Abortion -
- the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus: as. a : spontaneous expulsion of a human fetus during the first 12 weeks of gestation — compare miscarriage. b : induced expulsion of a human fetus. c : expulsion of a fetus by a domestic animal often due to infection at any time before completion of pregnancy — compare contagious abortion
- 2: monstrosity
- 3: arrest of development (as of a part or process) resulting in imperfection; also : a result of such arrest
This past week, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that an unborn child is, in fact, human and alive at the time of conception.
"A Helena woman can proceed with a wrongful death claim against a doctor for her miscarriage when she was about six weeks pregnant, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled Friday in reversing a Jefferson County judge's order that dismissed her claim." - AL.com 's Kent Faulk
It took a woman losing her unborn child and legal action against the doctor who knowingly killed her unborn child without her permission and with false information, for people to come to this conclusion.
Honestly, why does it take a woman having a miscarriage for the Alabama Supreme Court to figure out what all of us know? That a baby is alive and human at conception. The minute two people, male and female, decide to create life through sexual intrcourse and a fetus is created that fetus maybe just a single cell organism in the beginning, but it is still human and has life.
I have my own personal beliefs on abortion. I believe it's wrong unless the mother and child are both in danger.
Otherwise, if you make the decision to lie down and create life then you need to stand up and take care of that life or give it to someone who can't create life through adoption. Same goes for a man leaving a woman he got pregnant and then not helping out with it, but that's an argument for another time.
God allowed that life to be created, why would you want to destroy it? So you can continue to party, get that education? When you have a baby, you give yourself to take care of it. If you don't want a child, give it up to someone who will give it their all. Also, there are plenty of schools that will work with mothers to complete their education.
According to the Supreme Court's opinion, Stinnett's obstetrician had informed Stinnett that she was pregnant on May 9, 2012. Two days later Stinnett experienced abdominal cramping and fever. Because it was after hours on the weekend, Stinnett called her obstetrician's answering service and received a call back from Dr. Kennedy, who was sharing calls with her regular obstetrician that weekend. Dr. Kennedy told Stinnett to go to the emergency room at Brookwood Medical Center.
Stinnett reported prior miscarriages in 2005 and 2007 and a prior ectopic pregnancy in 2010. An ectopic pregnancy is when a fertilized egg implants outside the uterus.
Kennedy was concerned that Stinnett was experiencing another ectopic pregnancy and performed a dilation and curettage, a surgical procedure in which the cervix is dilated and tissue is removed from the lining of the uterus, and a laparoscopy to determine whether the pregnancy was inside or outside the uterus, according to the opion. Kennedy informed her that there was no ectopic pregnancy but that she still felt as though there had been a miscarriage. Dr. Kennedy, however, testified that she still held "a high suspicion" of ectopic pregnancy on May 13 and, therefore, ordered methotrexate, a cytotoxic drug used to treat ectopic pregnancies, be administered to Stinnett. The drug is intended to cause the end of the pregnancy.
On Monday, May 14, Stinnett's regular obstetrician returned and took over treatment of Stinnett at the hospital. A follow-up ultrasound showed that what had previously been suspected to be an intrauterine gestational sac had, in fact, progressed to a "definite yolk sac." In his discharge summary for Stinnett, her obstetrician stated that Stinnett was having a failing intrauterine pregnancy possibly as a result of her methotrexate injection. Several weeks later, on June 8, 2012, Stinnett suffered a miscarriage, according to the opinion.
The evidence was disputed as to whether the fetus could have reached viability, according to the opinion.
In her lawsuit, Stinnett alleged Dr. Kennedy committed medical negligence when she performed the D & C and administered methotrexate and that caused the loss of her child." -Kent Faulk
You can go to http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2017/0... for a more detailed read on the situation.
The way I see it, this woman's baby was murdered by a doctor who didn't know what they were doing. I still have a huge issue with how it took her having a miscarriage for the Supreme Court to figure out that a fetus is alive and human.
Now don't get me wrong here, I'm elated to find that they agree that a fetus is alive and human, I just wish it were under better circumstances. My heart and prayers go out to Miss Stinnett and her family for their loss due to pure ignorance of the medical staff.
