i wanted to share something nice, and you guys have messed it up. go away
Hi Lehaa
I'm sorry about the person who jumped someones tail because they did not read what was going on. I felt the need to comment on your "sharing something nice". This picture and spam email/chain email has been going around since the year 2000. It's turned into an anti choice message IMO which was nice until those who wished to change the greatness of the surgery have used for their own gain.... you can read about here:
http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/samuel.html
and here:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/thehand.asp
Dr. Bruner later elaborated on some of the exaggerated and false claims made about this picture:
"It has become an urban legend," says Bruner, the Vanderbilt University surgeon who fixed the spina bifida lesion on Samuel. Many people he hears from wonder whether it's a fake.
"One person said the photo had been reviewed by a team of medical experts and they had determined that it was a hoax," Bruner says with a laugh.
More commonly, people want to know how the photo came to be.
Some opponents of abortion have claimed that the baby reached through the womb and grabbed the doctor's hand.
Not true, Bruner says.
Samuel and his mother, Julie, were under anesthesia and could not move.
"The baby did not reach out," Bruner says. "The baby was anesthetized. The baby was not aware of what was going on." 3Last updated: 7 May 2003