] 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]

Eschaton - The War on Women