Pregnant Teen Denied Both Chemo and Abortion Dies

[Penny Lane 8,159]

In your opinion, certainly, but it should be up to the person carrying the fetus to make that call.

These men who want total control over a woman's body are scary.

[JohnR! 5,495]

These men who want total control over a woman's body are scary.

It is all about growing the customer base. The more people in the world, the more buyers to the opiate they sell...

[mawilson 2,133]

These men who want total control over a woman's body are scary.

All men want total control over a woman's body

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

These men who want total control over a woman's body are scary.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Well ... that's horrifying.

[Glyn and Kathy 288]

Great....How the hell am I going to get THAT image out of my head before bed???

[Penny Lane 8,159]

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

to whom?

To the human about to be born.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

To the human about to be born.

So the human ABOUT to be born matters more than the human giving birth?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

So the human ABOUT to be born matters more than the human giving birth?

They both matter. They are both human. You are arguing a false dichotomy. In this case, the mother's chances of survival even after the abortion and after chemo therapy were slim to none. People die from cancer all the time.

Edited August 20, 2012 by The Patriot

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

They both matter. They are both human. You are arguing a false dichotomy. In this case, the mother's chances of survival were slim to none even after the abortion and after chemo therapy were slim to none. People die from cancer all the time.

In a civilized world, the choice of treatment still belongs to the woman.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

In a civilized world, the choice of treatment still belongs to the woman.

Only in a world that values one human life more than another.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

They both matter. They are both human. You are arguing a false dichotomy. In this case, the mother's chances of survival were slim to none even after the abortion and after chemo therapy were slim to none. People die from cancer all the time.

I agree that they both matter. What I'm arguing is the lack of say that this woman had in the matter. Her government put the needs of the unborn fetus ahead of the needs of the woman carrying it. Stories like this should never, ever happen and yet some people seem completely comfortable with it.

Mostly men, oddly enough.

[rocks 494]

In a civilized world, the choice of treatment still belongs to the woman.

Even Mississippi voted against "personhood" at the moment of fertilization.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I agree that they both matter. What I'm arguing is the lack of say that this woman had in the matter. Her government put the needs of the unborn fetus ahead of the needs of the woman carrying it. Stories like this should never, ever happen and yet some people seem completely comfortable with it.

Mostly men, oddly enough.

Because women are innately irrational and indecisive.