Abortion question?

[sonshine234]

I did

 

[Albion]

I am married and still all abortion is wrong. Murder is never right

Although such a view is unpopular with most people, there is nothing illogical or inconsistent about it. If the child is entitled to live and the woman is entitled to live, one could easily take the view that God alone is entitled to make the call.

 

[sonshine234]

Yes, exactly that is where I stand

 

[Lion King]

Although such a view is unpopular with most people, there is nothing illogical or inconsistent about it. If the child is entitled to live and the woman is entitled to live, one could easily take the view that God alone is entitled to make the call.

Are you saying the doctors in this case made the right choice?

 

[Albion]

Are you saying the doctors in this case made the right choice?

Seems to me, from what we were told, that they felt obligated to follow the law.

 

[MamaZ]

Very sad situation. Because she was going to loose the baby anyway I believe the surgery or induced labor should have been allowed. Standing there and not doing nothing for this lady to me is neglegance in the biggest event. Some times we are hit with hard choices to make and knowing that the baby was being miscarried shows me that there was something not quite right with the baby and the mothers body was rejecting it. Therefore all should have been done to save this womans life.

 

[Gnarwhal]

Very sad situation. Because she was going to loose the baby anyway I believe the surgery or induced labor should have been allowed. Standing there and not doing nothing for this lady to me is neglegance in the biggest event. Some times we are hit with hard choices to make and knowing that the baby was being miscarried shows me that there was something not quite right with the baby and the mothers body was rejecting it. Therefore all should have been done to save this womans life.

Agreed.

 

[Lion King]

Seems to me, from what we were told, that they felt obligated to follow the law.

Did they?

"Abortion is illegal in the Republic except where there is a real and substantial risk to the life, as distinct from the health, of the mother."


Whether, they followed the law or not, that is debatable. However, I did not ask you that. In your own opinion, did the hospital staff make the correct decision?

 

[Albion]

Did they?

"Abortion is illegal in the Republic except where there is a real and substantial risk to the life, as distinct from the health, of the mother."

Yes, that's how it appeared to me.

Whether, they followed the law or not, that is debatable. However, I did not ask you that. In your own opinion, did the hospital staff make the correct decision?

We do not have enough information to be sure of the answer to that.

"Dr Muiris Houston, health analyst for The Irish Times, said that all of the circumstances surrounding the incident had not been revealed yet."



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[Fireinfolding]

Very sad situation. Because she was going to loose the baby anyway I believe the surgery or induced labor should have been allowed. Standing there and not doing nothing for this lady to me is neglegance in the biggest event. Some times we are hit with hard choices to make and knowing that the baby was being miscarried shows me that there was something not quite right with the baby and the mothers body was rejecting it. Therefore all should have been done to save this womans life.

Exactly, the woman (too) had a heartbeat.

Now there are two less heartbeats and one husband with a broken heart.

I hate these scenarios

 

[Yarddog]

Very sad situation. Because she was going to loose the baby anyway I believe the surgery or induced labor should have been allowed.

The question is did the doctors feel that the mother's life was in danger at the time. If not, they were following the Irish law. Many people are passing judgment on the tragic outcome without knowing the full circumstances of what was going on in the ER.

I can agree that it would seem that going ahead with the abortion would make sense, on one part, but if these doctors and nurses believed as the Church teaches, they would believe that they were killing the baby instead of allowing it die.

Standing there and not doing nothing for this lady to me is neglegance in the biggest event.

I haven't read a single news story which says that they were standing there doing nothing for the lady. They were most likely doing everything that they could to help ease the pain and to treat her for the miscarriage.

Some times we are hit with hard choices to make and knowing that the baby was being miscarried shows me that there was something not quite right with the baby and the mothers body was rejecting it.

I agree.

Therefore all should have been done to save this womans life.

They probably were or at least thought that they were. These were medical professionals in one of the safest countries to have a baby.

Something tragic occurred and the woman contracted a blood infection which is treatable and most all who contract it live but sadly some do not. We do not know if the hospital was negligent "yet". The investigation may turn up procedural errors which led to the woman's death,

Let's pray for the family and the nurses who attended to Ms. Halappanavar.
All must feel terrible and are grieving the loss.
God Bless

 

[If Not For Grace]

For every one questionable case, there are a million cases of aborted babies for no reason at all.

No one jumps up & down and celebrates an abortion, especially not the woman-what may seem no reason to on lookers is a heart wrentching decision for the parties involved.

 

[Albion]

No one jumps up & down and celebrates an abortion, especially not the woman-what may seem no reason to on lookers is a heart wrentching decision for the parties involved.

I'm sorry, but that kind of argument is nothing but a way of avoiding the facts. The fact that you're not jumping up and down doesn't mean that you aren't willing to go through with a wrongful act. It's just a terrible, self-serving argument. You might as well say that muggers don't jump up and down and throw confetti in the air when they're stealing your wallet, so it must not be all that bad to do.

 

[Yarddog]

No one jumps up & down and celebrates an abortion, especially not the woman-what may seem no reason to on lookers is a heart wrentching decision for the parties involved.

Agreed. We have a forgiving Father and Lord Jesus Christ. Those who repent will be forgiven.