Posted on 07/01/2002 8:41:41 AM PDT by chance33_98
Mom Dies After Shooting Self, Delivering Twins Woman Reportedly Scuffled With Grandfather
POSTED: 7:04 p.m. EDT June 30, 2002 UPDATED: 10:23 a.m. EDT July 1, 2002
MONROE, N.C. -- Hospital officials say a woman who shot her grandfather and herself -- and then gave birth to twin boys -- has died in North Carolina.
Doctors delivered the infants by emergency Caesarean section after the shooting Saturday. They're in critical condition -- weighing about two pounds each.
Their mother, Patricia Blackwell, died at about 11 p.m. Sunday night. Union County deputies say she was about eight months pregnant.
The sheriff of Union County says Patricia Blackwell shot herself after scuffling with her grandfather. He was treated for a gunshot wound to the neck.
It's not known if Blackwell's wound was intentional or accidental.
The sheriff called the shootings "a tragedy."
Why would doctors do this? I mean — they're just fetuses, aren't they???
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No doubt they were considered victims of a shooting crime and not a woman's right to choose.
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