The inalienable right to life possessed by every human being is present from the moment of initial formation, and all human beings shall be entitled to the equal protection of persons under the law.
Successful Ectopic Pregnancies
Bill Fortenberry

_ In my previous article on Ectopic
Personhood, I presented eight cases of successful live births from ectopic
pregnancies. As was to be expected, this
article generated some rather strong responses from both pro-life and
pro-choice sources alike. The majority
of those responses questioned the soundness of basing my conclusions on a mere
eight cases. It was suggested that these
cases were just flukes of nature and that I couldn’t possibly hope for their
results to be repeated in any significant numbers. I accepted this challenge, and began pouring
through scientific journals seeking more information on this very sensitive
topic. Here is a small sample of what I
have found:
A Case of Abdominal Pregnancy
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2086722/pdf/brmedj04281-0010.pdf
A case of advanced viable extrauterine pregnancy
http://www.pngimr.org.pg/png_med_journal/Advanced%20viable%20-%20%20Mar%2097.pdf
A rare case of term viable secondary abdominal pregnancy following rupture of a rudimentary horn
http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1752-1947-3-38.pdf
A viable secondary intra-abdominal pregnancy resulting from rupture of uterine scar
http://bjr.birjournals.org/content/80/955/e134.full
Abdominal pregnancy
http://www.sonoworld.com/fetus/page.aspx?id=1032
Abdominal Pregnancy at the University College Hospital, Ibadan: A Ten-Year Review
https://142.150.190.46/bitstream/1807/4967/1/rh05014.pdf
Abdominal pregnancy carried to term following the treatment of pelvic tuberculosis
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1810923/pdf/procrsmed00300-0070b.pdf
Abdominal Pregnancy Complicated by Appendicitis and Bilateral Pyosalpinx
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1562192/pdf/canmedaj00527-0122.pdf
Abdominal pregnancy presenting as a missed abortion at 16 weeks' gestation
http://www.hkmj.org/article_pdfs/hkm0012p425.pdf
Abdominal pregnancy with a full term live fetus: Case report
http://www.annalsafrmed.org/article.asp?issn=1596-3519;year=2008;volume=7;issue=4;spage=198;epage=199;aulast=Isah
Abdominal Pregnancy with a Living Child
http://books.google.com/books?id=QSkNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA170#v=onepage&q&f=false
Advanced Abdominal Pregnancy
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1582720/pdf/canmedaj00596-0056.pdf
Advanced abdominal pregnancy: case report and review of 163 cases reported since 1946
http://www.rrh.org.au/publishedarticles/article_print_1087.pdf
Advanced extrauterine pregnancy
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2098249/pdf/brmedj03046-0021.pdf
Advanced Extra-uterine Gestation, with Living Child
http://books.google.com/books?id=VyKgAAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA635&pg=PA638#v=onepage&q&f=false
Full Term Intra-Abdominal Pregnancy
http://www.archive.org/download/FullTermIntra-abdominalPregnancy/Abdominal_Pregnancy.pdf
Full Term Intra-abdominal Pregnancy with Living Mother and Child
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2602194/pdf/yjbm00484-0042.pdf
Full term secondary abdominal pregnancy
http://www.theprofesional.com/article/2006/Vol-13-No-02/Prof-1065.pdf
Full-term Abdominal Pregnancy with Survival of Mother and Child
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2160918/pdf/brmedj04044-0013a.pdf
Intrahepatic pregnancy: sonography and CT findings
http://www.ajronline.org/content/173/5/1377.full.pdf
Intrauterine to intraabdominal pregnancy: ultrasound demonstration
http://www.ajronline.org/content/133/1/132.full.pdf
Late Ectopic Pregnancy: With special reference to intraligamentous pregnancy
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2641109/pdf/jnma00721-0032.pdf
Live abdominal pregnancy presenting as massive rectal bleeding
http://pmj.bmj.com/content/61/718/759.full.pdf
MR Imaging and MR Angiography of an Abdominal Pregnancy with Placental Infarction
http://www.ajronline.org/content/177/6/1305.full
MR imaging of a viable full-term abdominal pregnancy
http://www.ajronline.org/content/145/2/407.full.pdf
Place of culdocentesis in the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1699296/pdf/brmedj02271-0028.pdf
Primary hepatic pregnancy
http://pmj.bmj.com/content/61/719/831.full.pdf
Rudimentary Horn Pregnancy with Neonatal and Maternal Survival
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2537165/pdf/jnma00019-0085.pdf
Sonographic Findings in Advanced Abdominal Pregnancy
http://www.ajronline.org/content/137/6/1259.full.pdf
Sonographic findings in abdominal pregnancy
http://www.ajronline.org/content/147/5/1043.full.pdf
Subperitoneal placenta accreta succenturiate in the case of a successful near-term extrauterine abdominal pregnancy
http://www.daytonc.com/abdominalpregnancyarticle.pdf
Term abdominal pregnancy with healthy newborn: A case report
http://www.ajol.info/index.php/gmj/article/view/68933/56992
Term asymptomatic abdominal pregnancy with good maternal and perinatal outcome: a case report
http://www.sid.ir/En/VEWSSID/J_pdf/85120000215.pdf
The forgotten child—a case of heterotopic, intra-abdominal and intrauterine pregnancy carried to term
http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/14/5/1372.full
The treatment of abdominal pregnancies
