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To: CharlesWayneCT; stm
That's not pro-abortion, that's making a difficult choice as to which of two patients to save

stm asserted that "you're pro-abortion or you're pro-life", which IMO is an ethically challenged position.

The surgeon presented with a critical ectopic pregnancy must decide whether he will be "pro-life" and let two people die (because he won't remove the fetus to save the mother), or that the fetus must be removed, in which case it will die.

Choosing to save the life of the mother at the expense of the fetus does not make him "pro-abortion".

222 posted on 03/04/2007 12:19:59 PM PST by angkor
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To: angkor
"critical ectopic pregnancy must decide whether he will be "pro-life" and let two people die"

You argument is a bit off. First, ectopic pregnancies are normally discovered via ultrasound with or without symptoms in the first 6-8 weeks of pregnancy. Unfortunately at that stage of gestation the fetus is not viable, hence the decision to "save two lives" is a moot point since mortality of the fetus is 0%. I should also note that almost 80% of ectopic pregnancies are pseudogestational sacs and not fetuses. Don't get me wrong, I am very much prolife (I was unfortunate to see a partial-birth abortion early in my medical career. After 30 years I still have vivid memories of that day).

268 posted on 03/04/2007 6:26:46 PM PST by politicalwit (Freedom doesn't mean a Free Pass.)
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