The thing that concerns me is that the baby *might* have lived, but with
terrible health problems as a result. Too many babies are born addicted
to various drugs already.
However, I don't understand how a person can drive irresponsibly, kill a
person, and get charged with 'manslaughter', yet a
I have trouble enough with other double standards of our sanctimonious
system in this example a woman who takes drugs antenatally is bad but come
labour it is ok for us to encourage heror others to have them why is the
baby suddenly not at risk... Denise Hynd
I think that is a
Maybe this could deter illegal drug use in pregnancy though...
I agree that this is what they are trying to do, but it still seems ironic,
that a woman can choose to have her baby killed but a woman can't
accidentally kill her baby by drug use.
I know we all have differing views on abortion,
I think the point here is viability of the baby - note I'm not
agreeing/disagreeing with any of this.
Regards
Jayne
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I think all women experiencing the loss of a baby, whether intentional
(Abby, please don't talk of women killing their babies in violent
ways, the potential for distress is so great for what is an agonising choice)
or accidental, require our compassion and respect. Women's circumstances
dictate
an abortion. I hope it will indeed
serve to deter other women from using illegal drugs in pregnancy.
Claudia.
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Maybe this could deter illegal drug use in pregnancy though...
I agree that this is what they are trying to do, but it still seems
ironic,
that a woman can choose to have her baby killed but a woman can't
accidentally kill her baby by drug use.
I
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I think all women experiencing the loss of a baby, whether
intentional (Abby, please don't talk of women killing their babies in
violent ways, the potential for distress is so great for what is an agonising
that a few caring people can't change the world. For,
indeed, they are the only ones who ever have.
Margaret Mead
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people can't change the world. For,
indeed, they are the only ones who ever have.
Margaret Mead
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Women
they have probably gone through to be in the situation in the first
place.
Sally
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Maybe this could deter
Dear Sally and All
A lovely considered response.
I have had some exposure to chronic drug users (whilst I was an adviser to a
politician, we were trying to set up a heroin trial!!).
What stands out in relation to drug use is it pretty much boils down to risk
taking behaviour (more often young
FYI
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_world_story_skin/446983%3fformat=html
kIRSTEN
DARWIN
~~~start life with a
midwife~~~
I wonder what the verdict would be on an 'abortion' after the legally viable period of
24 weeks mentioned in this article. Without getting into the ethics of abortion, i
think perhaps that was the defining point in this case - the fact that the baby was 32
weeks and well past the cut off for
Maybe this could deter illegal drug use in pregnancy though...
On 10/09/2004, at 3:10 PM, Kirsten Wohlt wrote:
I wonder what the verdict would be on an 'abortion' after the legally
viable period of 24 weeks mentioned in this article. Without getting
into the ethics of abortion, i think
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