Doctor gets pregnant woman confined to bed/hospital against her will to protect fetus [View All]

[stevenleser]

http://news.change.org/stories/doctor-gets-court-order-to-confine-pregnant-woman-against-her-will

Election 2010 consequences for women, minorities, etc. are in full swing. Besides congress, Republicans won large marjorities in many state legislatures and control the agenda. This has given folks like anti-choice doctors and hospitals cover for crazy things like this. From the above linked article:

"With issues like the Stupak Amendment and Nevada's Personhood Initiative in the national spotlight, I am aware that a woman's right to choose whether or not to carry a fetus to full-term is under attack.

What I didn't realize, perhaps naively, is that her right to choose how to carry a fetus is also under fire. Last March, Florida resident Samantha Burton was in week 25 of her pregnancy when she paid a visit to her doctor. Burton was showing signs of potential miscarriage, so her physician ordered bed rest. Burton explained that, as a working mother of two toddlers, bed rest simply wasn't a viable option and then proceeded to ask for a second medical opinion. Seems reasonable, right?

Her doctor, however, was having none of that. Rather than refer Burton for the desired second opinion, he instead felt it necessary to contact state authorities, who then proceeded to force Burton to be admitted to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital against her will and undergo any procedure the doctor felt like prescribing. When Burton had the audacity to request a change in the hospital in which she was being treated, the court denied her request. Three days into her forced hospitalization, Burton miscarried."