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ehrnst

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93. Yes, I did. Nonetheless, we won't know if she's "doing fine" until much later
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 06:26 AM
Aug 2017

because she is so young.

I didn't comment on whether or not she should have gotten an abortion. I commented on the attitude that she's "doing fine," after carrying a pregnancy so young. I hope she will be healthy.

And the fact that she is female, particularly in that culture that values childbearing in a woman above her own well being, would lead them to say that "she's doing fine," having done what she is supposed to do as a female - no matter the impact to her health.

Is that clearer?

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This makes me physically ill. Laurian Aug 2017 #1
She didn't "endure" a pregnancy, she had no idea she was pregnant. Ninsianna Aug 2017 #65
... shenmue Aug 2017 #2
Poor little girl Bettie Aug 2017 #3
It remains to be seen if the girl and the baby she was forced to have are ehrnst Aug 2017 #4
They say she doesn't know what happened to her, but I guess we'll see how long that lasts. Ninsianna Aug 2017 #29
She's barely into puberty. We don't know what effect a pregnancy on her ehrnst Aug 2017 #63
Um... you do realize that they FOUND OUT when she was 30+ weeks along right? Ninsianna Aug 2017 #67
Yes, I did. Nonetheless, we won't know if she's "doing fine" until much later ehrnst Aug 2017 #93
So when the head of the team of doctors, consisting of 3 Ob/Gyns, an anesthesiologist Ninsianna Aug 2017 #100
As I said, there are impacts on her that will not likely be seen until later. ehrnst Aug 2017 #122
But why attack the doctors who were speaking of her medical condition, that they Ninsianna Aug 2017 #129
I'm attacking the patriarchal culture that exists everywhere ehrnst Aug 2017 #132
Did you read the actual article? LisaL Aug 2017 #90
I did read the article. I'm commenting on how we won't know if ehrnst Aug 2017 #92
terrible but Demonaut Aug 2017 #5
Did she deliver TNNurse Aug 2017 #6
OK, I went back and read the article. TNNurse Aug 2017 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author onecaliberal Aug 2017 #53
How the hell would a cesearan do that exactly? Ninsianna Aug 2017 #62
So what exactly was the choice here? LisaL Aug 2017 #89
I don't believe it wasn't known. Wtf I expect is for India to stop allowing RAPE. onecaliberal Aug 2017 #91
Your belief isn't based on what is being reported, so I have no clue where it's coming from. LisaL Aug 2017 #96
Because we all know what we read and hear is always correct. I've been pregnant 4 times onecaliberal Aug 2017 #98
She is 10. LisaL Aug 2017 #102
Clearly not, she would know something is different. onecaliberal Aug 2017 #105
She thought she had stomach pains. LisaL Aug 2017 #106
Believe it.. whathehell Aug 2017 #124
Maybe you could save your rage for the scumbag who raped her whathehell Aug 2017 #101
Maybe you should stop pretending to know what I think I and feel. onecaliberal Aug 2017 #103
This message was self-deleted by its author LisaL Aug 2017 #108
Maybe pretending isn't needed when whathehell Aug 2017 #110
She was told lies because of her young age, that it was something else IronLionZion Aug 2017 #9
Unlikely. She'll have a tell tale scar on her abdomen and worse scars on her psyche Warpy Aug 2017 #26
Um, can we please express sympathy for this rape survivor without dipping into the Ninsianna Aug 2017 #30
WTF? They are giving the child away for adoption without even telling the mother she was pregnant? StevieM Aug 2017 #8
I doubt she possesses the maturity to make such decisions. She's a ten years old child. NurseJackie Aug 2017 #10
Yeah, I'll go ahead and second guess them. Being a birth mother is no walk in the park. StevieM Aug 2017 #11
No doubt she'll find out. They made the best decision they could... NurseJackie Aug 2017 #13
