A Miracle Named Nash: The World's Most Premature Baby Turns One

14.10.2025

On July 5, 2024, Nash Keen entered the world at just 21 weeks gestation—133 days premature. Weighing a mere 285 grams and measuring 24 cm long, Nash defied all odds at the University of Iowa Health Care in Iowa City. Thanks to the tireless efforts of his medical team and the unwavering love of his parents, Mollie and Randall Keen, Nash survived six months in intensive care and was finally welcomed home in January 2025.

Now, Nash has celebrated his first birthday, and with it, a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the most premature baby ever to survive. His life is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the miracle of modern medicine.

But while we celebrate Nash’s incredible journey, we must also confront a heartbreaking truth: countless unborn children at the same gestational age are denied the most basic human rights. Some babies who survive abortion procedures are tragically left without care, their lives dismissed as unworthy of protection.

Nash’s story is not just one of survival—it’s a call to conscience. If a child born at 21 weeks can live, thrive, and be cherished, then how can we justify laws that ignore the humanity of others at the same stage?

Governments must stop turning a blind eye to this grave injustice. Every life deserves dignity, protection, and love—from the moment it begins. Nash Keen has shown us what’s possible. Now it’s time for our leaders to act.