I was looking at the statistics here (http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_mat_mor-health-maternal-mortality) as a point of reference.
For me, the answer has always been "neither" and "both", when it comes to the question of 'whose rights are more important?' I can't see anything but two patients in every pregnancy, from a biological standpoint, from a medical standpoint, and from the standpoint of simple human existence. I've heard every counter argument and I cannot argue that they don't come from a place of deep conviction, but it always comes down to these two elements: We exist or we do not. We are alive or we are not.
I refuse to, by default and regardless of circumstance, make one more important than the other, (or to accept the idea that by taking this stance means I'm taking the 'side' of fetus over the woman), any more than a doctor would make one kind of patient by default more important than another in going about the task of triage.
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Date: 2/9/11 01:08 (UTC)For me, the answer has always been "neither" and "both", when it comes to the question of 'whose rights are more important?' I can't see anything but two patients in every pregnancy, from a biological standpoint, from a medical standpoint, and from the standpoint of simple human existence. I've heard every counter argument and I cannot argue that they don't come from a place of deep conviction, but it always comes down to these two elements: We exist or we do not. We are alive or we are not.
I refuse to, by default and regardless of circumstance, make one more important than the other, (or to accept the idea that by taking this stance means I'm taking the 'side' of fetus over the woman), any more than a doctor would make one kind of patient by default more important than another in going about the task of triage.