Woman Sues For “wrongful Abortion”: Doctor Said Her Unbo Posted: 08-14-06 10:04am
Treton, new jersey, july 14, 2006
(lifesitenews.Com) – a woman seeking
justice for almost nine years in a
“wrongful abortion” case will be heard
by the new jersey state supreme court, the
star ledger reported thursday.
Rosa acuna sued her doctor for telling her
that the child she was carrying at seven
weeks gestation was not a baby, when he
advised her to abort the high-risk
pregnancy. The 29-year-old mother of two
suffered from a kidney disorder. Mrs.
Acuna says Dr. Sheldon turkish told her,
“don’t be stupid, it’s just some
blood,” when she asked if there was a
baby present in her womb at that stage of
pregnancy.
A severe haemorrhage three weeks after the
abortion resulted in her emergency
hospitalization, where a nurse told her,
“the doctor left parts of the baby in
you,” according to court papers. She
sued on grounds that she decided to abort
based on “erroneous information.”
dr. Turkish said he did not remember mrs.
Acuna’s question, but he stated that if
asked, he would have told her that a
“seven-week pregnancy is not a living
human being.”
an appeals panel this spring decided the
case should go before a jury, who would
decide if it was misleading to make a
factual statement that a first-trimester
abortion did not end the life of a
complete, human being. Dr. Turkish
appealed that decision, and the supreme
court then stepped in and agreed to hear
the case.
A similar case, also represented by
attorney for mrs. Acuna, harold cassidy,
is underway in south dakota. In planned
parenthood v. Rounds, the abortion
provider sued s.D. Governor mike rounds
and attorney general larry long for a 2005
law that they say violates the free speech
rights of abortion doctors. The law
requires abortionists to tell pregnant
women that abortion will end the life of a
whole, separate, unique, living human
being
at least they are no longer allowed to
hide behind the clump of cells lie thats
gotta be improvment.
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Tylanas
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Posted: 08-14-06 21:06pm
I agree with the doctor! And with the
desicion the panel is going to debate
about, whether it is a "complete, full,
human being"
because it's .N.O.T!!
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Cambion
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Posted: 08-14-06 23:20pm
I also agree with the doctor - the fetus
was not a baby and was not a person, nor
can a fetus ever be either.
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HappyBaby
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Posted: 08-15-06 13:55pm
Right, i'm clearly going to be lambasted
by both 'sides' here but I suspect that
the lady in question's feelings of guilt
at giving the ok to have her unborn child
terminated are the driving force behind
this case.
I believe that a zygote, embryo and foetus
are all unique and living human beings,
they are just at different, very early,
stages of development. Just because they
are not capable of living independently
does not make them any less human.
Therefore, when a pregnancy is terminated,
a human being is being killed. However,
as the z/e/f is dependent on the
mother then I can understand the pregnancy
needing to be terminated if her life is at
risk.
I think this lady knew that she was
consenting to her child being killed but
realised she would likely die without the
procedure. All being done, she probably
felt enormous guilt and wanted to unburden
herself by creating a scapegoat in the
doctor.
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Tylanas
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Posted: 08-15-06 16:06pm
I know i'm not going to lambast you
happybaby :)
you make good points; and i'd like to get
to the bottom of this as well. Until that
is done, nothing in this case can be taken
at face value. Not the actions of the
mother, the doctors, or anyone else
concerned.
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HappyBaby
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Posted: 08-16-06 00:58am
The article is obviously from a biased
source and like you said, .Eiri, we can't
really take it at face value. Mind you,
what isn't biased these days?!
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What Do You Guys Think? Posted: 08-24-06 12:59pm
diamond splinter
wrote:
dr. Turkish said he did
not remember mrs. Acuna’s question,
but he stated that if asked, he would have
told her that a “seven-week pregnancy is
not a living human
being.”
i'm pro-choice, but I cannot deny the fact
that it's human (what else is it?), it's
living (it's not dead), and it's a
potential person.
I recognize that it has zero sentience,
but to deny that it's human doesn't make a
whole lot of sense to me. Can anyone
help me out? Thanks!
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Re: What Do You Guys Think? Posted: 08-24-06 13:01pm
birch
wrote:
diamond splinter
wrote:
dr. Turkish said he did
not remember mrs. Acuna’s question,
but he stated that if asked, he would have
told her that a “seven-week pregnancy is
not a living human
being.”
i'm pro-choice, but I cannot deny the fact
that it's human (what else is it?), it's
living (it's not dead), and it's a
potential person.
I recognize that it has zero sentience,
but to deny that it's human doesn't make a
whole lot of sense to me. Can anyone
help me out?
Thanks!
i entirely agree with you. It is not
sentient, but it is human. Not a very
complete human, by any standards, however
it's on the way.
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Posted: 08-24-06 14:34pm
I work at an abortion clinic, and I have
never told anyone it was "just cells"..I
believe fetal development is common
knowledge, or at least I hope it is...
I agree with happy baby... This is just a
sad case in general..When someones life is
at risk, it is always tricky.
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Posted: 08-25-06 17:39pm
It is not always a happy baby nor is it
always a good situation at the time!
A lot of us have experienced this in our
lives and we must do what we feel is right
at the time eventhough sometimes it is not
an easy decision! Sometimes loving
something or someone is letting them go.
