tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395646.post6842045492033338255..comments2024-03-06T19:21:15.708-05:00Comments on RealChoice: A thoughtful prochoice voice on the Kermit Gosnell scandalChristina Duniganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04785550737493692252noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395646.post-88727058608060649542011-01-23T18:33:58.824-05:002011-01-23T18:33:58.824-05:00ceej, I'd have to know more. Perhaps the woman...ceej, I'd have to know more. Perhaps the woman's doctor found the procedure too distasteful and figured he could avoid it himself if he referred her to an abortionist.<br /><br />But I just can't imagine a situation in which it would be necessary.Christina Duniganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04785550737493692252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395646.post-40209556924132292652011-01-23T16:40:25.574-05:002011-01-23T16:40:25.574-05:00It occurred to me that his relative might have nee...It occurred to me that his relative might have needed a dilation and evacuation, that is, manual removal of the dead baby from the mother. I am not a doctor, but it's possible that induced vaginal or c-section delivery were not options for this woman and she needed more assistance. I found this old posting on the Abortioneers blog that expresses outrage over OB-GYNs not having training in abortion procedures: http://abortioneers.blogspot.com/2010/11/warning-i-dont-know-how-to-perform-life.html <br /><br />I am 100% pro-life (and can't tell you how nauseating it was to hunt through the Abortioneers blog postings to find that). However, if the story they told is true, it's a rather serious issue. Frankly, to me it seems to stretch the limits of credibility that a qualified OB-GYN would not know how to evacuate the contents of a patient's uterus. I do not know a pro-lifer in the world who would object to a doctor knowing how to do a D&E on a woman whose life is in danger or the baby is already dead. We object when the baby is alive and the mother is healthy enough to carry to term, and the procedure is only being carried out because someone wants that baby to die and the mother not to be pregnant.<br /><br />So I'm really quite perplexed - is it true that OB-GYNs don't always know how to do this? If so, why don't they learn? I will say that if an OB-GYN is incapable of removing a dead child from a mother's uterus, that's ridiculous. But I wonder if the only chances OB-GYN residents get to learn are with women getting elective abortions rather than women who need dead babies removed from their uteruses. That would put pro-life doctors in a terrible position: either commit murder, or go into practice not knowing how to do something that their patients may legitimately need.ceejhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07111213814466370594noreply@blogger.com