[TNdandelion]

The exact details of the case have been withheld due to federal privacy laws but what I did learn from the article and subseqent links) is that the pregnancy was terminated at 11 weeks and it described the mother as having, "The actions involving the administrator, mostly taken within the past couple of weeks, followed a last-minute, life-or-death drama in late 2009. The patient had a rare and often fatal condition in which a pregnancy can cause the death of the mother."

The story also mentions surgery. As a mother, I can tell you that when I was facing a last minute, life or death drama at 9weeks gestation carrying an ectopic pregnancy that required immediate removal of both the pregnancy and the fallopian tube that it was imbedded in and had ruptured, I would have told any religious leader poo-pooing the medical emergency to go to h3ll if he thought it was better for me to die along with the baby.

[Judith Anne]

Surgery for ectopic pregnancy is not an abortion.

[hocndoc]

This is the most pertinent information: “a last-minute, life-or-death drama in late 2009.”