(May 28, 2014 at 4:36 pm)Heywood Wrote: What is there to talk about? I am not convinced the baby had to be killed to save the woman's life. You are convinced that it did.
You are missing something very basic here...
- the mother's life was in immediate jeopardy
- this required immediate termination of the pregnancy for her survival
- the fetus was not viable
To support your conclusion you must believe one of the following:
- The doctors were wrong in assessing the risk to the mother or the fetus' viability (an emotional conclusion and indefensible)
- It is appropriate to risk the mother's life to continue the pregnancy until fetal viability