[presidio9]

So did I. But we both made the choice, not someone else.

Not so fast. There were two human lives involved here. Yours was not one of them. One of died and had no say in the matter. That being said, even the Catholic Church permits abortions under the circumstances you described, so, no you really haven't walked the walk.

[bobzeetwin]

so, no you really haven't walked the walk.

You don't know what decision was made, nor do you know the result. You assume I made the wrong decision. You assume you would have done differently. You assume my wife was cognitive. You are why I don't get into this with people, because you already think you are right and I am wrong and you don't even know what happened. You think your opinions are absolute. I was forced to decide. The nasty details you want are this: "either one dies, or both die. You decide." STFU A hole. I hope you or your children never have to "walk the walk." It brings tears 30 yrs later.

[Verginius Rufus]

I think you are wrong about the Catholic Church's position. It does not approve of deliberately killing a baby to save the mother's life when otherwise the baby would live. (There may be an exception in the case where both mother and child would die without the procedure but there is a possibility of saving the mother with it.)

In the movie The Cardinal the future cardinal's sister gets pregnant out of wedlock. When it is time for the baby to be born the doctors say its head is too big and they need to crush the baby's skull to save the mother. The future cardinal, following Catholic teaching, refuses to give his approval. Later in the movie you see a little girl who is alive because of his decision--but her mother is dead.