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- Apr 20, 2003
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Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
She deserves prison. That will ruin her life.
Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
She deserves prison. That will ruin her life.
Originally posted by: TheGameIs21
Thread title should be
IT'S BEEN DECIDED! LIFE STARTS 2 DAYS BEFORE DELIVERY!
Originally posted by: Staley8
but abortion is totally legal and actually promoted? I don't get it.
Originally posted by: Vic
This would be normal for the LDS church, which has absolutely no concern for women's rights. As is normal for C-sections, the woman was probably legitimately concerned about her ability to reproduce again, and not for vanity reasons.
Originally posted by: Don_Vito
As I said before, it's hard to feel too much sympathy given the statements she allegedly made to the nurse, but it is apparent she is not right in the head, and her motivation for electing not to have an operation is really her own business.
Originally posted by: iliopsoas
Originally posted by: Don_Vito
As I said before, it's hard to feel too much sympathy given the statements she allegedly made to the nurse, but it is apparent she is not right in the head, and her motivation for electing not to have an operation is really her own business.
Not having an operation is one thing. But when the mother is told by various medical professionals that her unborn child is in danger and she ignores the medical advice, she should be held accountable.
One other thing. As far as her mental competency, she needs to have a psychiatric evaluation and then have the courts decide.
Originally posted by: dxkj
Before you all go and tear on this lady, realize that she was probably a morman, and that a c-section would be against her religion to have.
So she trusted that the children would be born fine, and one wasn't. Blame the religion not her.
Um, you don't go free if you're not guilty by reason of insanity. What they have to prove is that you were temporarily insane and not in your NORMAL state of being at the time you made the decision to commit the 'crime.'Originally posted by: lavaman
She'll get off on insanity. Pretty standard these days actually.
Originally posted by: jumpr
Um, you don't go free if you're not guilty by reason of insanity. What they have to prove is that you were temporarily insane and not in your NORMAL state of being at the time you made the decision to commit the 'crime.'Originally posted by: lavaman
She'll get off on insanity. Pretty standard these days actually.
And if she is not guilty by reason of insanity she'll likely live out the rest of her days in some sort of institution.
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: iliopsoas
Originally posted by: Don_Vito
As I said before, it's hard to feel too much sympathy given the statements she allegedly made to the nurse, but it is apparent she is not right in the head, and her motivation for electing not to have an operation is really her own business.
Not having an operation is one thing. But when the mother is told by various medical professionals that her unborn child is in danger and she ignores the medical advice, she should be held accountable.
One other thing. As far as her mental competency, she needs to have a psychiatric evaluation and then have the courts decide.
Considering that another medical professional told her this procedure would ruin her life,perhaps we should haul the RN up on charges as well.
Originally posted by: lavaman
She'll get off on insanity. Pretty standard these days actually.
Originally posted by: MrColin
There's no law that says you have to trust the doctor or nurse who says you need some proceedure. Freedom from medicine we don't want is an inalienable right. So is the right to be an idiot. This affair is none of the government's business.
Originally posted by: jumpr
Um, you don't go free if you're not guilty by reason of insanity. What they have to prove is that you were temporarily insane and not in your NORMAL state of being at the time you made the decision to commit the 'crime.'Originally posted by: lavaman
She'll get off on insanity. Pretty standard these days actually.
And if she is not guilty by reason of insanity she'll likely live out the rest of her days in some sort of institution.
Originally posted by: Don_Vito
Originally posted by: jumpr
Um, you don't go free if you're not guilty by reason of insanity. What they have to prove is that you were temporarily insane and not in your NORMAL state of being at the time you made the decision to commit the 'crime.'Originally posted by: lavaman
She'll get off on insanity. Pretty standard these days actually.
And if she is not guilty by reason of insanity she'll likely live out the rest of her days in some sort of institution.
You are both wrong, actually (at least in all likelihood). Successful insanity defenses are quite unusual in reality (though common in fiction). If a person is found not guilty by reason of insanity, they can normally only be committed until a doctor finds they are cured, and they can be and often are released well before serving life.
I still think this prosecution is a disgrace - this woman clearly has problems and is an unfit parent, but it is absurd to charge her with murder for declining to have risky surgery.
