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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From what I understand she has had two sections already, due to structural narrowness that precludes vaginal birth. If she is forced to deliver this fetus, it will be by C section, making it her third and the medical limit for C sections. Since she and her husband want a third child, this destined to die pregnancy will be her final. Really? How do politicians get to make such medical decisions for women. Disgusting beyond belief.[/quote]

“In his September editorial, Dr. Robert L. Barbieri issued a call for OBs to recount their experience with higher-order cesareans and describe any innovative techniques. Here are some of the responses:

Before I retired recently from private practice in southern California, I cared for a patient who, along with her husband, earnestly desired and lovingly provided for a large family. It was my privilege to perform 11 consecutive cesarean sections in this remarkable woman. None of her pregnancies were complicated by placenta previa, and placenta accreta was never an issue. No significant adhesions were encountered until her final section.“

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Good for her.  This woman is a different person.  I would assume that her own personal OB (who recommended the abortion) is fully aware of the risks of additional c sections, given this woman's medical history.

My SIL has had 2 c sections and been advised not to have any more children, because of the risks inherent in another c section for her.  And I work with a woman who delivered 5 of her 6 children via c section.  See?  Different women are different.[/quote]

Yes, no one knows how, to what degree, or if at all, the woman in this case will have her fertility affected. Adhesions, for example, can only truly be evaluated through surgery.

So claiming her future fertility will be harmed is an unknowable thing. That’s why the doctors treating her now won’t take the legal risk of performing an abortion on her. If they truly thought her life was in danger they wouldn’t have to go to court. Texas law already provides for abortion in those situations.

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Don't you think her own OB, who recommended the abortion, is qualified to judge her risk???  Seriously??[/quote]

If her ob had medical evidence to support an abortion, the ob would perform the abortion. Her ob won’t perform the abortion because the ob knows the mother’s life isn’t in danger, currently. The photo of mom smiling supports that; women who have complicated pregnancies and are dealing with life threatening complications are hospitalized. This mom is at home. [/quote]

Is that photo time-stamped?  How do you know when it was taken?  My understanding is that they've only had the diagnosis for the past week or 2.

So, your standard is that the woman needs to be hospitalized and clearly at imminent risk of death prior to authorizing an abortion?  Ever heard of Savita Halapannavar?  Google that particular case to see just how quickly one can go from non-life-threatening to dead.[/quote]

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