inignoct wrote:
] ] I read about Melissa Ann Rowland in the Dallas paper this
] ] morning By now, most of you probably have read or heard
] ] that she has been charged with murder for refusing to
] ] have a C-section which doctors had told her was the only
] ] way to ensure that both of the twins she was pregnant
] ] with would survive. One was stillborn. If convicted, Ms.
] ] Rowland could be sentenced to five years to life in
] ] prison. She is being held at the Salt Lake City jail.
] ]
] ]
] ] Ever since legislatures started enacting statutes that
] ] make it a crime to kill a fetus, events have conspired to
] ] get us to this point - a woman didn't want surgery, and
] ] is being charged as a murderer for refusing. Think about
] ] that for a minute - she didn't want to have surgery.
] ] She's charged with a crime.
]
] [ Total and complete bullshit. If she agrees to the surgery
] and she dies as a result, did she commit suicide? What if
] something goes wrong with the surgery and both fetuses die?
] Double homicide? Absurd. -k]

Yeah this is total bullshit, if the scar was actually the reason. Thats crap b/c now the scar is usually pretty small and in the area just above the pubic bone. So if you are concerned with someone seeing it, and they are that damn close to you, I don't think it really matters at that point!

RE: Eschaton - The War on Women