 don t underestimate the will to survive the uk telegraphs reports that a baby attempted to be killed aborted survived a day after the doctors abandoned it to die no happy ending though the 22week infant died one day later in intensive care at a hospital in the mother s home town of rossano in southern italy but this is not being swept under the rug in roman catholic nation eugenia roccella the undersecretary of state in the health department commented ldquo we must remember that a baby once born is an italian citizen equal to all the others and is entitled to all fundamental rights including the right to health and therefore to be given full support rdquo the baby was lucky enough to make it out of the womb alive and then he was left to die hopefully at the very least someone will lose their career over this travesty it s not like babies surviving abortion attempts doesn t happen in 2005 a baby boy in manchester was born alive at 24 weeks after surviving three attempts to abort him he is now a fiveyearold schoolboy those are some pretty resilient unviable tissue masses aren t they  