I have trouble seeing this as a clear cut issue. The pregnancy was far enough along that the fetuses were fully developed, which is where I can see a good argument being made to treat them as separate entities with rights apart from their mother. Given that, it could be argued that there is little difference between this situation and a mother refusing to get medical care for a sick child, the only complication being that a surgical procedure is required of the mother. I have trouble with just assuming that the rights of the mother completely overrule the rights of the fetuses. Certainly, as with any situation where the rights of two or more individuals conflict, someone's rights are going to have to bend. I just don't see it as being as clear cut as the outrage implies.

Eric Christian Berg