there's a lot that will come out at a later date which makes the scenario a lot less black and white than it's been portrayed so far. These are Doctors not Lawyers, if they believe they are breaking the law by carrying out the abortion then don't blame them, but blame the law, the law makers and the population. I doubt I'd ever put a law like this above the ethical obligations of my profession. Well, perhaps in a distant country were I could be stoned to death for it or something along those lines I would be afraid to do it but certainly not in Western Europe in the 21st century. I can't believe any court would condemn me for making that choice, and if they would, well fuck them, I would take the opportunity to make a mediatic stance and get my point across. Yeah, there's a bunch of unanswered questions here. The best way to find them is unlikely to be by only reading the one-sided version of events reported in the press. I'm sure there's a lot that will come out at a later date which makes the scenario a lot less black and white than it's been portrayed so far. Certainly, and the opinions I've expressed are based on the history as presented so far. It's very well possible that they had justifiable reason to think the risks of serious complications were negligible, it's possible that her "agony" until the foetus died is being exaggerated.