[Moral Hazard]

Before either my mother or my older sister were born my mom was pregnant with another potential son. Towards the end of the pregnancy she became extremely anemic and almost died.

If she had not had an abortion, she most likely would have died, and I wouldn't be here today.

[Moral Hazard]

"Before either my mother or my older sister"

Should read "before either me or my older sister." oops

[Mr. Lucky]

Forgive my asking, but isn't a medical abortion generally considered a cause, not a cure, for anemia?

[stands2reason]

Not exactly the same thing.

[hocndoc]

Abortion to save the mother's life is not what we're talking about. That sort of abortion was legal before Roe v. Wade.

[Antoninus]

If she had not had an abortion, she most likely would have died, and I wouldn't be here today.

And that relates to this story...how, exactly? Are you saying your glad your brother was killed? He wasn't a "potential son". He WAS as son.

[Scotswife]

"Before either my mother or my older sister were born my mom was pregnant with another potential son. Towards the end of the pregnancy she became extremely anemic and almost died.

If she had not had an abortion, she most likely would have died, and I wouldn't be here today."

Maybe someone with a medical background can help me clear up my confusion here.
I fail to see how an abortion "at the end of the pregnancy" poses any LESS of a risk to an anemic woman than a live birth or C-section. The uterus still has to shed the lining, the placenta still has to come out, and on top of that you are introducing sharp instruments into the womb to dismember the baby. It is a common side affect of abortion that these instruments can puncture the uterus and pose a greater risk to bleeding.

It would seem that a good doctor would attempt to save both the baby and the mother through early induction or c-section.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Moral Hazard, unless ther more details that you didn't make available to us, your "near the end of pregnancy" brother was an almost fully-developed viable baby, and the doctor would be ethically obliged to try to save both of them (your mother and your brother.) At that point, anemia or no anemia, there's no "advantage" in abortion over childbirth, Except you guarantee a dead baby.

I'm glad you're here, but there's no way you can say with confidence that you wouldn't have been, no matter what the other child's fate.

[snugs]

What point are you trying to make seems to me has no relevance to fishtalk story.

Different set of circumstances