Hey, O'Reilly, 16 years ago my darling wife suffered an ectopic pregtnancy

[11 Bravo]

We didn't even know she was pregnant. One night after dinner, I just happened to notice that she had gone into the toilet and stayed there for a very long time. (If I had gone downstairs to watch TV, this story would have a different ending.) But I knocked on the door. When she didn't answer, I went in. As much as I despise you, O'Reilly, I hope you never encounter your wife unconscious on the floor in a pool of blood. She was hemorrhaging, Bill. The fetus, which we didn't even know existed, had attached itself inside her right fallopian tube, and the tube had ruptured. I picked her up (have you ever tried to hoist an unconscious 130 pound human being, Bill?) and rushed to the car. Of course, I had to lay her down in the driveway, open the car door, and lift her again to put her down in the back seat.
We did not purchase our home because it is situated 5 minutes from Fairfax Hospital in Northern Virginia, Bill, but I'm damned glad that we did. We got to the ER, the physician performed a therapeutic abortion, taking the tube and fetus both, (thereby cutting by 50% our chances of having the children we were trying to have); but the love of my life survived. The attending physician told me later that she might have bled to death in another 30 minutes.
So I'll make a deal with you, Bill. You can keep your "War on Christmas". Please continue to defend this overwhelmingly Christian nation, with it's overwhelmingly Christian legislature, and it's overwhelmingly Christian judiciary from ... whatever. But the next time you feel obligated to offer up a piece of ignorance along the lines of "No pregnant woman's health is ever in danger", do me a favor and KEEP YOUR FUCKING MOUTH SHUT!

P.S. We have two beautiful, healthy boys now, Bill-o, and they both think you're a jerk.

[Bunny]

1. Why don't you email that to him? That was brilliant, and a perfect

example of what asshats like Falafel Boy need to hear. I'm glad your story had a happy ending, BTW.

[rodeodance]

17. What did O'Lielly say?

[Bunny]

20. Here's a thread with more info:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2407060

[rodeodance]

27. thanks.

[Catchawave]

79. Better yet...email it to Olbermann

The compassionate one.

[rosesaylavee]

2. Please send this to him...

Glad the story had a happy ending!

[Esse Quam Videri]

3. Let me the first to recommend

[texas1928]

4. Recommended.

Well Said. I am so tired of tucker and O'Lielly, and others spouting off about stuff they have no understanding of, and thinking they are the authority on everything. If I ever meet Tucker on the street, I am punching him in the nuts. Then in the nose.

[volstork]

80. good luck finding his nuts!

[wryter2000]

105. Don't you dare do that!

Unless I'm there to watch. :yourock:

[helderheid]

5. send it send it send it

and I am so glad your wife survived!

[LSparkle]

6. Bravo! And I'm glad you have 2 healthy sons ...

It just shows you how much Big Macho Man O'Lielly knows about women's health ... What a stupid, UNINFORMED comment to make!

[ThomCat]

7. Well said! Please send it to him!

:applause:

[SeattleGirl]

8. I agree - you should send this to Bill-o

And I'm very happy your wife survived, and that you two went on to have your two children.

[Lurking Dem]

9. Well done, Sir.

I am very glad there was a happy ending to this story.

[MGD]

10. I didn't think even O'reily was insipid enough to utter such drivel

I mean, I knew he was an idiot but sweet Jesus, that's just profoundly retarded. Surely Harvard is cringing.

[SammyWinstonJack]

46. He's an asshat! Period!

[niyad]

11. when did that moran make that incredibly stupid comment?

[11 Bravo]

22. Last Wednesday, on his radio show.

I had to wait this long to compose a response, as I was damned near incoherent with rage after hearing Dr. O'Reilly's totally uninformed medical opinion.

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. Send it to him -or KO. What a great post.

[rodeodance]

18. I do know know what he said, but your story is heartfelt.

[Cameron27]

82. Send it to both of them.

O'Reily first, you won't get a response...and then send the whole thing to KO and let him know how O'Bastard responded.

[WinkyDink]

13. Powerful story; deserves a bigger forum (like, KO).

Bless you all.

[tenshi816]

14. I'm glad your story has a happy ending.

I went through the same thing, losing a fallopian tube and an ovary in the process. The OB-GYN who performed the operation said it looked like a bomb had exploded inside me.

I nearly died and your wife nearly died, and neither of us realized we were even pregnant. Unfortunately, that's all too often the case with ectopic pregnancies, when the woman doesn't know anything is amiss until she starts hemorrhaging.

