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She's a pig, but the government should not be able to force people to have an operation, obviously.

Are you familiar with the Christian Science types who will let their children die rather than seek medical treatment in some cases? This comes very close to that.

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It's not really that close. In this case, the woman refused an operation on herself that could save her child. It's morally repugnant, but the law shouldn't have a say.

A closer analogy would be somebody who could save a life by donating bone marrow, but refuses. The person's a jerk, but the government shouldn't be able to tie them down and tap their bones against their will.