When the topic of abortion came up during the first Republican primary presidential debate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sh
, Hopper said she believes an abortion had been attempted at home before her parents went to the hospital, which also could be why DeSantis referenced"multiple" abortion attempts.
Hopper said the doctor at the hospital induced labor, and she was born at 1 pound, 11 ounces and was left in a bedpan. She told WFSU her grandmother found her alive the next day and was enraged about her being abandoned. Then a nurse volunteered to transport Hopper to what was then in Lakeland, Florida, now the site of Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center. That’s about 40 miles north of the hospital where Hopper says she was born.to support"born alive" bills in state legislatures, which aim to protect infants that survive an abortion, even though there are federal laws for that purpose.
We were unable to gauge the accuracy of Hopper’s account. We couldn’t find records, such as news reports, dating to the 1950s, and people who could corroborate the story, such as her grandmother, are no longer living. Hopper did not respond to requests for comment.
This is considerably higher than the 23-week survival rate at many other institutions, as well as a previous study conducted from 2008 to 2012 in the same network, which put the rate at 32%. (Lifesaving care for babies born at 22 and 23 weeks varies by hospital policy and physician opinion, according to a
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