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Subj : Re: Nobody's ... script editor
To   : alt.tv.er
From : npardue
Date : Fri Sep 30 2005 09:03:57

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er


Sharon wrote:
> > Lordy ... that sucked!

I know I said I was going to be 'concise', but the more I think about
it, the more absurb the whole main plot seems to be.

Surrocacy is no longer  a brand new, cutting edge procedure with
unanticipated and unimagined medico-legal .  It's been around for a
couple of decades now. Most of the problems have already occured, been
dealt with by the courts, and are now incorporated into surrocacy
contracts.

So I can't imagine that these two parties would have entered into the
agreement without a detailed contract spelling out rights and
resposibilities of each,and covering the various possible
contingencies. Not just a vague 'you agreed to any necessary medical
procedures,' (or whatever the line was), but things like under what
circumstances a c-section would be performed (say, if two doctors
agreed that it was necessary, or under certain specified physical
conditions [like... a transverse lie/footling breech presentation!];
who would be responsible for the child in case of unanticipated birth
defects or birth-injuries, and so on.

Also, where was Claire's midwife? SHe'd planned a home birth, so
presumably she was using a midwife rather than an ob. (I can't imaging
Toni and Rod agreeing to an unattended home birth.)  If they'd called
the midwife, surely she would have been able to explain to Claire the
risks of going ahead with a vaginal delivery, and get her consent for
the section. If nothing else, she would have been a familiar person
there to help Claire during the labor and delivery.

Finally, couldn't help noticing that the whole time Claire was laboring
in the ER, she was in no noticable discomfort whatsoever. It wasn't
until they started moving her up to OB that she's suddenly screaming
and doubling over with her contractions. (At first, having missing
those first 15 minutes, I'd assumed that she had an epidural!)


Naomi

>
> Couldn't agree more. In the middle I even turned over to ABC for a bit to
> see GC on Primetime. Didn't miss a thing. It was just plain boring,
> predictable, been there before. All I kep thinking was, "not another refusal
> to have a C-section" plot. Then Ray at the end doing a Carter with the
> baby - eesh. Why do they feel a need to replace a character?
> 
> -Sharon

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