archetypal fool

I'm totally with you, willravel. Though I'm pro-choice, I admit there are cases where abortion is not a good thing, like when teens are irresponsible. However, as Elphaba and I are saying, now there is no regard for the mother's life in extreme situations where the baby IS wanted, but there's an extraordinary risk to the mother due to a complication.

Of course, if a mother decides the risk is worth it, then dammit, that's an amazing human being. However, if the family, faced with the decision of mother and baby dead vs. only baby dead, decides that the risk to the mother is too large, then who are we to stop them? After all, the baby is wanted, but look at the case. And besides, the family will most likely try again to have a baby, so it's not a case of disrespect of human life, like that of the irresponsible teens. It's the complete opposite, in my opinion.