Who talked her into this? A baby that might have seizures. Sickening. Where was the husband to protect wife and child? Why did the husband and wife not think this child worthy of life?

Why are you referring to Morelli as a victim? The only victim in this story is the unborn baby.

Sorry, delete if you want, but it is part of the story.

I know it’s part of the story, and I certainly understand how people feel about these issues, but here’s the thing: We don’t have any solid facts yet about the decision-making process that led Jennifer to her fatal choice. On a previous post, a commenter who knew Jennifer praised her as a wonderful person, and we can only imagine what could have led this woman — obviously a Catholic — to make the choice she made.
I’m not going to delete your comment. I just wanted to let you — and everyone else — know that I don’t want the thread running off on that kind of tangent, which would tend to distract people from what I see as the larger issues of public interest.

Do you have permission to use that picture?

There is a world of difference between a practicing Catholic and a lapsed Catholic, much less someone who has objectively abandoned the faith (even though some of those will continue with the overt trappings and rituals.)

When you choose abortion you have explicitly rejected the faith. In the eyes of the Church you are no different that someone who strangles an infant in it’s crib. It is sad that the Bishops do not make this fact clearly known.

The infant at least had the possibility of having been baptized – thus enabling the soul’s entry into Heaven. The unborn has no such benefit. The Catechism is unclear on exactly where that soul ends up, but it is not Heaven.

It used to be Limbo.

Yes, let’s hide all the women who are killed by fiends who look like they were dragged off the gutter and given a shave.

One more thing, that Cahhart looks vile. Who would turn their precious children over to him? He looks sick with dead eyes.

?eal with it while it is fresh, before she is enshrined as a saint of the Tabernacle of Moloch.

Did the woman’s OB/GYN provide care according to the Obamacare Deathpanel guidelines, e.g. one test, no second opinion?

As part of the larger culture war, will this death be used to force the congregants of Roman Catholic church to look into the mirror and make a decision? Will this woman be given a Christian burial, complete will all rites accorded to a member in good stead? Will her child? Or does playing by the rules of Christ and the following the catechism even matter anymore in America? Or do we get to hear the incessant whining about unfairness and Jesus being a marxist?
What will Cardinal Dolan do?

33 weeks. All my children(after the first one) were taken at 37 weeks. We have huge babies, thus the need.

33 weeks.

That’s a killing. It’s not a “choice”. It’s a killing. Respect a woman’s right to hire a killer all day long if you wish, but it’s a killing.

I find it hard to have any sympathy for this family! Shame on Them!

REALLY BOB?

From Wikipedia:

In the theology of the Catholic Church, Limbo (Latin limbus, edge or boundary, referring to the “edge” of Hell) is a speculative idea about the afterlife condition of those who die in Original Sin without being assigned to the Hell of the Damned. Limbo is not an official doctrine of the Catholic Church or any other Christian denomination. Medieval theologians, in western Europe, described the underworld (“hell”, “hades”, “infernum”) as divided into four distinct parts: Hell of the Damned (which some call Gehenna), Purgatory, Limbo of the Fathers or Patriarchs, and Limbo of the Infants.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbo

I don’t care about the copyright, genius. The family should sue for public disclosure, appropriation, and/or false light.

I’m afraid I don’t have time to teach you tort law, Thomas. You will have to consult an attorney or avail yourself of a library.

Protip for RSM, though – “I only republished” is not a defense.

Are you implying that the posted photo was illicitly obtained?

Because falsely alleging criminal activity is highly unethical, if not outright actionable.

If the death was the result of malpractice wouldn’t that be manslaughter? Not sure how the circumstances of a manslaughter could be covered by HIPPA…

You would think her mother would have talked her out of it. WE CAN HELP YOU

Hey C. S. do you think this tragedy would have made it into the MSM if Carhart had used a gun instead of his “medical” license to kill this woman & her child? Why do you defend this monster? You condemn the people who tried in vain to prevent this? As for the “stalking” accusation?…Those who pray & protest the murder of innocents & innocense can hardly be called stalkers. My heart aches for the family of this woman & her child…the second guessing, the empty arms. There is no disorder that can justify this outcome.Should we kill all the born children who have disabilities? This whole episode is born of a culture that has lost its bearings.

So your major criticism of both the Washington Post and Omaha herald articles is that they don’t mention the name of someone who died during an operation and instead make the focus of their article about a protest? You contradict yourself in your own write up, first saying that no one would know about this unless the protestors were out there protesting…..and then, turning around, and complaining that they are making the story ABOUT THE PROTEST.

I think it’s fair to criticize modern “journalism”, but since when do you, myself, or anyone else have the right to information concerning this woman’s medical history? How is that possible any of your concern whatsoever.

This tragedy did make the MSM. The complaint of this blog’s writer is that it evidently wasn’t broadcast fast enough, because evidently the conservative view point is to run with a story early and often regardless of whether facts have been disclosed yet.

As for this little fantasy of yours. If you can’t spot the difference between a failed, elective medical procedure and homicide via a handgun, then you really are out of your depth in this conversation….or any other.

And you clearly have no idea what you are talking about with regard to this woman’s decision and the problems her child would have potentially faced. So give it a rest.

ThomasD, you are wrong about the after life of a child. I strongly encourage you to read the book: I’ll Hold You in Heaven by Jack Hayford. The Bible is clear on it’s teaching of an infant’s death even if the catholic church is not. Choosing abortion does not mean you have REJECTED THE FAITH – it means you have SINNED – just like committing adultery, stealing and lying. This woman was probably filled with fear and fear comes from the Enemy of God and His people.— Satan. In a moment of weakness she made a fatal decision for her baby and herself but that doesn’t mean she lost her salvation if she had trusted Christ as her Savior before. We are guaranteed our salvation by the deposit of the HOLY SPIRIT — NOT BY OUR WORKS. STUDY EPHESIANS 2: 8-9 and the Book of Romans.