Memoir of a former abortion addict - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Gurkha · #1 10-13-2009, 06:49 AM

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-abortion-memoir13-2009oct13,0,7832320.story

Inside, their mother, a striking 40-year-old literary agent with big, brown eyes, long, straight hair and a Spanish-inflected lilt that gives away her Puerto Rican roots, is describing how, from the age of 16 to 33, she could neither stop herself from conceiving, nor from terminating her pregnancies. Fifteen of them.

This woman did if for fun, what hospital system and doctor allowed this is beyond my thinking.

This will give more fuel to pro-lifers for sure.

JollyRoger · #2 10-13-2009, 06:51 AM

everyone has a right to be nuts

Gurkha · #3 10-13-2009, 06:55 AM

At the cost of 15 lives?

I am not a pro lifer but even I can't get myself to condone this.

JollyRoger · #4 10-13-2009, 06:59 AM

The woman is obviously mentally ill.

Gurkha · #5 10-13-2009, 07:11 AM

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The woman is obviously mentally ill.

I agree, then she needs to be confined and treated and tubectomy performed on her, its not a game.

aklim · #6 10-13-2009, 08:27 AM

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At the cost of 15 lives?

I am not a pro lifer but even I can't get myself to condone this.

What 15 lives? Unless it was a 3rd trimester abortion, all you have is a blob of cells.

Gurkha · #7 10-13-2009, 08:31 AM

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What 15 lives? Unless it was a 3rd trimester abortion, all you have is a blob of cells.

Its still life.

lutzTD · #8 10-13-2009, 08:32 AM

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What 15 lives? Unless it was a 3rd trimester abortion, all you have is a blob of cells.

and yet that is the very point to debate. I would think even a staunch womans right advocate would find an issue with 15

aklim · #9 10-13-2009, 08:33 AM

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Its still life.

So is the skin tag I had removed or the half of Dad's colon that he removed because of cancer.

aklim · #10 10-13-2009, 08:37 AM

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and yet that is the very point to debate. I would think even a staunch womans right advocate would find an issue with 15

I am not a Woman's Rights advocate but I believe that as the host, the woman is entitled to do what she likes with the growth. If and When it becomes viable, there might be some discussion. Till then, she is the host of a growth. If she wants to remove it, who are we to tell her she cannot? It is just like her hair. She wants to cut it, oh well.

Gurkha · #11 10-13-2009, 09:12 AM

I am with woman's rights, its her body, we are just donors but 15 times is not something thats just fun and game, women's rights aside.

Gurkha · #12 10-13-2009, 09:13 AM

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So is the skin tag I had removed or the half of Dad's colon that he removed because of cancer.

Not the same.

kerry · #13 10-13-2009, 10:05 AM

That woman has some serious problems. Mother who suicided. Married a 50 yr old professor when she was 16. She needs to be pitied rather than excoriated.

Gurkha · #14 10-13-2009, 10:21 AM

Kerry,

Much as I would like to do so, just can't get myself from pitying her.

Honus · #15 10-13-2009, 10:58 AM

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...Unless it was a 3rd trimester abortion, all you have is a blob of cells.

Says who?