[xzins]

Good for the bishop.

There was no indication in the link that the pregnancy was an ectopic pregnancy. If so, that information must be elsewhere.

Rather than abort the child, might someone have a procedure to relocate the implantation from the tube to within the uterus of the mother? It might be radical, difficult, or even rarely if ever successful, but at least it’s an effort to save both lives.

[wagglebee]

The problem is that nobody seems to be saying conclusively that the mother’s life was at risk. Certainly something needs to be done about ectopic pregnancy, but I don’t think any sort of relocation procedure exists at this time. It is my understanding that most ectopic fetuses are already dead by the time it’s discovered.

[trisham]

Rather than abort the child, might someone have a procedure to relocate the implantation from the tube to within the uterus of the mother? It might be radical, difficult, or even rarely if ever successful, but at least it’s an effort to save both lives.

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Imho, if we simply accept abortion as the only solution, it will be the only solution.

[hocndoc]

The mother had an emergency due to pulmonary hypertension. Here’s a review article on the risk of death due to pulmonary hypertension in pregnancy.

http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/content/30/3/256.long
The mother had the right to defend her life.