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In reply to the discussion: This is not fiction [View all]raging moderate
(4,582 posts)58. Yes. And she DID NOT have a FETUS inside her!
At 9 weeks, this poor woman had an EMBRYO inside her! And what is called 9 weeks is actually about 7 weeks. I remember that the pregnancies of BOTH my children were calculated from the starting dates of my menstrual bleeds. And the embryo does not really form at that point. Many women do not even know they are pregnant at the point this poor woman was forced into being a dead incubator.
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I don't think parents have legal obligations for adult children in most cases. Doesn't make sense. Nt
lostnfound
May 21
#65
Go OT on them and quote Numbers 11: 5-13, the test for an unfaithful wife.
multigraincracker
May 19
#32
The powers that be have taken away her reproductive rights from the beginning and now her dignity to die peacefully
Deuxcents
May 19
#31
The Catholic Church ruled that terminally ill people could in good conscience refuse "extraordinary measures"
Hekate
May 20
#55
Are there prayer groups outside the hospital? Has anyone brought a life-size crucifix on a trailer hitch?
Hekate
May 20
#53