Your remarks are really uncalled for. You seem rather hasty in condemning her, especially while she's barely gotten out of a hospital bed after having what seems to be a grueling miscarriage.
According to this story, she was undecided about whether she was going to have the abortion or carry the baby. The miscarriage started the day the court reversed its decision and she was still undecided.
Ironically, while this was going on, the father of the child and her "best friend" were on Phil Donahue, crying and pleading, with her "friend" offering her $100,000 not to have the abortion. You'd think a person who was this woman's best friend wouldn't be going on a talking head show, but be at her friend's side, helping her make the decision not to abortion, and to be at her friend's side at the hospital as she miscarried. That's true friendship. What this "friend" was offering was not.
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She won't get the chance to make that final decision. Hours after a judge cleared the way for Meyers to have the procedure, Meyers suffered a miscarriage and her unborn child died, said Tracey Curry, Meyers' mother. "Emotionally, it isn't over with for her," Curry said. "It's hard for her." The newest development in the nine-day legal battle surfaced Tuesday morning when one of Meyers' attorneys, Astra Outley, said her client was hospitalized for hemorrhaging hours after Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas Judge Michael Conahan lifted a court order barring her from ending the pregnancy. Outley made the comments at Meyers' protection-from-abuse hearing against her ex-boyfriend, John Stachokus, who was believed to be the father of the child. County Court of Common Pleas Senior Judge Gailey Keller continued the hearing until Aug. 20. The temporary restraining order she obtained against Stachokus remains in effect, Keller said. Outley did not disclose details of her client's hospitalization, but Curry said she took Meyers to the emergency room after Meyers hemorrhaged throughout the day on Monday. Later that night, the baby died, Curry said. Overall, Meyers is "doing fine," but is emotionally fatigued, Curry said. The large amount of publicity the case created played a role in Meyers possibly changing her mind about having an abortion, her mother said. "She was really undecided," Curry said. Outley said Meyers is expected to be in the hospital until at least this morning. Wilkes-Barre General Hospital spokesman Kevin McDonald said Meyers was in stable condition Tuesday afternoon. The case, which gained national attention, began July 29 when Stachokus secured a temporary injunction to stop Meyers from having her scheduled abortion. On Monday, five days after Conahan heard testimony on the case, the judge dismissed the injunction, clearing the way for Meyers to end her pregnancy. Stachokus' other attorney, John Williamson, said Tuesday he was waiting for a Superior Court judge to be appointed to hear an appeal of Conahan's ruling. Stachokus has said he was willing to care for the child and didn't want to see the infant suffer. He also said Curry pressured Meyers into having an abortion. Meyers has said she alone decided to have the abortion after the couple's relationship soured and Stachokus threatened her, prompting her to file a protection-from-abuse order. In court papers, Meyers said Stachokus harassed and threatened her. One of his attorneys, Vincent Cappellini, said Stachokus will vehemently deny the allegations at the upcoming hearing. Tuesday morning also was when Stachokus first learned his former girlfriend had been hospitalized. Flanked by Cappellini and surrounded by media, Stachokus left the courtroom. "My concerns are for Tanya," Stachokus said. "I'm praying for her. I'm praying for the child." Williamson said several thousand dollars have been donated to offer to Meyers, hoping it would convince her to carry the baby to term and use the funds to support the child, according to Al Rende, founder of the local Fathers for Life organization, who was helping Williamson's law firm facilitate the fund-raiser. But it is unclear now how those funds will be used, Rende said. Regardless of how the appeal turns out, Curry said she still has some legal wranglings to pursue. "I'm not done with it either," said Curry, who is considering whether to take legal action against Stachokus. "He had no business dragging me into this." Meyers' attorney, Linda Rosenthal of the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, also left the door open for the possibility of a lawsuit after "the dust has settled on this whole situation." Curry said she was very upset when learning of the injunction, but she was relieved by Conahan's ruling. She also denied pressuring her daughter into having an abortion. "I will support her," Curry said. "I am her mother. That's only normal." Curry said she does not expect her daughter to quickly overcome the emotional turmoil of the past week. "She's going to have to go to counselling." David Weiss, a Times Leader staff writer, can be reached at 831-7397. |
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