O'Reilly's idiotic statement makes me livid.

[Ferretherder]

113. Ferret Herders Wife

I went through an ec topic and almost bled to death if it had not been for my husband I would be dead. I do not think O'Idiot could care less.You are right about not knowing you are pregnant.A doctor tells you and that is if you are lucky enough to live to hear it.

[Raffi Ella]

15. INcredibly powerful post.

I'm glad your story had a good ending.Thank you for sharing it. :kick:

[Lurking Dem]

16. If somebody has the actual transcript

please send it to these folks:

http://www.acog.org/

[tavalon]

104. Yeah

The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology might want to talk to him about spreading such a lie. Isn't that a form of practicing medicine without a license?

[aquart]

19. My great grandmother died in childbirth.

My grandmother had an ectopic pregnancy.

My mother had eclampsia and went into seizures. The baby died.

WHAT did O'Reilly say?

[LisaM]

26. My great grandmother died in childbirth, too

In fact, it used to be pretty common.

[girl gone mad]

78. It used to be extremely common,

May-December relationships were far more common, too, because an established older man who had lost a wife would often remarry a much younger woman. It wasn't about physical attraction, so much as the need for someone with the energy and longevity to raise the children and take care of the household. As a result, fewer men were able to marry, to the detriment of society. In other words, men suffered as a direct result of this women's health issue. Why O'Reilly is so ignorant of that reality is beyond me.

[PinkyisBlue]

88. He's ignorant of a lot of things.

I read an article about a couple's agonizing decision to have a late-term abortion (the right-wingers have dubbed it "partial-birth") because the baby had some dis-order, not diagnosed until late in the pregnancy, whereby his bones would break for no apparent reason. Apparently the child would be in constant agony for as long as he lived, and his life span would be short. This couple's decision to end the life of this baby in utero changed the article's author's opinion about late-term abortion.

People need to make these medical decisions for themselves, with input from health care professionals. Ignorant blow-hards like O'Reilly should shut up about things that they know nothing about. There's a real story, with real people, behind every woman's health care decisions.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

56. my MIL had an eptopic. She taught of all us girls the symptoms, which

saved her daughters life a few years ago.

My mother had 7 spontaneous miscarriages before she was able to carry me to term.

I suffered 3 miscarriages, and the last one almost killed me.


He is a vile, horrid little man.

[Berry Cool]

21. Did he REALLY say that?

...Oh boy. O'Lielly just keeps putting his foot in it, doesn't he? What an idiot. What an insensitive, heartless idiot.

[Parche]

23. awesome post

My kudo's to you and your spirit in that trying time!!
Glad that your wife is ok and safe.

Bill Oreilly and the rest of his constipated conservative thugs can go cheney themselves

[eridani]

24. That story (with bad rather than good endings)--

--was quite commonplace before abortion became legal. Women with miscarriages were not treated until the doctors were sure that the fetus was out, so as not to be accused of performing an abortion. If she bled to death in the meantime, tough shit.

[Cooley Hurd]

25. Thank (insert favorite deity here) for your wife's survival!!!!

My brother's wife experienced a tubal pregnancy and, fortunately her experience was akin to your wife's.

...and Bill O can STFU!:grr::grr:

[elare]

28. Add my story to the list

I also had an ectopic pregnancy. Fortunately, I did know I was pregnant, and my doctor suspected it was ectopic. He sent me for an ultrasound which confirmed it, and I was in surgery within 3 hours. When they started the surgery, I started to bleed so heavily that it took them more than 10 minutes to stop it. The surgeon told my husband afterwards that if that tube had ruptured, they likely wouldn't have been able to get me to a hospital and into surgery fast enough to save my life.

This just convinces me that I'm right to never watch that asshole's show (fortunately, we don't get him on the radio here)

[Missy Vixen]

29. Please send this to O'Reilly, and CC Keith Olbermann

You and your wife know the realities of an ectopic pregnancy. It seems Mr. O'Reilly is in desperate need of an education in this matter.

Julie

[malaise]

30. A brilliant and human response

to that stupid moron.

[HockeyMom]

31. I had an ectopic in a Catholic Hospital

You and your wife were very lucky it was a non sectarian hospital. I should mail my experience to O'Reilly too It was a Catholic Hospital in Queens, New York. I am sure ole Bill has heard of this hospital. They wouldn't even DO a sonogram immediately, although I, too, had all the classic symptoms, of a ruptured ectopic. Maybe it was just a cover for them to make sure the "baby was dead". Their words, not mine.