http://archive.samj.org.za/1963%20VOL%20XXXVII%20Jan-Jun/Articles/06%20June/1.3%20THE%20TREATMENT%20OF%20ABDOMINAL%20PREGNANCIES,%20Martin%20G.%20Shelton.pdf
Two Cases of Early Secondary Abdominal Pregnancy with Massive Intra-Abdominal Hæmorrhages
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1562056/pdf/canmedaj00522-0133.pdf
Unruptured postdated pregnancy with a live fetus in a noncommunicating rudimentary horn
http://www.indianjmedsci.org/text.asp?2007/61/1/23/29594
A Case of Abdominal Pregnancy
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2086722/pdf/brmedj04281-0010.pdf
A case of advanced viable extrauterine pregnancy
http://www.pngimr.org.pg/png_med_journal/Advanced%20viable%20-%20%20Mar%2097.pdf
A rare case of term viable secondary abdominal pregnancy following rupture of a rudimentary horn
http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1752-1947-3-38.pdf
A viable secondary intra-abdominal pregnancy resulting from rupture of uterine scar
http://bjr.birjournals.org/content/80/955/e134.full
Abdominal pregnancy
http://www.sonoworld.com/fetus/page.aspx?id=1032
Abdominal Pregnancy at the University College Hospital, Ibadan: A Ten-Year Review
https://142.150.190.46/bitstream/1807/4967/1/rh05014.pdf
Abdominal pregnancy carried to term following the treatment of pelvic tuberculosis
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1810923/pdf/procrsmed00300-0070b.pdf
Abdominal Pregnancy Complicated by Appendicitis and Bilateral Pyosalpinx
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1562192/pdf/canmedaj00527-0122.pdf
Abdominal pregnancy presenting as a missed abortion at 16 weeks' gestation
http://www.hkmj.org/article_pdfs/hkm0012p425.pdf
Abdominal pregnancy with a full term live fetus: Case report
http://www.annalsafrmed.org/article.asp?issn=1596-3519;year=2008;volume=7;issue=4;spage=198;epage=199;aulast=Isah
Abdominal Pregnancy with a Living Child
http://books.google.com/books?id=QSkNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA170#v=onepage&q&f=false
Advanced Abdominal Pregnancy
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1582720/pdf/canmedaj00596-0056.pdf
Advanced abdominal pregnancy: case report and review of 163 cases reported since 1946
http://www.rrh.org.au/publishedarticles/article_print_1087.pdf
Advanced extrauterine pregnancy
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2098249/pdf/brmedj03046-0021.pdf
Advanced Extra-uterine Gestation, with Living Child
http://books.google.com/books?id=VyKgAAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA635&pg=PA638#v=onepage&q&f=false
Full Term Intra-Abdominal Pregnancy
http://www.archive.org/download/FullTermIntra-abdominalPregnancy/Abdominal_Pregnancy.pdf
Full Term Intra-abdominal Pregnancy with Living Mother and Child
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2602194/pdf/yjbm00484-0042.pdf
Full term secondary abdominal pregnancy
http://www.theprofesional.com/article/2006/Vol-13-No-02/Prof-1065.pdf
Full-term Abdominal Pregnancy with Survival of Mother and Child
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2160918/pdf/brmedj04044-0013a.pdf
Intrahepatic pregnancy: sonography and CT findings
http://www.ajronline.org/content/173/5/1377.full.pdf
Intrauterine to intraabdominal pregnancy: ultrasound demonstration
http://www.ajronline.org/content/133/1/132.full.pdf
Late Ectopic Pregnancy: With special reference to intraligamentous pregnancy
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2641109/pdf/jnma00721-0032.pdf
Live abdominal pregnancy presenting as massive rectal bleeding
http://pmj.bmj.com/content/61/718/759.full.pdf
MR Imaging and MR Angiography of an Abdominal Pregnancy with Placental Infarction
http://www.ajronline.org/content/177/6/1305.full
MR imaging of a viable full-term abdominal pregnancy
http://www.ajronline.org/content/145/2/407.full.pdf
Place of culdocentesis in the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1699296/pdf/brmedj02271-0028.pdf
Primary hepatic pregnancy
http://pmj.bmj.com/content/61/719/831.full.pdf
Rudimentary Horn Pregnancy with Neonatal and Maternal Survival
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2537165/pdf/jnma00019-0085.pdf
Sonographic Findings in Advanced Abdominal Pregnancy
http://www.ajronline.org/content/137/6/1259.full.pdf
Sonographic findings in abdominal pregnancy
http://www.ajronline.org/content/147/5/1043.full.pdf
Subperitoneal placenta accreta succenturiate in the case of a successful near-term extrauterine abdominal pregnancy
http://www.daytonc.com/abdominalpregnancyarticle.pdf
Term abdominal pregnancy with healthy newborn: A case report
http://www.ajol.info/index.php/gmj/article/view/68933/56992
Term asymptomatic abdominal pregnancy with good maternal and perinatal outcome: a case report
http://www.sid.ir/En/VEWSSID/J_pdf/85120000215.pdf
The forgotten child—a case of heterotopic, intra-abdominal and intrauterine pregnancy carried to term
http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/14/5/1372.full
The treatment of abdominal pregnancies
http://archive.samj.org.za/1963%20VOL%20XXXVII%20Jan-Jun/Articles/06%20June/1.3%20THE%20TREATMENT%20OF%20ABDOMINAL%20PREGNANCIES,%20Martin%20G.%20Shelton.pdf
Two Cases of Early Secondary Abdominal Pregnancy with Massive Intra-Abdominal Hæmorrhages
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1562056/pdf/canmedaj00522-0133.pdf
Unruptured postdated pregnancy with a live fetus in a noncommunicating rudimentary horn
http://www.indianjmedsci.org/text.asp?2007/61/1/23/29594