Struggling Photographer Chooses Principle Over Money   By the
Staff of Just Facts  September 22, 2000   In August of 1999,
freelance photographer Michael Clancy captured a remarkable
image: The hand of a 21 week-old prenatal baby holding a
surgeon's finger. Clancy thought the photo might win a Pulitzer
Prize. Instead, the picture has generated a lot more controversy
than awards.   (Copyright: Michael Clancy. Used with the
permission of SABA Press, New York, N.Y.)   The hand of Samuel
Armas outside of his mother's womb at 21 weeks gestation. A full
term pregnancy is about 40 weeks.   What Michael Clancy refers
to as 'the experience of a lifetime', began last summer when he
received a phone call from USA Today. The national newspaper
asked him to photograph an innovative surgery being performed on
prenatal babies with spina bifida. Spina bifida is a condition
where the baby's body fails to properly enclose the spine during
prenatal development. Doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical
Center have developed a co