Nice to hear this happened in VA, where the law is automatically pro-life.
A lot of people think that VA has antiquated laws, but can you imagine this happening in New York or CA?
Or Florida, where mother and baby would have been starved.
Yes. Why not?
Jason Torres quit his job to be by his wife's side, and last month her fetus passed the 24th week of development -- the earliest point at which doctors felt the baby would have a reasonable chance to survive, the brother-in-law said.
Sounds like this is mainly due to her husband, my prayers are with him and his new daughter.
NOW would deplore the use of this woman's body as an "incubator." I'm sure the NY Times would write a concerned editorial worrying that some woman would become brain-dead two days after becoming pregnant and be forced by her Christian fundamentalist (i.e, normal Catholic) family to carry the baby to term. Then Pelosi will sponsor an Abortio-By-Default bill.
Wouldn't matter. It might be all up to the husband and, of course, insurance and any donations that were thrown their way as in this case. She's been dead three months and used as an incubator until this daughter could be carved out of her lifeless corpse. As it is the girl is horribly tiny and the chances of her being completely healthy and without complications are probably not high. While I feel for the husband and new father, I'm not sure this is the kind of thing we ought to champion, even from a prolife viewpoint. Hey, why not just keep her around and inseminate her for a sibling! She won't mind, I'm sure. After all, she's dead!