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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 08:14 PM Original message |
Judge rules woman must have hysterectomy (on hold during appeal) |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. awful |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. no freedom allowed with respect to women's organs |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. Her body,her choice. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. yep. People often decide against further cancer treatment. It's interesting that when it's a uterus |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. Forget that it's a uterus |
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ej510 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. Is there any doubt now we are living in a police state. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. Sounds like the judge is saying people that hold |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. "Since when do we force people to be sterilized in this country?" |
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Maine_Nurse (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Most people don't realize that laws allowing forced sterilization are still on the books. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. "mentally incompetent" based on her "delusional religious beliefs" |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. Supposedly one has the right to refuse medical treatment |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. I thought so too. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. And what if she didn't have health insurance? |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. From other articles I've read about this case, the woman seems to be |
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Maine_Nurse (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. If she has suffered from a disorder like that for a significant time, it may be a rational... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Link to another article, local news, more info on it all... |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. This is an Odd One |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
16. Can you ever imagine a judge forcing a man with testicular cancer to have his nuts cut off? |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
17. Since when do we force people to be sterilized in this country? Buck v. Bell |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
18. The sterilization part clouds the issue of forcing treatment on an adult. Even if were an appendix |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Tragically, it IS constitutional (and it shouldn't be). See my post please. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 10:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. However in this case that is incidental to the treatment of the cancer |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. You could be correct. However, the court seems interested in also |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I bet it influenced the decision. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
25. Personally, I think she's incredibly stupid for believing in the God nonsense. |
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