 2 minutes of life “don’t count”, then what’s to stop them from making it 5 minutes, or 10, or more? If the baby was alive for even 1 second – that’s a live birth.
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By: MamaHen Em

MamaHen Em — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:06:57 +0000

My first thought was that any baby that enters this world and takes a breath is a live birth, so that seems absolutely WRONG to me that no birth certificate was issued. A child who BREATHES, LIVES.

By: Christin

Christin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:05:18 +0000

I’m with you Sarah Mae, and yes, it is weird, lol.

Yet, I don’t understand how the world operates sometimes. :( I mean, are there legalities involved in deeming a baby who lived for 2 minutes a birth certificate? There must be some reason deeper than the surface shows on why they would make a law like that. Not saying I agree with it, it’s just one of those things that makes you go hmmmm? You know?
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By: Shannon

Shannon — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:26:09 +0000

I seem to have been misinterpretted in my above statements (because I have recieved email stating so). I want to make it clear that I said that if there was a heartbeat and breathing, then I beleive this is a "live birth". And this mother MOST CERTAINLY deserves closure. I stated that I pray for peace for her… that does not mean that I think she does not deserve or should not fight for birth certificate and closure. In my personal experience I did not have a "live birth", but rather I had to have the baby removed via D&C, so there was no question of such issues for my situation. I have only remorse for this family. Anything I may have said would never have been intended to be hurtful, so I hope no one would EVER take it that way. :)
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By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:53:18 +0000

I had a stillborn son and was issued a death ceritificate and not a birth certificate. I became the Idaho state director for the National Stillbirth Society and worked along with the MISS Foundation to have congress pass the need for birth certificates. Many states have passed it, but we are working with other states to do the same. Every mother and father who deliver a baby want a birth certificate. I eventually got one. I'm all for them being issued. It is a baby that has been borth. Cabbage Patch kids get birth certificates!

Today is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day too. http://www.october15th.com can explain more…

By: Bonita

Bonita — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:02:05 +0000

I worked for 13 years as a labor and delivery/Neonatal ICU nurse and in all 13 of those years in the 2 states where I worked, her baby would have definitely been called a live birth and given a birth certificate. You said the baby breathed and had a heartbeat. That's a live birth.

Once in the NICU I was responsible to take care of a baby from a failed abortion (I did not in any way participate in the abortion). The baby was 18 weeks gestation, breathing and heart beating on his own, but back in those days we had no way of saving his life at that gestation. My job was to watch him die and document his breathing and heart rate changes. Gruesome, I know, but my point is that regardless of his gestation or how long he was alive or the fact that he was aborted, he was still considered a live birth.

I think it's dangerous ground when we think otherwise. It opens the door wide for infanticide. And if you don't think that already occurs in this nation's hospitals, think again.
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By: Larie

Larie — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:30:50 +0000

My signature has been applied! I read about this a couple of days ago and was very upset and heartbroken.

smooches,
Larie
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By: kirsten

kirsten — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:20:02 +0000

Of course he was alive to deny that is reprehensible!