Utah Woman Charged With Murdering Fetus

[ladysycamore]

I don't know if she should be charged with murder, but definitely guilty of severe selfishness, and IMO, reckless endangerment.

"The same day, a nurse at Salt Lake Regional Hospital saw Rowland, who allegedly told her she had left LDS Hospital because the doctor wanted to cut her "from breast bone to pubic bone," a procedure that would "ruin her life." "

*head explode* WTF?? How was that going to ruin her life?

The issue is that she is the sole owner of her body and our increasingly fascist governmental officials are charging this woman with a crime for making a decision about her own body.

Yes she made a decision, but one that put the fate of her children at risk. IMO (quite strongly), once a woman finds out she is pregnant, and decides to keep the baby, then she should do whatever it takes to make sure that the welfare and health of the unborn child is damned near perfect. She was told several times that the fate of her unborn children was at risk if she did not get a C-section. She willingly chose not to have the procedure, and now one of her twins is dead. She'll have to live with that for the rest of her life. And what about the live twin? For that child to find out that his/her mother chose to go against the doctor's orders, just for the sake of VANITY! Goddamn..just when you think you've heard it all, and that people can't get more thoughtless!

"The case could affect abortion rights..."

Mother fuck! If that even happens...