I believe just because of religious reason it is not right to make some die specially before they are even born. If the women had agreed to do blood transfusion the baby and herself would have been alive. As mother it is your duty to keep your child safe not to kill them. I wouldn’t agree to give up their child who was in my stomach for 6 and half months. This really pains me because the women had a whole life ahead of her. She was only 28. In “The Pregnant Jehovah's Witness” Tricia Tovarelli states that “The use of erythropoietin has not shown promise because the bone marrow of the sickle cell patient will simply produce more of the misshapen cells.” As we can see that the women had little chance of surviving without transfusion. I feel that the doctor should have tried to convince her to accept the blood transfusion somehow. I know doctor cannot force a treatment on to a patient. I do believe the decision that the 28-year-old women made was completely
I believe just because of religious reason it is not right to make some die specially before they are even born. If the women had agreed to do blood transfusion the baby and herself would have been alive. As mother it is your duty to keep your child safe not to kill them. I wouldn’t agree to give up their child who was in my stomach for 6 and half months. This really pains me because the women had a whole life ahead of her. She was only 28. In “The Pregnant Jehovah's Witness” Tricia Tovarelli states that “The use of erythropoietin has not shown promise because the bone marrow of the sickle cell patient will simply produce more of the misshapen cells.” As we can see that the women had little chance of surviving without transfusion. I feel that the doctor should have tried to convince her to accept the blood transfusion somehow. I know doctor cannot force a treatment on to a patient. I do believe the decision that the 28-year-old women made was completely