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Old March 12, 2004, 10:46   #31
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Wow, what a horrible woman.

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Old March 12, 2004, 10:48   #32
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Old March 12, 2004, 10:50   #33
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what would be an appropriate charge, GePap?
No idea. Not being a lawyer, I won't speculate on which laws might fit-specially in that specific state.
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1. The woman's reasons, while weak, are being used against her when she was talking in what she assumed to be a confidential situation.

2. The woman really should give the other child up for adoption.
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She could be declared unfit to be a mother.
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Old March 12, 2004, 11:45   #36
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“We are unable to find any reason other than the cosmetic motivations” for the mother’s decision, said Kent Morgan, spokesman for the district attorney.
The woman obviously didn't want her incredible good looks ruined...

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Old March 12, 2004, 11:50   #37
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I'm with Azazel. Murder is too much. Endangerment or perhaps some prenatal version of negligance. She clearly was an idiot but on the face of things she has the right to refuse treatment. Since however she has lives depending upon her, she has imposed upon them.
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She had a right to refuse the operation, end of story.

I might disapprove of the choice or the result, but thats it as far as that goes.
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Old March 12, 2004, 11:56   #39
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Oh I'm not arguing that point. I'd argue that she should be ceclared an unfit mother for the surviving twin though.
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Old March 12, 2004, 12:35   #40
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You people.

Surgery is a deeply personal event and decision. Refusing to go under the knife doesn't make you a bad person nor does it make you an unfit mother.
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Old March 12, 2004, 13:50   #41
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I'm gonna agree w/ Che - I don't think there should be any punishment.
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Old March 12, 2004, 13:55   #42
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nor does it make you an unfit mother.
Saying that you'd rather have your kids die than have an unsightly scar on your body goes along way toward justifying that claim though.
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Old March 12, 2004, 13:58   #43
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Unless there's a law mandating that one must undergo such an operation if the doctors recommend it, I can't see the murder charge. But I think she should be hit was a negligence charge, perhaps even manslaughter.
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You people.

Surgery is a deeply personal event and decision. Refusing to go under the knife doesn't make you a bad person nor does it make you an unfit mother.
This is a special case. In this case your decision has massive implications for the lives of others, others who you are responsible for bringing into being.

For example, if you gave your friend some home brew and it wrecked his kidneys and he needed to be hooked up to another person for dialysis, then the state would be fully justified in compelling you to be that other person.

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You people.

Surgery is a deeply personal event and decision. Refusing to go under the knife doesn't make you a bad person nor does it make you an unfit mother.
Should Christian scientists be held responsible on some level if their kid dies because they refuse to take the kid in for medical treatment?
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Old March 12, 2004, 14:01   #46
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You people.

Surgery is a deeply personal event and decision. Refusing to go under the knife doesn't make you a bad person nor does it make you an unfit mother.
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Should Christian scientists be held responsible on some level if their kid dies because they refuse to take the kid in for medical treatment?
Absolutely. The State need not stand by while people's stupid superstitions endanger human life.
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Are Caesarean Sections covered under whatever equivalent the US has to nationalized healthcare?
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Absolutely. The State need not stand by while people's stupid superstitions endanger human life.
First, the state needs to offer universally free healthcare.
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Charge her with something... not murder, perhaps (it's probably something they can plea down with), but negligent homicide or something. Give her a nice little fine.
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Stuie cracks me up.

Really, I do not see any difference between this and abortion. Or rather, abortion, which is the intentional murder of a child is far worse.

Of course that is my opinion and not the law.
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Who says her insurance wouldn't have covered a C-section?
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Old March 12, 2004, 14:20   #53
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From a legal perspective, perhaps the law students can help me out:

We know the state can limit what surgical procedures a pregnant woman can elect to undergo (abortion). But can the state legally enforce a pregnant woman to undergo a surgical procedure she does not wish to have?
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It would depend on the laws of the state. It could be stated that the woman, who did not want an abortion, had a duty to to do everything she reasonably could to protect the life of the children. And it could be said that a C-section was a reasonable procedure... maybe her insurance covered it and all she'd have was a small scar. I guess the difference is in her intention of having the children and not aborting them, it falls on the line. It's a tough case, basically.
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This is inconsistent with a woman's right to kill her children for "health" reasons. Obviously, concern for her beauty is a legitimate health concern that we all should support.

(I wonder how the Supremes would deal with this hypocrisy.)
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And here we are, set to discuss Roe v. Wade in my law class today... how serendipitous.
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Guy, make me proud... argue AGAINST it, but say you are PRO-CHOICE. You'll either piss off everyone or gain the respect of everyone .

I don't see many pro-choice people who are against Roe like myself, though .
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Saying that you'd rather have your kids die than have an unsightly scar on your body goes along way toward justifying that claim though.
So says the DA. I don't see anyone quoting the mother as saying that. I see a nurse telling her it would ruin her life. That would be a fairly strong motivation not to go under the knife.

Boris, forcing Christian Scientist's to treat thir children is different, as children are wards and cannot make competnet decisions for themselves. It's one thing for an adult to refuse treatement, its another for an adult to refuse treatement to a child.

Anyway, if you support the riht to choice, you have to respect this women's decision and realize that this charge is just a back door assault on the right to abortion.
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There are a few claims being made on this thread that state the decision was made on cosmetic grounds. However that claim appears to come from the prosecutors, and looks like an assumption on their part in the article.

Does anyone have anything actually convincing?
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Anyway, if you support the riht to choice, you have to respect this women's decision and realize that this charge is just a back door assault on the right to abortion.
She didn't ask for an abortion. If that were the case, then it would be ok. It's a degree of subtlety, but important. After all, if you crash into a car and a woman loses her baby, you get charged for manslaughter. The personhood of the unborn seemingly is tied to the intention of the mother (and she did not intend to abort), but this is a very interesting case.
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