FYI: http://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/did-irish-catholic-law-or-malpractice-kill-savita-halappanavar/

I think this might help: http://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/did-irish-catholic-law-or-malpractice-kill-savita-halappanavar/

For what it's worth, I finally found a really great assessment of this case from an OB's perspective:

Wait ... how are they differentiating leggings from tights? Is it just whether or not there are feet? Because aren't tights usually *more* revealing than leggings (being sheer and all).

Agree!

Source?

That's a personal decision for you and I'm really glad you're happy with it. Someone else's personal decision might be to have a less invasive myomectomy or endometrial ablation to manage bleeding for the 5 years they have wait until they hit menopause and the fibroids start to shrink naturally. My point is that…

Good point on women requesting a D&C. I totally agree that the woman's preference for how she wants to handle her miscarriage should be the deciding factor in what is done for her and that clearly did not happen in this case.

Thanks for the reference! I also found another article on the Irish Times website by the health correspondent, Paul Cullen, that had a quote that seemed fitting for the conversation:

So I'm totally not a medical person and could be misinterpreting, but ....

I'd really like to hear from a medical expert on whether getting an abortion in the first few days of hospitalization would have saved this poor woman's life. Or if this was just a tragic case of hospital incompetence (i.e. not catching an underlying condition - like a really bad bacterial infection, as suggested by…

Thank you!! (Just wanted to second pollyannacowgirl's appreciation for a very informative comment.)

The NYTimes has a useful summary of alternatives: http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/uterine-fibroids/surgical-alternatives-to-hysterectomy.html

I wish I had your life. In my household, I make the money, watch the kid, and do the housework. (To be fair, though, we outsource a LOT of housework and kidwatching ...) This is not to say my SO is not a fully enlightened, reasonable person who wouldn't help out if he had time available ... his job just sucks a lot…

i had a mental image of a bionic leg powered by a brain-chewing motor

Correction: Pippa Middleton is an Epicure. Epicurean is an adjective, not a noun. :)

Original Source: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eat.22056/full

Admittedly, it's been many, many years since I've been religiously affiliated, but I think some people truly believe God watches over them ALL THE TIME and grants them everything good that happens in their life and should be in the forefront of their thoughts all the time. I don't mind those people as much ... they…

Slate did a series on this a while back. (http://www.slate.com/articles/life/home_economics/2011/01/our_newlywed_money_dilemma.html) They even did a little survey, though I can't find the results online anywhere.