Replies to '04/12 Twin Tug of War'

This woman is a pregnancy/childbirth/postpartum survivor. Yes, it is a continuum! 100 years ago, she would have died. But Allison survived. I hope she gets a jury of women peers--because only women can know experientially the life-threatening risk of childbirth, in any age of medicine. She sought her children before they were conceived. She struggled to survive giving birth to them. These are both profound evidence of her love and intention for her children. So she went to Canada to be with her children when the courts failed her. What mother wouldn't do anything if she felt it was in the best interest of her children--even give them to people who could take care of them if she couldn't. That is obviously where she was in trying to love them while in a physically/mentally/emotionally constrained condition. And now she's behind bars because she's well enough to take care of them and can't live without their knowing her as their mother. It's ridiculous how our legal system doesn't have fitting recourse in consideration of the issues that women face in childbirth. How can the custodians of these children keep them when they know Allison's circumstances? What can they say, except ,"They know us and need us...and we love them." But they know and need their true mother. Every day they are kept away from her is a moral crime. And the babies will pay the greater price for that crime if returning them is delayed. I have no doubt it will be heartbreaking for the custodial parents, and even for the children for a short time. It doesn't seem fair, and it's not. But it is what it is. It is a very sad story about a woman who almost lost her life and has lost her children, at least temporarily, because of her ordeal. Allison and her children belong together. I hope the custodians will love enough to do what's right and return Allison's children to her. Plus, I hope the common sense of objectively understanding people (hopefully women), and legal respect for women's childbirth issues, will prevail. Thanks for reading.