Well, exactly. It's interesting that although the foetus's "rights" are being protected here, there's no child protection procedure in place concealing identity. The whole nonsense is grotesque on every level.

Christ al-fucking-mighty. A fourteen week foetus? I was expecting at least 25 weeks. FOURTEEN WEEKS? They are going to maintain an essentially dead woman on life support for another six and a half months? dear god.

Tbf, I was born before a lot of vaccinations became common, and while ib was vaccinated against, and didn't get, diphtheria, polio, TB and tetanus, I was not vaccinated against and did get chicken pox, rubella, mumps and whooping cough. I was fairly dangerously unwell with whooping cough, and a friend's father caught…

People are fucking idiots generally when it comes to babies. They think they can touch them. Comment on them. Make horrible implications about your parenting skills. I remember taking my (mixed race) cousin out for a walk when I was about sixteen and having people assume he was my baby, because, you know, TEENAGERS.…