be born with

Perhaps one-third of fetal clones survive; the pregnancies can fail or a clone can be born with deformities that require euthanasia, Cerantola said.

But in pregnancies, it can cause infants to be born with severe physical and mental impairments and can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths.

In 1964 and 1965, rubella — an epidemic that struck every six to nine years — caused about 11,000 pregnancies to be miscarried, 2,100 newborns to die and 20,000 infants to be born with birth defects.

“So if a mother has syphilis, whether she knows it or not, while she’s pregnant and is not diagnosed and treated, she can transmit that to her fetus, and the baby can be born with syphilis,” says Rizza.

“It makes it relatable to any kid or anyone to say, ‘I don’t have to be born with a sense of destiny.’