I did go into a coma while I waited 24 hours in that bed. Later, I overhead a couple of good, christian doctors joke that it took them half and hour to find my bladder in all the bloody mess. To add insult to injury, they sent a priest in to see me to "counsel me because I was so bitter at losing my baby". Hell, no. I was bitter at nearly losing MY LIFE.

What kept me going through all this was my husband's love and my then 3 year old daughter's tears. I swore I would LIVE to see her grow up. She is now a beautiful 27 year old and has an equally beautiful 22 year old sister, born 2 years almost to the day after this ectopic.

[11 Bravo]

51. Oh my God.

At least I knew I was carrying my wife toward a hospital that would treat her. I am so glad you survived. Please hug your daughters for me the next time you see them.

[proud patriot]

32. My mom had an ectopic pregnancy

A very similar situation as the love of your life .

I lost all chances of having a brother or a sister .
I'm thankful you and your wife were able to conceive
after that horrible experience .

I have to call my mom now and tell her I love her .

[Greylyn58]

33. I'm so very glad that your wife survived

I'll bet Keith Olbermann has heard about this and wouldn't be at all surprised if he makes Bill-O a worst person candidate. he definitely deserves it after such a retarded comment. The man just keeps saying the stupidest things. It's like he manufactures them.

[Iris]

34. Love the PS!

Thanks for sharing your story!

[Prophet 451]

35. Will someone please HIT him?

I'm not normally a fan of physical violence but Bill O is on the very select list of "people who desperately need a good smack in the mouth".

My mother had an ectopic when I was a child (about ten). Luckily, she was already in hospital for a completely unrelated matter so she got through it and was even able to have another child but she could very easily have died if the situation had been slightly different.

[Canuckistanian]

36. My mother almost died of the same thing

Almost the same scenario. She was never able to have children after that.

Thus, was I adopted.

[nicknameless]

37. Death due to pregnancy probs. or giving birth doesn't just happen to Dems.

... O'Lielly really stuck his foot in it this time.
Just as those on this thread can recall times when these tragedies occurred to people they knew/loved, so can rethugs watching Bill recall loved ones they lost too.

What an unconscionable asshat.


Thank God you found your wife in time.

[Iris]

57. yeah. I keep hoping for Brittany Spears to be the test case for third

trimester abortions, since you know, we should all "like trust the president and support whatever he says."

[nicknameless]

66. And don't you wonder how many rethugs it has happened to already?

They always deal with those kinds of things secretly.
Then of course, they grab their picket signs again and resume harassing women at the family planning clinics.



*** To Brittany: Why aren't you like, you know, in Iraq? *** :eyes:

[Iris]

67. Yeah. She could have gone over their a dozen or so times by now to give

a free concert to our troops. What's up with that, Brittany?

[nicknameless]

71. If she's such an ardent fan of dimson, I think she should ride around

in one of those unarmored Humvees.

Oh m' gawd, Brittany. Don't break a nail!

[Iris]

72. or drop your baby!

[nicknameless]

74. Well, maybe they won't let her wear those clunky, sparkly shoes in Iraq.

Hey Brittany, no wearing your own armor from home either.

[Mr_Spock]

38. Why do they allow that smarmy coward on the air??

I just wish he would, just once, actually take on a lefty in a fight - I'd love to punch his lights out.

[ArbustoBuster]

81. I would pay good money to see O'Reilly do one of those charity boxing...

...matches. He could be paired up against a liberal. Preferably a big, burly Marine who just came back from Iraq.

[Anakin Skywalker]

39. Bill O'Lielly and *ucker Carlson, etc.

need to be reborn in their next lives as WOMEN, then they will know how it feels!

I just hate smarmy, arrogant men who mouth off on issues they know nothing about!

[Bjorn Against]

40. I have someone very close to me who went through a similar ordeal

If she had not had an abortion she would be dead, and so would the fetus.

There would be absolutely nothing "pro-life" about restricting access to abortion in such a situation, the fetus can not be saved either way so you sure as hell better do everything you can to save the mother. It is absolutely sick and immoral to suggest otherwise. I can somewhat understand why people believe some types of abortion should be outlawed, I disagree but I can at least understand. But anyone who is not at least pro-choice when it comes down to the life of the mother either does not understand anything about complications in pregnancy, or they are sick immoral people.

[boolean]

41. FUCKIN' A!

If you didn't send this to him, don't worry, cause I just did.

