World’s most preemie baby turns one

The world’s youngest premature baby ever to survive is now a thriving one-year-old.

Nash Keen was born at 21 weeks, one day earlier than the previous Guinness World Record holder for the “most premature baby”, and weighed just 10oz. He spent the first six months in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Stead Family Children’s Hospital in Iowa, but is now home.

In Great Britain, abortion is currently permitted for most reasons up to 24 weeks, but up to birth if the unborn child is deemed to have a disability.

Joy

His mum Mollie thought they would lose him. She said: “I had to take it one day at a time. I focused on the small victories and leaned hard on my support system.”

She noted: “Being in the NICU as long as he was, you’d think that he would be, you know, more fragile and stuff. And he’s not. He’s a very determined, curious little boy, and he’s just all smiles all the time”.

Nash was able to leave hospital in January. Mollie commented: “I’m really, really, really enjoying my time with Nash and just not taking a single moment for granted. Celebrating him and watching him grow has been the greatest joy of my life, honestly.”

Baby Nash was born at 21 weeks and survived. The Left calls babies like him a “clump of cells,” but we know he was always a person worth protecting. Praise God for this miracle.💙 pic.twitter.com/ISltfwd76k

— Students for Life of America | Pro-Life Gen (@StudentsforLife) July 24, 2025

Dad Randall added: “He’s surviving and he’s thriving, and he’s doing really good. So we’re very proud of him.” Nash is reported to be growing into a strong, happy baby who is hitting developmental milestones.

‘Every life matters’

Sharing Nash’s story, pro-life news source Life News commented: “This is little Nash Keen. He was born at just 21 weeks gestation and weighing a mere 10 ounces. No clump of cells. No ball of tissue. And Nash just earned the Guinness World Record as the most premature baby to survive!”

Students for Life President Kristan Hawkins criticised abortion activists in the US who “call aborting babies at Nash’s birthdate a ‘choice.’ Every Life matters, even the tiniest.”

In June, MPs at Westminster voted to allow women in England and Wales to abort their unborn baby at any stage of pregnancy without sanction, including up to birth.