Replies to '10/11 Munchausen Mom'

I agree with you. The supreme court has the authority to have this woman sterlized. She has a severe

problem and her children had to suffer due to this. There is no amount of therapy that would help Tracy because she wont admit to herself that was she did was wrong. I believe that the doctor and everyone involved should do what ever is necessary to prevent Tracy from having anymore children and her existing children need to go into therapy so they can begin to heal. Children do nothing so bad that they deserved to be abused or mistreated by any means.

This topic upsets us all, makes us sick, and makes us feel hopeless and at loss of control; we just want to stop this any way we can. However, we cannot demand a hysterectomy by the courts. As women, we have fought for equality for a very long time, and we have finally made gigantic progress when it comes to gaining control over our own bodies. There is no law against alcohol use, tobacco use, or drug use for pregnant women, and no matter how wrong and destructive it is to engage in these behaviors while pregnant, they cannot be made illegal. Control over our bodies is the most basic right we all must have, and if it is taken away in some cases, it will be used in other cases as well, and soon enough, we will be back where we started with our bodies being controlled by others. Although some women do not deserve to have children (which is obviously true in this case – we all agree on that, and we would all like her to have a hysterectomy), we have to instead focus on learning more about this disease and getting information out to doctors, nurses, and the public so we can notice the early symptoms and prevent the detrimental outcomes.