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02-07-2012, 02:42 PM
Hospital Aborts Wrong Twin in Horrible Mistake
Posted by Nicole Fabian-Weber on November 28, 2011 at 10:51 AM
Warning: If you don't want to be seriously disturbed, you might want to skip this. A woman in Australia who was pregnant with twins decided to have one of her babies aborted after doctors discovered that he had a life-threatening congenital heart defect. The seriously disturbing part? The doctors aborted the wrong fetus, terminating a perfectly healthy child.
After doctors realized the "blunder," the woman, who was 32 weeks pregnant, had to undergo an emergency cesarean to deliver the sick fetus, where it was later terminated. The Royal Women's Hospital confirmed the incident and referred to it as a "terrible tragedy." Um, yeah ... one could say that.
I honestly really don't even know what to say about this. It's one of those occurrences that's so terrible and heart-breaking and unreal-seeming that it leaves me sort of confused. I can't imagine -- literally -- what it would be like to go through something so gut-wrenching. The decision to terminate the one twin had to be taxing and grueling enough for this woman. To then have both of the twins terminated -- because of a hospital's mistake? I can't. I wish there was something I -- or anyone -- could do for this poor lady. But I know there's not. This isn't about being for abortion or against it. I'm sure that's truly the last thing on earth this woman wants to hear right now. It's about supporting someone who lost two children -- and hoping and praying that, somehow, everything will be okay.
How terrible is this?
Posted by Nicole Fabian-Weber on November 28, 2011 at 10:51 AM
Warning: If you don't want to be seriously disturbed, you might want to skip this. A woman in Australia who was pregnant with twins decided to have one of her babies aborted after doctors discovered that he had a life-threatening congenital heart defect. The seriously disturbing part? The doctors aborted the wrong fetus, terminating a perfectly healthy child.
After doctors realized the "blunder," the woman, who was 32 weeks pregnant, had to undergo an emergency cesarean to deliver the sick fetus, where it was later terminated. The Royal Women's Hospital confirmed the incident and referred to it as a "terrible tragedy." Um, yeah ... one could say that.
I honestly really don't even know what to say about this. It's one of those occurrences that's so terrible and heart-breaking and unreal-seeming that it leaves me sort of confused. I can't imagine -- literally -- what it would be like to go through something so gut-wrenching. The decision to terminate the one twin had to be taxing and grueling enough for this woman. To then have both of the twins terminated -- because of a hospital's mistake? I can't. I wish there was something I -- or anyone -- could do for this poor lady. But I know there's not. This isn't about being for abortion or against it. I'm sure that's truly the last thing on earth this woman wants to hear right now. It's about supporting someone who lost two children -- and hoping and praying that, somehow, everything will be okay.
How terrible is this?