In the early 80’s my mom was pregnant with my brother and had to have a cancerous kidney removed. Multiple doctors ASSURED her the “fetus” would be severely affected by all the drugs, anaesthesia, potential surgical difficulties etc. They terrified her with warnings that he’d be blind or deaf or severely mentally retarded, and that it would be far more merciful to terminate the pregnancy now.
At first she said fuck no, but they warned her that her own life would be in danger too and then basically pointed to her 3 year old son (me) and emotionally blackmailed her with “do you really want to leave him without a mother?”
She struggled with the choice for some time, but when her own father caught wind of it all, he (literally) put the fear of God into her and told her under no circumstances should she murder her own child.
She had a successful surgery and then three months later my brother was born through C-section, absolutely fucking nothing wrong with him. He’s now a grown man with three children of his own.
I will never understand the undeserved reverence doctors are paid by our society, especially after Covid exposed what a bunch of lying hacks they are. Terrible profession
In the early 80’s my mom was pregnant with my brother and had to have a cancerous kidney removed. Multiple doctors ASSURED her the “fetus” would be severely affected by all the drugs, anaesthesia, potential surgical difficulties etc. They terrified her with warnings that he’d be blind or deaf or severely mentally retarded, and that it would be far more merciful to terminate the pregnancy now.
At first she said fuck no, but they warned her that her own life would be in danger too and then basically pointed to her 3 year old son (me) and emotionally blackmailed her with “do you really want to leave him without a mother?”
She struggled with the choice for some time, but when her own father caught wind of it all, he (literally) put the fear of God into her and told her under no circumstances should she murder her own child.
She had a successful surgery and then three months later my brother was born through C-section, absolutely fucking nothing wrong with him. He’s now a grown man with three children of his own.
I will never understand the undeserved reverence doctors are paid by our society, especially after Covid exposed what a bunch of lying hacks they are. Terrible profession