http://www.healthlaw.org/images/stories ... _Women.pdfDr. Smits3 was a physician at St. Mary’s hospital in a
large Eastern city. The patient was 19 weeks pregnant
and her membranes had ruptured. The fetus was not
yet viable and the patient was septic as a result of
PROM. Dr. Smits and the patient wanted to end
the pregnancy to save the woman’s health, but the
hospital ethics committee refused to approve the
termination because the fetus still had a heartbeat.
Dr. Smits was giving the woman medications to keep
her blood pressure up and using a cooling blanket
to keep her temperature down. As Dr. Smits said,
“this woman was dying before our eyes.” And still the
ethics committee refused to approve the termination.
The patient was in ICU for ten days, and nearly died.
The fetus died in utero. The woman had substantial
internal bleeding, and developed pulmonary disease,
resulting in lifetime oxygen dependency
funny side: I posted about this in a wingnut forum and they 100% endorsed the course of action of the hospital.
Argh.
It's just insane, they advocate freedom of choice... except if you're a woman. Fuck!
