Comments on: Knocked up and locked up http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/04/24/knocked-up-and-locked-up/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:06:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: maggi http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/04/24/knocked-up-and-locked-up/#comment-1975 maggi Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:00:01 +0000 http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/04/24/knocked-up-and-locked-up/#comment-1975 Duke is right. What if, what if, what if. Deal with the situation at hand; she was on crack and pregnant. What choice is there--the baby needs a break. The crack head makes her own choices. Duke is right. What if, what if, what if. Deal with the situation at hand; she was on crack and pregnant. What choice is there–the baby needs a break. The crack head makes her own choices.

]]> By: Duke http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/04/24/knocked-up-and-locked-up/#comment-1933 Duke Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:18:32 +0000 http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/04/24/knocked-up-and-locked-up/#comment-1933 Illegal drug use by a mother is entirely different than someone taking a medicine that is contraindicated. Why is it that journalists always resort to moral relativism when trying to defend indefensible behavior? Illegal drug use by a mother is entirely different than someone taking a medicine that is contraindicated.

Why is it that journalists always resort to moral relativism when trying to defend indefensible behavior?

]]> By: Debra http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/04/24/knocked-up-and-locked-up/#comment-1929 Debra Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:35:42 +0000 http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/04/24/knocked-up-and-locked-up/#comment-1929 I also have a friend who found a lump in one of his testicles and refused to see a doctor about it because he had marijuana in his system and thought his insurance wouldn't cover any treatment. (He was misunderstanding language in this health insurance policy.) I know he ceased smoking for a while to clear his system, but I still don't think he ever got it checked out. I also have a friend who found a lump in one of his testicles and refused to see a doctor about it because he had marijuana in his system and thought his insurance wouldn’t cover any treatment. (He was misunderstanding language in this health insurance policy.) I know he ceased smoking for a while to clear his system, but I still don’t think he ever got it checked out.

]]> By: Debra http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/04/24/knocked-up-and-locked-up/#comment-1925 Debra Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:02:57 +0000 http://knoxvilletalks.com/2008/04/24/knocked-up-and-locked-up/#comment-1925 The difference is over-the-counter meds, tobacco and alcohol are legal. I worked on a potential law case where a mother smoked crack and used cocaine.She was not arrested during or after her pregnacy. Her baby was born with a heart valve problem. When the child was 3, the mother opted to have the valve problem surgically corrected, and her child ended up blind, paralyzed and a vegetable. There are several reasons the office where I worked didn't take this case, and the mother's cocaine use was a big reason. (Apparently cocaine can cause heart defects in babies. The surgery was also elective.) This was a very, very sad case. The mother ended up abandoning the family. The difference is over-the-counter meds, tobacco and alcohol are legal.

I worked on a potential law case where a mother smoked crack and used cocaine.She was not arrested during or after her pregnacy.

Her baby was born with a heart valve problem. When the child was 3, the mother opted to have the valve problem surgically corrected, and her child ended up blind, paralyzed and a vegetable. There are several reasons the office where I worked didn’t take this case, and the mother’s cocaine use was a big reason. (Apparently cocaine can cause heart defects in babies. The surgery was also elective.) This was a very, very sad case. The mother ended up abandoning the family.

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