Huh?

"Well of course I don't want her to die. I desperately want her, and all innocent human beings, to live. But I cannot condone her killing of another person to ensure the continuation of her own life."

Ummm....OK.... So, it's not okay to have a procedure to save your life and unfortunately lose your baby? But it's OK for the BABY to take the Mom's life in order 'to ensure the continuation of it's own life'??

Sadly, the baby wouldn't have lived anyway...

By your standards, I have technically had an abortion . I had an ectopic pregnancy . They had to remove the baby and my tube in order ' to ensure the continuation of my life'. I would have bled to death...

I don't think of my situation as abortion and I certainly don't think of Cecily's experience as that either. We had LIFE-SAVING MEDICAL PROCEDURES. Because our first right as human beings ... to survive. Babies can't survive without their mother's body, so I think the mother's rights come first.

No doctor is going to just stand by and watch two people die, when they know they can save the life of one. I would have wanted my mother to live...

But, I guess above all this, I don't understand how so many people can have so little empathy for someone who faced such horror that they never chose! Of course, she wanted her children . And, I can never doubt her on that, because I, too, am struggling with Infertility.

Bottom line, this was a nightmare. And yet, a lot of people talk like she had some choice in the outcome.

I'm glad that doctor saved Cecily's life. I admire her a great deal. She is a great writer (I've been reading her blog for about 4 years now). But, the biggest reason is; she is a sane, grounded person with common sense.

I hope someday people will come to terms with the necessity of these types of procedures. So, that when a woman/family faces something terrible like this, they'll have people around to uplift and support them in their time of need. Not the opposite...