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Mother-to-be sacrifices her chance of surviving cancer for her baby
Los Angeles Times ^
| May 11, 2009
| Linda Reid Chassiakos
Posted on 05/11/2009 2:12:29 PM PDT by Deo volente
She leaned on her husband, using his strength to hide her unsteadiness. Her steps were tentative, measured, cautious, with her gait more typical of a woman decades older than her late 20s. She could still walk, shake hands and almost smile, at least with one side of her mouth; she couldn't let the tumor take those gifts away -- not yet. She had to stay healthy another few weeks, until her baby was born.
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: cultureoflife; moralabsolutes; prolife
To: Deo volente
Thank you for posting this. I will object only to one thing:
The term "mother (or father) to be" is an absurdity. That couple were "mother" and "father" when their daughter was conceived.
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posted on
05/11/2009 2:17:23 PM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: Deo volente
Sacrifice is the language of love.
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posted on
05/11/2009 2:18:19 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: Deo volente
Thank you for posting this Deo Volente.
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posted on
05/11/2009 2:19:17 PM PDT
by
Cindy
To: Deo volente
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posted on
05/11/2009 2:22:17 PM PDT
by
justkate
To: ArrogantBustard
Agreed. That was the Times’ headline, so I posted it as is.
To: Deo volente
And you were right to do so.
If I'm flaming anybody, it's the Slimes.
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posted on
05/11/2009 2:29:28 PM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: Deo volente
Well I’ll be. No ‘abortion’? I am surprised the LA newspaper would print anything a all bout this!
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posted on
05/11/2009 2:31:13 PM PDT
by
Dudoight
To: Deo volente
If I recall correctly, there was a new saint/blessed person who had refused chemo to save the life of her unborn child.
God be with them!
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posted on
05/11/2009 2:33:33 PM PDT
by
RebelTXRose
(RESTORE THE REPUBLIC!!)
To: RebelTXRose
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posted on
05/11/2009 2:56:54 PM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: ArrogantBustard
Thank you - sometimes I am “search challenged”!
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posted on
05/11/2009 3:09:12 PM PDT
by
RebelTXRose
(RESTORE THE REPUBLIC!!)
To: Deo volente; 185JHP; 230FMJ; 50mm; 69ConvertibleFirebird; Aleighanne; Alexander Rubin; ...
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posted on
05/11/2009 3:58:13 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: Deo volente
There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for another. God bless that mother.
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posted on
05/11/2009 4:09:44 PM PDT
by
Pinkbell
To: ArrogantBustard
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posted on
05/11/2009 4:09:59 PM PDT
by
Pinkbell
To: Deo volente
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posted on
05/11/2009 4:11:54 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: Pinkbell
In contrast the empty suit gleefully cheers on the murder of little babies.
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posted on
05/11/2009 4:48:35 PM PDT
by
chiefqc
To: chiefqc
Even if they are born during an abortion.
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posted on
05/11/2009 7:49:17 PM PDT
by
Pinkbell
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