Here is an amazing pro-life story of a boy who saved numerous lives with what was basically a handshake!
Nearly 10 years after a stunning photograph of his tiny hand traveled the world, Samuel Armas has a firm grip on what “The Hand of Hope” means to him.
“When I see that picture, the first thing I think of is how special and lucky I am to have God use me that way,” Samuel told FOXNews.com. “I feel very thankful that I was in that picture.”
On Aug. 19, 1999, photographer Michael Clancy shot the “Fetal Hand Grasp” — his picture of a 21-week-old fetus grasping a doctor’s finger during innovative surgery to correct spina bifida. Nearly four months later, on Dec. 2, Samuel Armas was “born famous.”
The photo, which first appeared in USA Today on Sept. 7, 1999, quickly spread across the globe as proof of development in the womb and was later cited during congressional debates on the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, which passed in 2000.
“It’s just a miracle picture, a miracle moment,” Clancy told FOXNews.com. “It shows the earliest human interaction ever recorded.”
(See the link for the rest of the story, including the famous picture)
Truly a picture is worth a thousand words. The photographer, who was pro-abortion at the time, was himself transformed and became a strong pro-life advocate. With the advancement of medicine and technology, it is a scientific fact that what we are dealing with is a matter of human life! The abortion issue is not an issue of “choice,” but of preserving human life at it’s earliest stages.
The Church wants us to get the message of life out, and simply sharing these kinds of stories with your friends is a perfect way to evangelize. Many who are pro-abortion don’t know what is really at stake here, their attention is focused in the wrong direction (e.g. “choice”), but they can be transformed if they are simply shown that the unborn are people too!
It’s times like these which we should stop and give glory to God and offer up prayers, especially a Rosary, for the advancement of the Pro-Life cause.