Really? It is THEIR decision? It's not HER decision? StevieM Aug 2017 #16
Yes. The parents made the decision for their child. It was their decision. NurseJackie Aug 2017 #19
Further Me. Aug 2017 #20
Parents in the U.S. cannot sign adoption papers for their minor children, although we certainly do StevieM Aug 2017 #27
Not Sure That Is So Me. Aug 2017 #52
I am sure the laws are different from state to state. But what you are referring to StevieM Aug 2017 #60
They Vary Slightly From State To State Me. Aug 2017 #64
No it was not their decision, at least not morally IMO. StevieM Aug 2017 #28
A ten year old is capable of feeling the loss of a child? Ilsa Aug 2017 #32
Yes, I believe a 10 year old is capable of feeling the loss of a child. (eom) StevieM Aug 2017 #33
When she has no idea she was pregnant or that she lost a child? Ninsianna Aug 2017 #43
That's an interesting question about this very unique story. StevieM Aug 2017 #46
That's a whole lot of assumptions you're making. Ninsianna Aug 2017 #68
I told you that I did read the article, as well as another one on the subject. StevieM Aug 2017 #69
Then explain why every post demonstrated a complete ignorance of simple facts? Ninsianna Aug 2017 #71
You got a lot wrong in your ad hominem post. I do not have the energy to respond to all of it. StevieM Aug 2017 #75
I made no ad hominem. That's simply not true. Ninsianna Aug 2017 #78
You can be sad. I am just glad that you acknowledged the baby as "her daughter." Indeed she is. StevieM Aug 2017 #80
I really am sad that that's what this is about for you. It's also her cousin Ninsianna Aug 2017 #83
I haven't said one single word about abortion. Not once. StevieM Aug 2017 #85
Um okay. I said you didn't say one single word about the RAPE of this little girl Ninsianna Aug 2017 #86
You absolutely did bring up abortion in the very post that I just replied to. StevieM Aug 2017 #87
Typo on my part, you were all over the damn place, I meant adoption. Ninsianna Aug 2017 #119
Once again, I referenced Georgia Tann and Franco EXCLUSIVELY in regards to your constantly StevieM Aug 2017 #123
I am deeply sad, so much privilege and so little education or undestanding Ninsianna Aug 2017 #118
Feelings and emotions are secondary in this case Xanana Aug 2017 #126
You "might" feel differently in the case of a 16 year old? StevieM Aug 2017 #36
If the 16 year old had knowledge of her pregnancy and knew there was a child to be Ninsianna Aug 2017 #45
Becoming a birth mother is not a medical decision. StevieM Aug 2017 #48
This is not about "becoming a birth mother" and making "life decisions" and Ninsianna Aug 2017 #56
I read the article as soon as a I first saw the post. You are the ones making the assumptions. StevieM Aug 2017 #66
I'm sorry, but that's simply not true. Ninsianna Aug 2017 #70
We are not going to convince each other. I brought up Fransisco Franco because his incarnation of StevieM Aug 2017 #72
I'm not tryin to convince you of anything other than the facts here. Ninsianna Aug 2017 #74
I mentioned Franco once, in response to your own unprovoked attack, to demonstrate that StevieM Aug 2017 #79
There was no attack and you keep going on about Franco, in response to Ninsianna Aug 2017 #117
Morally and ethically it WAS their decision to make... and they made it. NurseJackie Aug 2017 #77
It was NOT "THEIR decision" morally and ethically. It was the mother's decision, even if it had StevieM Aug 2017 #81
If you mean the 10 year old, she is a minor and thus too young to make LisaL Aug 2017 #107
can't compare to life in the US Xanana Aug 2017 #125
She's 10, and a rape victim who didn't know she was pregnant. Ninsianna Aug 2017 #31
A different article made it clear that the media was outside her house. StevieM Aug 2017 #34
+1 Me. Aug 2017 #21
"doing fine" geek tragedy Aug 2017 #12
You do know that was in reference to their medical and health status and that's the Ninsianna Aug 2017 #35
they forced a ten year old to carry a fetus for 9 months geek tragedy Aug 2017 #37