:spank::spank::spank::spank::spank:

[11 Bravo]

49. Good! I sent it as well, but I have slammed him so many times via email.

that I'll wager that by now he blocks my correspondence. Maybe he'll read yours.

[boolean]

52. Hope he reads all the replies too

I wonder if his handlers will even bother to click the link when they see it's democraticunderground.com

[boolean]

53. Hope he reads all the replies too

I wonder if his handlers will even bother to click the link when they see it's democraticunderground.com

[sandnsea]

42. Thank you

My biggest concern when my daughter was pregnant was some sort of difficulty that was potentially life threatening - but not an immediate emergency. Our only hospital within 60 miles is a Catholic hospital that insists they don't perform abortions AT ALL, and only performs D&C's when the life of the mother is at risk. I suspect they've either lenient on the definition or have been very lucky. It makes me cuckoo when people dismiss women's health in the abortion debate. I'm glad all turned out well for you, and congratulations on raising two very smart boys!

[blue cat]

43. You might think about

sending him this thread.

[blue cat]

45. Guess I should have read the responses

to see that everyone rec. the same thing.

[DarkTirade]

44. So they're healthy AND smart... :)

[VeggieTart]

47. I'm so glad that your wife's life was saved

And I'm so angry that some men are so fucking ignorant of all the dangers that can happen during a pregnancy. O'Liely clearly never heard of an ectopic pregnancy, and apparently the fetus freaks don't realize that if that happens, the fetus has zero chance of survival. It's not like you can nudge it down to the uterus. Sheesh. If there is such a thing as reincarnation, I hope all the anti-choice men are women in their next lives.

[Greeby]

50. Hey, that's my next life of choice

O'Lielly can go come back as a worm :evilgrin:

[libnnc]

48. Please, please, please pretty please...

SEND IT TO THAT MUTHA-EFFING ASSHAT!

You just plain ROCK!!!
:yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock:

[Olney Blue]

54. Great post. Thank you so much.

[smirkymonkey]

55. Bravo!

I hope you send it in.

[never_get_over_it]

58. Thank you for posting this

I'm so glad your wife was ok and you were able to have your sons....Fairfax is a great hospital - I've had surgery there....

But after reading through the post can someone answer this question - so if a state out laws abortion such as South Dakota without an allowance for the life of the mother - are the folks in this thread saying it would be illegal for a hospital to save a woman from an ectopic pregnancy. If that is the case that is so far beyond insanity - there is NO chance of an ectopic pregnancy coming to term and a huge chance that the mother could die

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE....jesus just when I think nothing can shock me


You know I'm wondering - I had to have a D&C while pregnant - because the fetus had no heart beat - it was the hardest decision of my life - because I was so AFRAID they had made a mistake and there was a heartbeat - I made them do the sonogram again - and questioned them until they probably wanted to slap me silly and only agreed because my doctor said if I waited for the fetus to expel on its own that there might be a chance it would hurt my chances to get pregnant again - so I guess these freaks would make it illegal to have a D&C under these circumstances. For the record I do not believe I had an abortion I believe I had a miscarriage because unfortunately my fetus had already died. I unfortunately never got pregnant again.

Oh these ignorant people make me crazy....

[niyad]

86. what is wrong with these people is a profound and endless hatred

for women. each and every excuse, reason, whatever, they give for being anti-choice, is, at its heart, woman-hating. What they are saying is that something or someone is more important than the woman, whether it's the state, the church, the sperm donor, or the zygote.

[alphafemale]

87. Ectopic pregnacies are not permitted to be ended in some countries

Even if this life threatening condition is discovered the woman is merely put under observation until the pregnancy "ends at God's will."

Then they'll go in and try to save the mother's life.

[lostnfound]

98. Completely irrelevant technical point, but an amazing ectopic story

of one that did survive: This was on DiscoveryHealth. This woman carried triplets, unbeknownst to her doctors, with one of the three -- the only boy -- having attached to the outside of her uterus. Born (by C-section obviously) at 28 weeks, all three are healthy children. It was truly an amazing story.

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/innovations/embryonic/CAnew2E.htm

I'd still say your comment that this is "NO chance of an ectopic pregnancy coming to term" is essentially right (for all 'intents and purposes') -- ignoring what is probably a one in a billion case. There is definitely "a huge chance that the mother could die", as you say.

On a more personal note, thanks for sharing your story. I'm sorry for that difficult experience.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

59. KO rules him Worst Person in the World today.

We can always count on Keith. :loveya:

[brook]

62. That was awesome!

Keith's the best!

