Pregnant teen dies after abortion ban delays her chemo treatment for leukemia The mother of a pregnant leukemia patient who died after her chemotherapy was delayed over anti- abortion laws is accusing doctors of not putting her daughter's health first. The 16-year-old's plight attracted worldwide attention after she had to wait for chemotherapy because of an abortion ban in the Dominican Republic. Doctors were hesitant to give her chemotherapy because such treatment could terminate the pregnancy -- a violation of the Dominican Constitution, which bans abortion. Some 20 days after she was admitted to the hospital, she finally started receiving treatment. She died Friday, a hospital official said. At the time the treatment started, Rosa Hernandez, the girl's mother, said she tried to convince doctors and the Dominican government to make an exception so that her daughter's life could be saved. "My daughter's life is first. I know that (abortion) is a sin and that it goes against the law ... but my daughter's health is first," Hernandez said. The teen died from complications of the disease, said Dr. Antonio Cabrera, the legal representative for the hospital. "They have killed me, I'm dead, dead. I'm nothing," her mother said. " She was the reason for my existence. I no longer live. Rosa has died. Let the world know that Rosa is dead." The patient was 13 weeks pregnant. Her body rejected a blood transfusion and did not respond to the chemotherapy, and her condition worsened overnight, Cabrera said. She then suffered a miscarriage early Friday, followed by cardiac arrest, and doctors were unable to revive her. Representatives from the Dominican Ministry of Health, the Dominican Medical College, the hospital and the girl's family had talked for several days before deciding to go forward with the chemotherapy. The case sparked renewed debate over abortion in the Dominican Republic, with some lawmakers calling on officials to reconsider the abortion ban. According to Article 37 of the Dominican Constitution, "the right to life is inviolable from the moment of conception and until death." Dominican courts have interpreted this as a strict mandate against abortion. Article 37, passed in 2009, also abolished the death penalty. CNN Anyone know how on Earth abortion and chemotherapy are even similar? :/
No we aren't. The unborn child does have a right to life. But so does the mother. If the only way to save her life is to abort the child then it should be allowed. Lets learn from this example and not write our laws with no exception for the life of the mother.
That's what happens when you live in a country run by people with 3rd century BC mindsets. Even the mother thinks abortion is a "sin".
Life belongs to the living. Do you think you're eating a real fried chicken when you eat a scrambled egg for breakfast?
If she died 20 days later, her cancer would have been terminal and chemo was not likely to help her. But she should have had the abortion immediately. It is stupid to put the life of a fetus ahead of her own life.
This is what happens when government gets involved in the doctor/patient relationship. Expect to see the law trump common sense in more and more cases.
Monitoring chemo damage to children's hearts... MRI detects early damage to chemotherapy child hearts 10 June 2013 > Detecting early damage to a child's heart following chemotherapy is possible using MRI scans, says a study from Canada.
If she was rich, it wouldn't have happened. Same deal with any talk of "banning abortion" here in the US....the "pro-lifers" never do anything that would inconvience rich or middle class women. The GOP needs their vote.
This story took place in the Dominican Republic, NOT the United States. However, get used to it folks will routinely be put on the U.S. Version of the Liverpool Death Pathway. I doubt she would receive Chemo under the Obama Care Death Panels anyway.
[video=youtube;ChXWA4UbGJ4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChXWA4UbGJ4[/video] 'Someone Lives And Someone Dies' -Obama administration apparatchik
As long as health services are triaged whether by Insurance companies or by a Central provider this will ALWAYS be the case, it is not something unique to' Obamacare.'
In case it didn't register with you, in the OP story's case they both died. It would be akin to throwing an organ in the trash because two people needed it. Instead, what is used in a non-biased equation to maximize the lives which can be saved with a scarce limited resource.
Is that a joke post? Obama Care isn't even in full effect yet. I have a close friend with Parkinson's, her Doctor already told her treatment would be suspended next year. Get ready for cut rate, cut throat health care brought to you by our Government.
