Woman in Ireland Dies After Denied Abortion

[Kreskin]

This alone is very telling, and it the silence is deafening with how this has been ignored in this thread

Not unlike the media and 'late term' abortion. No one gets a late term abortion for any reason except an extreme medical case, yet the spin put on it from the media creates the impression that it's another form of regular birth control.

 

[CanIrish]

Just because its the law doesnt make it right. If saving a life means breaking the law, then it should be done. A doctor losing a practice or having some jail time is nothing compared to death.

clearly you are not a doctor.... how is life is your imaginary world??

If a termination becomes a life-saving procedure it should not need to be 'requested'! It should be offered and strongly suggested by the doctor. The patient should be the one to refuse if they so choose not have to request life-saving measures and be denied.

Which there were prepared to do, the complication was that the fetus (17 weeks) still had a heartbeat and they could not do anything until the heartbeat stopped, under current Irish law the child was alive and could not be killed by the doctors.

(I am not arguing in favor or against, I am just stating the fact, so all the BS statements about of what the doctors should have or shouldn't have done mean nothing, they acted within the law as it currently stands.)

 

[SLM]

It does not matter.. if she did or did not request the abortion the point is that under our current laws the doctors did what they could do within the law.

This is not about blaming the doctors and nurses; it is not fair to hold them accountable for acting within the law. Even if she did request it, the law would prevent them from doing so.

It is the law that needs to be changed, and this needs to be done through a referendum, the government is tossing this around inquiries because they do not want to deal with the real issue and that is actually make a stand.

This country has a very strong history being controlled by the catholic church so it is hard to shake off some of our old ways.

It absolutely does matter. When there is embellishment, half-truths, and complete un-truths in a published 'news report' how can any of the report be taken at face value? How can we be sure what this woman actually died of? Can we be certain whether an abortion would have even potentially saved her life? For that matter how can we know that the doctor didn't suggest it (irrespective of law) and she didn't vehemently refuse?

This thread, this entire story is no longer about a woman who has died. It is about the lack of integrity in journalism today and agenda driven sensationalism that passes for 'news reporting'. I don't care which side of the abortion or the religious debate anyone may happen to come down on, that is what this is all now about.

 

[Nuggler]

Living in Canada, it's really hard to read this and believe it happened.

Very sad when mythological beliefs trump life.

Fu ck Christmas.