New York, June 17: A suburban “mother-to-be” has infuriated the right-to-life community in America by admitting a blog she had written for more than two months tracking her pregnancy with a child diagnosed with a terminal disease was nothing more than a fantasy, albeit one that had attracted an online audience of a million or more.
Beccah Beushausen, a 26-year-old social worker from the outskirts of Chicago, almost unwittingly hit a nerve in a country where the battle over abortion rights still rages.
Last month, a doctor in Kansas, George Tiller, was gunned down while serving as an usher in church. Mr Tiller was one of only a small number of doctors in the United States willing to perform late-term terminations in circumstances where the mother’s life may be at risk. Even the most fervent of pro-life groups condemned the killing of Mr Tiller and reiterated their opposition to violence.
–Agencies