Teen With Spina Bifida Owes Her Life To Fetal Surgery


Bright 17 year old & Atheist , Lizzy Rebecca’s testimony starts when she was still in her mother’s womb. She was diagnosed with Spina Bifida at 15 weeks via ultrasound & her parents began discussing treatment options with their life affirming doctors. Instead of being aborted, at 25 weeks she underwent fetal surgery to put her spine back in place then sewed back into her mothers womb to continue growing. She was born at 34 weeks and since birth she has had to have 8 more surgeries, one of which was to place a shunt into her brain to drain the fluid from her Hydrocephalus. 

Due to her Spina Bifida, she cannot feel some parts of her lower extremities- including when she goes to the bathroom- but she’s rising above those limitations & is so very thankful to be alive. 

Lizzy’s strong pro-life stance was shaped by her prenatal surgery just a few weeks past the US legal abortion limit. 

“ Clumps of cells can’t have spines sticking out of them so clearly if Spina Bifida occurs around the 30th day of pregnancy, we have to be more than just clumps of cells even at that young of gestation ” , she said to me in our interview. 

This passionate young lady got involved in the pro-life movement around 3 years ago and as of last week became a member of the brand new pro-life organization, ReLOVE National. ReLOVE consists of a group of teenage girls who are on the frontlines helping pregnant women experiencing crisis pregnancies with medical care and anything else they need. 

The treatment of the doctors who oversaw her care from when she as still in the womb up to now has inspired Lizzy to become a Geneticist when she graduates. We need more life affirming doctors who know that medical advancement cannot happen when the escape route of abortion is used. Without children who have Spina Bifida being given a chance at life, the advancement of fetal surgery that was instrumental in improving lives like Lizzy’s would not have been possible. 
- published by Life Defenders 

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