[wicket]

60. OMG, I am so sorry

Thank-you for sharing your very personal & horrific story. It puts a face on those who O'Reilly attacks with such viciousness. I am so happy for you all that she is ok :hug:

[Mr_Spock]

61. WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD!! KO called him a MORON again

I love it!!

[Berry Cool]

63. Keith came through!!!!

Billo is today's Worst Person in the World, because of this statement!!!! :loveya:

[calimary]

93. Well, he IS one.

He's lucky he even qualifies for the term "person." I wouldn't go that far, myself. Glad the story in the OP had a happy ending. Whew! What a harrowing report!

[nam78_two]

64. K&R-That man is stupider than any one human being has a right to be.

Glad about your wife and family-great post :)!

[civildisoBDence]

65. Good lord, you can be pro life without being a brain dead sanctimonious

asshole like O'Reilly!!

I once saw an academic use a big word on Bill's TV show. Bill accused the guy of making the word up!

These people revel in their own ignorance. They live on self-rightousness, which requires ignorance of one's own fallibiliby.

Newsprism

[femrap]

68. O'reilly thinks he's an OB-GYN now???

I think little billy should just try to keep his eye on his own genitalia and try not harrassing others with it.

Great OP....send it to the jerk!

[Hoooweee]

69. O'Reilly won't give it air time, send it to Olbermann

Maybe it could get O'Reilly back to the top of the World's Worst

[Nikki Stone 1]

70. Recommend!

:kick:

[NMDemDist2]

73. I too had an ectopic pregnancy and it too almost killed me

Fuck Bill O and his big giant head which he should shove firmly up his ass IMHO

congrats on your two kids, I have none. :cry:

[Subdivisions]

75. Oh thank God your wife survived and you were able to

go on to have two children.

Righteous rant, Brother! Fuck you Bill Orally!

[FourScore]

76. And what a valliant, wonderful husband you are!!!

Your two children and your wife are so lucky to have you. I almost cried reading this story. Wow. Just...wow.

[AnotherMoonbatLibrul]

77. The thing is that

there are women even in Right Wing Land who would be offended by that remark--who know darn well that only a moron would say something so stupid. Oh, wait...

Thank God for the happy ending to your story!

[usregimechange]

83. Sending this to Bill...

[usregimechange]

84. Oops, do we have consent to send it to him?

[mnhtnbb]

85. Motto of these right-wing idiots: Ignorant and proud of it.

Thanks for your story. You and your wife were very lucky to be able to have a family.

[orleans]

89. my message to billo: hey o'liely: fuck off! n/t

[Triana]

90. Bravo - you need to mail this to that sonofab*tch...

...both snailmail and email - AND to your local paper, as well. Oh and, good job on raising some fine boys. I wish your wife continued health and happiness in spite of morons like OLielly.

[wiley]

91. Recommended to the extent permitted by DU policy

What a guy!

[girl gone mad]

92. It's so good to hear that your story ended well.

I took a friend to Planned Parenthood last year because her husband was out of town. She had had a 'missed abortion', which means that the pregnancy had stopped developing and there was no heartbeat, but her body had not expelled the placenta or fetus. It needed to be removed or she risked severe infection. The doctor told her that he could perform an abortion in a hospital, but at that stage it would be easier and less expensive for her to just go to a clinic. So, she braved protesters and armed guards (I was surprised by the strict security) to have a potentially life saving, medically necessary procedure performed.

While at the clinic, I spoke with many of the other patients. At least half cited medical reasons for seeking to end their pregnancies. One lady, in her forties and already the mother of 4, had been advised by her Ob/gyn that going through pregnancy and childbirth again could leave her permanently disabled due to an underlying spinal condition. That would render her unable to care for her children, who were all under the age of 6. Another young woman had been taking a high dosage mutagenic drug to treat an immune disorder and had became pregnant despite the use of birth control. She said she could not have children unless she went off of the drug, which would mean having to give up her job and be virtually bedridden for months. That is something she could not afford financially or physically because her Marine reservist husband was about to be called up to duty. He sat by her side and held her hand in the waiting room, then bowed his head and prayed the entire time she was in the OR.

After that experience, I couldn't help but feel angry and disheartened by the fact that this issue has become so politicized. For whatever reason a woman makes the choice, be it abandonment by an abusive boyfriend or undiagnosed severe heart disease, she should not have to put with zealots calling her a murderer. Her husband shouldn't be told that the government, and not his sick wife or her doctors, needs to be given final authority over her body. She should not be told by some bloated talking head that her problems and her rights are fictional.

