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In reply to the discussion: Fetus of brain dead woman appears to be deformed. [View all]uppityperson
(116,022 posts)3. For those looking askance at dailymail link, here is nbc link too.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/22/22404705-fetus-of-texas-woman-on-life-support-distinctly-abnormal-family-lawyers-say?lite
Attorneys for the family of a brain-dead pregnant woman who is in life support in a Texas hospital said Wednesday they have medical records showing the fetus is "distinctly abnormal."
They issued the statement, they said, to clear up any misconceptions about the condition of the fetus.
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Even at this early stage, the lower extremities are deformed to the extent the gender cannot be determined, the statement says. In addition the statement says the fetus as swelling of the brain hydrocephalus as well as possible heart problem.
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The statement also appears an attempt to reinforce Erick Munoz' and some experts' position that the Texas statute doesnt apply to dead people. Were that to be true, then it would be incumbent upon all health care providers to immediately conduct pregnancy tests on any woman of child bearing age who becomes deceased, and upon determining the deceased body was pregnant, hooking the body up to machines in an attempt to continue gestation, the statement says. Surely, such a result was never intended nor should it be inferred.
They issued the statement, they said, to clear up any misconceptions about the condition of the fetus.
(clip)
Even at this early stage, the lower extremities are deformed to the extent the gender cannot be determined, the statement says. In addition the statement says the fetus as swelling of the brain hydrocephalus as well as possible heart problem.
(clip)
The statement also appears an attempt to reinforce Erick Munoz' and some experts' position that the Texas statute doesnt apply to dead people. Were that to be true, then it would be incumbent upon all health care providers to immediately conduct pregnancy tests on any woman of child bearing age who becomes deceased, and upon determining the deceased body was pregnant, hooking the body up to machines in an attempt to continue gestation, the statement says. Surely, such a result was never intended nor should it be inferred.
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The womans husband and their living child deserve to be allowed to move on. The judge
Jefferson23
Jan 2014
#1
These people forcing this are evil ghouls. May they reap all the karma they are earning right now.
Squinch
Jan 2014
#4
Except there was no activity on EEG and no spontaneous breathing (apnea test was negative)
Spider Jerusalem
Jan 2014
#32
I thought I had seen the full extent of horror at the hands of unethical medical and legal acts in
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2014
#17
No shit. I can't express how angry this makes me. And ANYONE who thinks 'giving the fetus a shot'
PeaceNikki
Jan 2014
#36
And will the intrepid defenders of ignoring the woman's wishes acknowledge that they were wrong?
KitSileya
Jan 2014
#37
They hate big business when it comes to regulating and taxing the rich. They love big
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2014
#23