No, they didn't. They discovered she was pregnant when she was OVER 30 weeks pregnant Ninsianna Aug 2017 #47
They didn't just follow advice, they asked for an abortion and went to court over it. MrsCoffee Aug 2017 #51
If you click onto the article, you'll learn that the tem of doctors advised against abortion. Ninsianna Aug 2017 #73
they forced her, end of story. Welcome to the dust bin. onecaliberal Aug 2017 #55
A dust bin of people that give a fuck about the rape victim and her health? Awesome place to be. Ninsianna Aug 2017 #61
How backwards of them to force a 10 year old who was raped by her uncle to give birth. MrsCoffee Aug 2017 #49
Becuase risking her life against medical advice of a whole panel of doctors advising Ninsianna Aug 2017 #59
Excusing '"violent murder when it's done by white people" is an abberation whathehell Aug 2017 #111
Please look at history, it's literally been the rule and not an aberration. Not hyperbole. Ninsianna Aug 2017 #115
I know history. whathehell Aug 2017 #120
Then you know they were not aberrations. Ninsianna Aug 2017 #127
I know it is an abberation whathehell Aug 2017 #130
This message was self-deleted by its author CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #14
Is no greater than the scale of abuse here. Ninsianna Aug 2017 #38
This message was self-deleted by its author CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #95
WTF? Ligyron Aug 2017 #15
The fetus was 32 weeks along. Abortion would have been legal at an earlier stage. (eom) StevieM Aug 2017 #17
She was told she had a stone in her stomach CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #18
Yeah, I probably should have... Ligyron Aug 2017 #22
Many should have CountAllVotes Aug 2017 #97
She was 10. Ninsianna Aug 2017 #39
Thanks for that info. Ligyron Aug 2017 #82
Thank you for the kind wishes. Ninsianna Aug 2017 #84
How horrifying. Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #23
Um, the panel of doctors was what the court was relying on to make the decision. Ninsianna Aug 2017 #40
Thank you for the correction about the Dr.'s. Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #44
They didn't lie to her. She had no idea she was pregnant. They did not tel her she was. Ninsianna Aug 2017 #50
It was a one hundred percent lie. Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #57
Fine. They lied to her. You think they should tell her she was pregnant? Ninsianna Aug 2017 #76
As far as I can tell, nobody forbade her parents from telling her. LisaL Aug 2017 #88
I'm not sure how that discounts the lie aspect... Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #94
What exactly would be the point of telling this 10 year old she is pregnant? LisaL Aug 2017 #104
I agree with you.. whathehell Aug 2017 #113
It:s just a thought, but we are talking about a 10year old child who was whathehell Aug 2017 #112
How terribly sad. And wicked. LeftishBrit Aug 2017 #24
In what way? Did you read the article? Ninsianna Aug 2017 #41
This message was self-deleted by its author Doitnow Aug 2017 #25
Why? What a truly ignorant thing to say. Ninsianna Aug 2017 #42
I agree with you about this incident.. whathehell Aug 2017 #114
But, no I made accusation sof racism toward those that expressed purely Ninsianna Aug 2017 #116
I'm sorry, but I see no "purely racist" things expressed in this thread whathehell Aug 2017 #121
Then I would suggest you open your eyes and read the bigotry and ignorance Ninsianna Aug 2017 #128
My eyes are wide open, so I would suggest that you re-read my post whathehell Aug 2017 #131
I'm most sad because... Mike Nelson Aug 2017 #54
I can't...I can't... Solly Mack Aug 2017 #58
So is the uncle actually going to get punished? Blue_Tires Aug 2017 #99
Reportedly he is in jail awaiting a trial. LisaL Aug 2017 #109
agree with the courts, 6,7, months pregnant is way to late for an abortion. I hope they relocate the Sunlei Aug 2017 #133
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