I DON'T SEE HOW THIS CAN BE MORALLY JUSTIFIED

I heard Mike Malloy mention this terrible consequence of the Fundies' desire to control women's reproductive lives but I didn't get a full appreciation of how despicable the Fundies are until I read about it at Crooks & Liars.   The Nebraska State paper gives the essentials in the first paragraph:

Abortion Law: Mother Denied Abortion, Then Had To Watch Baby Die

March 07, 2011
Nebraska’s new abortion law forced Danielle Deaver to live through ten excruciating days, waiting to give birth to a baby that she and her doctors knew would die minutes later, fighting for breath that would not come.

The sponsor of the controversial Nebraska statute, Sen. Mike Flood of Norfolk, told the Des Moines Register that the law worked as it was intended in the Deavers’ case.

The law, the only one of its kind in America, prohibits abortions after the 20th week. It is based on the disputed argument that a fetus may feel pain at that stage. It took effect last October.

Julie Schmit-Albin, who heads Nebraska Right to Life, told the AP in a Sunday interview that the tragic outcome was better than an abortion: "We acknowledge the tragedy that occurs with a poor prenatal diagnosis for the baby. But isn't it more humane for the baby to die in a loving manner with comfort care and in the arms of her parents than by the intentional painful death through abortion?"

Deaver believes that such a decision should belong to her and her husband.