Re:30 Years Ago, Romania Deprived Thousands of Babies of Hum...
by dominotw on Sunday June 21, 2020 @11:19AM
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> We caught it very early
I know what you mean but this triggered me for some reason :)
Re:30 Years Ago, Romania Deprived Thousands of Babies of Hum...
by smt88 on Sunday June 21, 2020 @05:58PM
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Why?
It was a likely-fatal medical condition. It was impossible to bring to term and produce a healthy baby.
"Caught" implies that we discovered the pregnancy before it progressed into a more dangerous phase. "It" refers to the pregnancy.
Humans may want to see meaning in certain rapidly-growing clusters of cells, but that doesn't make them less dangerous if they're growing in the wrong part of the body.
She got pregnant anyway. The nurses were so incredulous, they tested her four times, said it was impossible, and finally gave her a blood test to confirm.
We caught it very early, and it was ectopic. Her doctor said if she didn't abort it, she would likely die. Even a healthy pregnancy is more likely to kill you than an abortion in the first trimester.
Anyway, my point is that none of this is your or the govt's business. It was between her and her doctor. Someone can be 100% responsible and still be in a regrettable medical situation, and no one should have the authority to say, "You need to die or risk dying for this cluster of cells."