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28th August 2020
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NEWS: Remarkable advances in neonatal medicine enable 22 week premature baby to survive (#news)

JOIN: VHI Women's Mini Marathon Team Community Connect (#ccmm)

REGISTER: PLC National Conference streams live from Dublin on 31st October 2020 (#conf)

REGISTER: PLC Network - Free Communications Training on 23rd September (#commstraining)

SIGN UP: (#virtualintern) Virtual Intern Programme (#virtualintern)
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Remarkable advances in neonatal medicine enable 22 week premature baby to survive ()
The stunning recent advances in neonatal medicine were on display in North Carolina recently, when a baby was born at just 22 weeks gestation.

Weighing merely 1lb 2oz (510g), little Lyric Elaine was born a whole four months before her due date. Her mother, Lura Lauer, was pregnant with twins, but sadly the other twin, Cali Rose, passed away two days after birth.

When Lura felt her contractions becoming more intense, she attended a local maternity hospital. But upon realising that a 'do not resuscitate' order would be placed on her twins if they were born under 24 weeks gestation, she decided to transfer to the Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center. At Novant Hospital, there was an advanced neonatal care unit which would do everything possible to save her babies, should they be born prematurely. When the twins were born last month, they measured just 11 inches long. Both Lyric and Cali had brain hemorrhages, which tragically Cali succumbed to two days after birth. But Lyric fought hard, and over two weeks after birth, her mum Lura was able to hold her for the first time.

Photo credit @ The Sun Newspaper

Speaking to the Sun newspaper in the US, Lura said that "It just baffles me that so many hospitals don’t resuscitate at that age, because it is absolutely possible for a baby to survive...This is why I wanted to share her story. Lyric is an inspiration to me and to so many other people. She is a beacon of hope in hopeless times."

Stories like the triumph of little Lyric show so clearly the humanity of the unborn child, and the need for medical practice to continue to treat two patients and not just one, because both lives matter.

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Join Team Community Connect at VHI Women's Mini Marathon 2020 ()
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As you know Community Connect is a new initiative to support pregnant women and new parents in practical and tangible ways. They provide help where it's needed most and in just the last fortnight have assisted 15 mothers in need

Would you like to help raise much needed funds for this project and get fit while doing so?

Community Connect will be taking part in the VHI Virtual Women's Mini Marathon this year. The goal is to do 10k in 10 days, your way. between 1st and 10th October. You can walk, jog or run!

Community Connect is looking for volunteers to take up this challenge and join their team and help raise funds to support mothers and babies.

Sign up here ([link removed] ) and we'll send you out further details and your race pack, including a gorgeous Community Connect T-shirt.

If you can't participate but want to support Team Community Connect at the event, you can donate here ([link removed]) .

For more information on Community Connect, to access support or to get involved as a volunteer, see www.communityconnect.ie
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Are you a secondary school (TY or older) or third level student? Would you like to experience working with a pro-active Human Rights organisation and develop skills in advocacy, campaign management and project planning? We are seeking ‘virtual’ interns to work part-time from home at this time. Internships run for one week periods throughout the Summer.

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REGISTER TODAY - Pro Life Campaign National Conference 2020 ONLINE! ()
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The news during the Summer that 7041 babies lost their lives to abortion during 2019 was devastating. Our challenge is to find new strategic ways to reduce those massive numbers and fight for justice for unborn babies and their mothers.

Join hundreds of other pro-life advocates at the PLC National Conference 2020 which this year will be streamed live ONLINE on 31st October from 12noon- 2.30pm.

An amazing line up of speakers from Ireland, Britain, the US and elsewhere will join us for an informative afternoon which will include:

-Panels with grassroots, public representatives and students
-Interviews with change-makers within the pro-life movement discussing strategies for making positive change.
-Updates on local PLC Network projects and national campaigns
-Videos and live streams from around Ireland

This not to be missed event will be encouraging, and will remind us of how important it is to remain committed to our work of protecting mothers and their unborn babies!

Join in!
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PLC Network Communications Training with Wendy Grace - FREE but limited spaces ()

Want to learn how to explain the pro-life position (or advance your knowledge) and skillfully answer challenging questions? Our next online Communications Workshop will cater for all levels and will take place on Wednesday 23rd September from 8.30-9.30pm.
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