My cousin recently suffered an ectopic pregnancy.
She was over the moon when her test was positive. However, a few weeks later, after suffering severe cramp and bleeding she was admitted to hospital and they diagnosed an ectopic pregnancy.
They embryo was basically growing in her fallopian tube. It was perfectly formed and had a heartbeat which was strong. However, there is no way the pregnancy could continue in her tube - it would eventually burst, possibly resulting in her death (and the death of the fetus).
The only way to treat an ectopic pregnancy is to open the tube and remove the embryo. Its basically an abortion.
So how do you anti abortionists feel about it. Should a woman with an ectopic pregnancy be left to possibly die (the baby will die as well of course) rather than remove the embryo? There is no way a woman can carry a baby to term in her fallopian tubes! It is just not physically possible.
2006-10-21
08:45:40
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