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dembotoz

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1. sometimes things go badly....for my family, she developed leukemia

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Fri Oct 21, 2016, 01:35 PM

Oct 2016

she was sinking like a rock....they had to start chemo....obviously the pregnancy could not continue.
we were fortunate that our son was far along enuf so that we could do a c-section. Had it been earlier, an abortion was
a necessity.

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A mother's story of her 8 month abortion. [View all] pnwmom Oct 2016 OP

sometimes things go badly....for my family, she developed leukemia dembotoz Oct 2016 #1

Wow. What a powerful, gut-wrenching story. DLevine Oct 2016 #2

So sad! Pacifist Patriot Oct 2016 #3

Thank you for this beautiful, horrifying story, my dear pnwmom... CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2016 #4

Me, too. Poor thing was having painful seizures already in utero. pnwmom Oct 2016 #6

I don't think fetuses in the womb can feel pain; at least that's been the past consensus on DU. MadDAsHell Oct 2016 #7

We need scientific answers for this question, not the opinions of laypeople. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2016 #8

An 8 month fetus can feel pain in the womb, as it would pnwmom Oct 2016 #9

We don't actually know that. Reaction to stimuli is not equal to pain. Maru Kitteh Oct 2016 #18

They used to do larger surgeries on newborns, too, without anesthesia pnwmom Oct 2016 #19

What a painful, heartbreaking story. Control-Z Oct 2016 #5

I know what you mean. murielm99 Oct 2016 #10

K&R fleabiscuit Oct 2016 #11

I am weeping for this mother's grief, even as I am grateful for her access to medical care... Hekate Oct 2016 #12

My dear Hekate... CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2016 #13

This was a powerful story. Mc Mike Oct 2016 #14

This made me cry and infuriated me all the more at the false & inaccurate statement Trump made at Pachamama Oct 2016 #15

"36 weeks along" isn't this 9 months? I believe in the euthanasia by injection & the pop shot to, Sunlei Oct 2016 #16

A full term pregnancy is considered to be 40 weeks pnwmom Oct 2016 #17

What do you think a typical late term abortion is like? gollygee Oct 2016 #20