A MIRACLE BABY IS BORN!

Thanks to Michelle Malkin for the good news.

A brain-dead pregnant woman who has been kept on life support to give her fetus more time to develop gave birth to a baby girl Tuesday, the woman's brother-in-law said.

There were no complications during delivery and the baby "is doing well," Justin Torres wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press. The baby, Susan Anne Catherine Torres, weighs one pound 13 ounces and is 13 1/2 inches long, he said. The infant was delivered via caesarean section, the hospital said.

Susan Torres, a 26-year-old researcher at the National Institutes of Health, lost consciousness from a stroke May 7 after aggressive melanoma spread to her brain. Her husband, Jason Torres, said doctors told him his wife's brain functions had stopped.

Jason Torres quit his job to be by his wife's side, and last month her fetus passed the 24th week of development _ the earliest point at which doctors felt the baby would have a reasonable chance to survive, the brother-in-law said.

Keep the Torres family in your thoughts and prayers. Donations to the Susan Torres Fund can be made here.

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Update: 8/3/05 at 3:37 PM by Fox News via CNSNews


A brain dead woman who was kept alive for three months so she could deliver the child she was carrying was removed from life support Wednesday and died, her family said.

Susan Torres' (search) plight attracted worldwide sympathy after she suffered a stroke in May as she battled cancer. She gave birth to a daughter, Susan Anne Catherine Torres, on Tuesday by Caesarean section.
"This is obviously a bittersweet time for our family," Justin Torres, her brother-in-law, said in a statement.

Doctors turned off Torres' life support early Wednesday after she received the final sacrament of the Roman Catholic Church.

The delivery went smoothly and the baby "is doing well," Justin Torres had said earlier in in an e-mail to The Associated Press. The baby weighed 1 pound, 13 ounces, he said.

Have mercy on her soul, O Lord.