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Mother's life gift to unborn baby
The BBC ^ | 9 Dec 2005 | BBC

Posted on 12/10/2005 1:15:39 AM PST by LadyDoc

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To: prion
"It isn't. There was no way of knowing ahead of time the baby could be carried to full term, and that early in the process the chances of spontaneous abortion are still high. A month. That's early. "Strong will to live" doesn't enter into it at four weeks. If both baby and mother had died, what would that have served?"

It's true there was no way of knowing if the baby would have aborted early or not. However, if it had aborted naturally she could have then received treatment. But as long as the baby was alive and growing, this true Mother who truly lived up to the name of "Mother" (unlike so many women of today), did what was right: she left the decision for life and death in God's hands, rather than taking it into her own. He could have preserved her life also, or caused the baby to abort naturally, but He didn't.

If both had died, what would it have served? That's not for us to answer. It is ours to be obedient to Him and leave the consequences to Him, whatever they may be. Death sometimes serves His purpsoes more than life does, especially when we realize that physical death is not the end of one's life.

21 posted on 12/10/2005 9:46:26 AM PST by TruthSetsUFree
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To: TruthSetsUFree
IMO, your words are beautiful, true and final!
Well said!
22 posted on 12/10/2005 10:29:28 AM PST by Guenevere
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To: LadyDoc
May God watch over this child and protect him as he grows into an adult to be proud of. May He also comfort the family and give them peace and strength, in Jesus' name.

Carolyn

23 posted on 12/10/2005 12:18:41 PM PST by CDHart (The world has become a lunatic asylum and the lunatics are in charge.)
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To: prion
As would I, although I hate to say it.

Carolyn

24 posted on 12/10/2005 12:19:30 PM PST by CDHart (The world has become a lunatic asylum and the lunatics are in charge.)
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To: LadyDoc; trussell
The mother's ultimate sacrifice for the love of her child.

Our prayers are for her and for her entire family.

"TT", Beth & Nana
25 posted on 12/10/2005 2:03:40 PM PST by Texas Termite (We have a new star in the heavens :))
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To: prion

Ironically, under Catholic Law, she could not abort or kill her child, but you are allowed to take Chemotherapy or radiation therapy for your cancer, even if you know the "unwanted side effect" would be that the child would spontaneously miscarry...

So she chose to take the chance and let her child live...

As a doctor, I would have pointed out this to her...and encouraged her to take the treatment...

Ironically, breast cancer in young women often metastasizes very early, and has a lower cure rate than in older women...so by refusing Chemo, I suspect she would have gained a couple years, but still died......the cancer grows quickly with hormones, but even faster during pregnancy...

And such cases are not that rare...

I had a patient with a fast growing sarcoma who chose to refuse radiation (a cancer also with a poor prognosis)...she was dying at 7 months, and hoping to live long enough for her child to die...and I've had two ladies with cervical cancer wait til after pregnancy to treat, and one whose cancer was more advanced who chose immediate radiation therapy for this, and the child died... the last mother cries about it to this day, but said she had three living children and chose to be with them...

Not all these people were "religious" either...


26 posted on 12/10/2005 5:28:45 PM PST by LadyDoc (liberals only love politically correct poor people)
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the last mother cries about it to this day, but said she had three living children and chose to be with them...

This woman had three small children, too. I'm not saying she made the wrong decision, by any means; I'm saying she made a very hard decision, and I would not have blamed her or considered it selfish or wrong had she decided the other way.

27 posted on 12/10/2005 5:42:35 PM PST by prion (Yes, as a matter of fact, I AM the spelling police)
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To: LadyDoc; 2ndMostConservativeBrdMember; afraidfortherepublic; Alas; al_c; american colleen; ...
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28 posted on 12/12/2005 9:50:11 PM PST by Coleus (Roe v. Wade and Endangered Species Act both passed in 1973, Murder Babies/save trees, birds, algae)
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I'm sure God is richly rewarding this brave mother.

Prayers for her family.


29 posted on 12/12/2005 10:17:07 PM PST by Aussie Dasher (The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
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Thanks, Coleus!

Pinged from Terri December Dailies

8mm

30 posted on 12/13/2005 4:41:33 AM PST by 8mmMauser (Jesu ufam tobie..Jesus I trust in Thee)
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UNTO God's gracious mercy and protection we commit her. The Lord bless and keep her. The Lord make his face to shine upon her, and be gracious unto her. The Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon her and give her peace, both now and evermore. Amen.


31 posted on 12/13/2005 6:31:42 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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Prayers for all -- I am sure this mother has a place in heaven!


32 posted on 12/13/2005 9:45:21 AM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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