[Liberty Belle]

94. I was diagnosed with an ectopic pregnancy once.

My doctor called me at home and urged me to come in for an ultrasound on a Sunday morning, because of my symptoms (sharp pain on the right side, and some bleeding). "I don't want to scare you," he said when I asked if this could wait until the next day, "but if this is a tubal pregnancy, you could be dead if you wait until tomorrow."

Fortunately it was a false alarm, and later tests showed a different reason for my symptoms.

A friend of mine did have an ectopic pregnancy. She passed out and had to be rushed to a hospital. I learned that 1 in 50 pregnancies in America today is ectopic - and without prompt termination of the pregnancy, the tube will burst and the woman often dies.

This is why even a 24-hour waiting period for abortion is a very bad idea that puts women's and girls' lives at risk.

[NMMNG]

95. The BS keeps getting deeper over at Faux news

Are they genuinely that ignorant or do they just play it on TV?

[SalmonChantedEvening]

96. Wholly Without Merit.

O'Really constantly reminds us of those 3 words a judge used to describe the lawsuit Faux brought against Al Franken.

And with this steaming pile of stupidity, he outdoes his employers.

Shame (if you had any at all) on you Billy.



11Bravo, my heart goes out to you and your family.

:pals: :loveya: :grouphug:

[JNelson6563]

97. You're a hero!

Really enjoyed seeing the obviously great love you have for your wife throughout your story and your closing line about your two beautiful boys was priceless!

Well done friend! :toast:

[indepat]

99. Fu*k O'Leilly and all his ilk and the horses they rode in on

[democrank]

100. Listening to Bill O`Reilly discuss pregnancy issues

is like listening to George Bush discuss courage. Glad you ended up with two healthy boys, 11 Bravo.

[lukasahero]

101. Bravo!

And may I add my voice to the chorus of "Send it to Olbermann"? (O'rally (sic) won't give it air time - Keith might.)

Glad to hear your wife came through this.

[connecticut yankee]

102. My daughter-in-law

had one ten years ago. But unfortunately, she's never been able to get pregnant again.

The happy thing is, she's still alive and healthy.

[The Backlash Cometh]

103. That's a nice thought for you,

Liberals should have more babies so we can vote the conservatives out of office!

[myrna minx]

106. I am so glad that your wife survived after your life saving

actions. My best wishes to you and your family.

[Pooka Fey]

107. K&R

[Sweet Freedom]

108. Some stats

From December 2005

Background: Ectopic pregnancy continues to be the leading cause of first-trimester maternal death. While diagnosis and management has improved, the incidence of this disease has continued to climb since the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) started collecting data in 1970 (CDC, 1995; Rumack, 1998). This increase is likely due to a continued rise in the prevalence of predisposing risk factors. Ectopic pregnancy has additional significance in that the associated mortality with ectopic pregnancy usually affects an otherwise healthy segment of the population.

Frequency:

In the US: The CDC estimated that approximately 108,800 ectopic pregnancies occurred in 1992. This number represents approximately 2% of all pregnancies (CDC, 1995; National Center for Health Statistics , 1994). These estimates are considered conservative though, because patients whose condition was diagnosed and managed exclusively through private offices would not have been included in that data set.
With documented intrauterine pregnancy, the risk of concomitant ectopic (heterotopic) is approximately 1 case in 7000 patients (Rumack, 1998). This risk increases to approximately 1 case in 100 patients if the woman is being treated for infertility (Botash, 2000).

Mortality/Morbidity:

Ectopic pregnancy accounts for 9% of all pregnancy-related deaths (CDC, 1995; NCHS, 1994).
Morbidity includes a significantly increased risk for future ectopic pregnancy, possible infertility due to scarring or surgical resection of the tube, and potential adverse effects or complications related to drug therapy (Albayram, 2002).

http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic231.htm

[stop the bleeding]

109. emailed Keith and Bill with your OP

well said

[e-mail] <[e-mail]>

[e-mail]

[11 Bravo]

110. Thanks.

I have slammed O'Reilly repeatedly via email over the years, probably to the point that he doesn't read a thing I send anymore. Maybe you'll have better luck. I would love to think that the self-absorbed prick has been given at least an inkling of how fucking stupid some of the things he says are.

[young_at_heart]

111. What was O'Reilly's REAL motive for saying this?

One can help but wonder what was going on behind the scenes.

[WillyT]

112. Bravo !!! - Thank You for Posting This !!! - K & R !!!

:kick::yourock::kick: