Yep. In the novel, it was Judge's barking that told Campbell that Anna was hiding a secret and she wasn't being truthful. He picked up on the hint from his dog and questioned her again in her reasons for suing for medical emancipation. It was only then Anna finally confessed she did it for Kate because she had been wanting to die.
@@ladyfire44 What? No, in the book, the dog was barking to warn Campbell that he was going to have a seizure! Anna decided to testify on her own, which meant Campbell prolonged leaving the room to ask her questions.
Read the novel again. It was Judge's barking that got Campbell to suspect Anna had an ulterior motive. When he cross examined her again, Anna finally confessed that she was suing her parents for the rights to her body and Kate's wishes for death.
@@calliefinck6275 I think Kate told him or he overheard Kate and Anna talking about it I think he knew all along because Jesse was the one who drove Anna to the lawyer’s office.
Sara and Brian abused all three of their kids. They neglected Jesse, physically forced Anna into countless amounts of operations that had only benefits for Kate. And finally they also forced Kate into operations she didn’t want to have. I’m glad Brian realised pretty quickly what he had been doing to his kids, and tried to make it better.
Sara was the main abuser. Brian stopped helping her out when he saw how much danger she was putting both Anna and Kate in with the forced operations, along with her neglecting Jesse.
Abuse is intentionally causing harm or injury to other people. These parents are not abusers. They are advocating for their children in an impossible, traumatic situation. They may not have made the best choices, but they do not deserve to vilified for having a very normal reaction.
@@chattanoogastatehealthscie6668 You can still be abusive without realising it. I don’t think Brian or Sara originally intentionally forced Anna or Kate into the procedures, but as soon as they knew that Anna no longer wanted to do it and Sara continued pushing, that’s when it’s became intentional on Sara’s part. But we can still sympathise with her because of the pressure of the situation and because she was in denial of hurting her children. They eventually stopped and fixed their mistakes. They are understandable forgivable abusers.
I've read the book and this mother is awful. She refuses to listen to Kate, treats Anna like a resource for spare parts and completely ignores Jesse. The author tried to make her sympathetic, but she was anything but.
Well, I think it's really easy to say that, having read a fictional book. I think it would be a whole different matter if you were a mother who'd been fighting for years to save your child's life.
@@elizabethdiaz7560 Anna ends up dying in a car crash and her organs then do end up saving kate in the end. I just like it because the mom gets what she has been wishing all the book. To save kate. And realizes how she neglected Anna. It almost feels like Anna got the last word. As if to say, "fine. I will give you what you want. But you're going to have to live with that for the rest of your life."
I hated Sara throughout this whole scene in that she acts like Anna is a villain for not donating. Donating is a decision that each person makes on their own. You can't force someone. Sara was wrong to say that because people donate to strangers that there's no reason why she shouldn't donate to her sister. A kidney is a vital organ.
StikWitClassics everyone except Sara was seeing the risks, to Sara it would’ve saved Kate’s life. Anna, Kate and everyone else knew the dangers but if it was such a sure solution as Sara thought it would be, and if she really loved her sister that would be pretty evil.
Yep. It took Brian and Jesse confronting Sara in court to make her see where she was in the wrong. It wasn't her decision to make, but rather Kate's because she had been ready to die for a long time. Brian, Jesse and Anna knew this, but Sara ignored it. At some point, she stopped listening to her family and neglected them for it. Even the doctors and her older sister, Suzanne(Kelly in the film), knew she was endangering both Anna and Kate's lives by trying to make them go through the surgery. Suzanne warned Sara against it because of the risks involved for both sisters. She never listened to anyone and cared for her own interest. The family were really running out of options and Kate having Anna for medical emancipation was their last option to get her to listen. When Sara finally did, she realized how overzealous and selfish she's been. She felt guilty for neglecting her own family and the pain she caused in her children's lives. It was Kate who stood up for Anna and wanted her to have the quality of life she deserves.
StikWitClassics there is a reason why she should donate her kidney. There is also a reason why her mother acts that way. But no means no. No court should be able to change that. This always confused me in that movie... What if the court said that its ok to donate annas kidney ? Like wtf. But i would donate everything, even if it means that i couldnt have kids ,...
I love that they mostly ignored the brother in the movie, but then of course he knew what his sisters are hiding. Siblings can keep promises so good from their parents or read each other
I feel so bad for this girl all the time. I can understand why she doesn't want to do it anymore. She wasn't loved AT ALL in my opinion because she wasn't created out of love from parents; she was created to be used. that's not the only reason I feel bad for her though. She def loves her sister, and so to stand up and say "I don't want to do this anymore" would probably be a very hard thing for her to do
yeah i know what katelyn means or maybe she just wanted her parents to pay a bit f attention to her than tokatee all the time i mean iknow kate had cancer and they are trying to get her to live but at the same time its heartbraking to watch them both suffer
Katelyn Lewis I feel bad for Anna and Jesse at the same time and sara kept being defensive about this and the way Sara had been treating her family like this throughout the whole movie, I thought it was disrespectful of her and I feel horribly for the others. :'( Such a sad scene but, the actors who played those characters were, amazing!!! Best movie ever though.
@@HollaAhnhel You don't seem to know much about the risks. More than 98.5% of marrow donors feel completely recovered within a few weeks and the bone marrow replaces itself in 6 weeks... Let me say it again...98.5%. Kate has Leukemia. At this point, without the bone marrow, Kate will die. The mother is not irrational at all. She raised a loving daughter who she thought loved her sister and would do anything for her. That's why she was freaking out, she didn't see this coming. The mother isn't irrational because she was ractually right about Anna. Anna loved Kate and was totally willing to give Kate the marrow. She said it herself. Kate asked her to go through with the emancipation. Anna went through with the emancipation because she loved Kate and would do anything for her, like the mother thought. The mother's only issue was that she didn't want to see the fact that Kate wanted to let go. That's not irrational. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but I think you should understand facts about bone marrow transplants and the actual movie before having such a harsh one. If you still do that's fine but at least you would sound informed... Watch the scene after this.
@Rebecca Bjelopera lol, that reply was for someone who mentioned marrow. I don't know how I even did that! But now that I see your response, I have to disagree with you as well. Even though it's fiction you have to understand the mom's mindset. The mom knows Anna. She knows Anna loves Kate and would give her a kidney in a second. She wouldn't have to force her. So when Anna refuses, her mom is freaking out because she knows Anna would do anything for Kate. She didn't see this coming. She is confused and didn't expect this because as I said, she knowsAnna wouldn't let Kate die. The thing is, she's 100% right. Anna would have not have let her die and would have given a kidney to Kate. She loves her big sis. The mom is not being selfish, she is desperate and in absolute shock for a valid reason, Anna is lying. This is a hearing about emancipation, not donation. People seem to think she took her daughter to court to get her kidney. I guess you can say she is selfish because she doesn't want to let Kate go, but I call that love.
@@dailydaisies9333 sweetie, it's rather odd you thought anyone was trying to stop you. However, that has nothing to with me. That's between you and "jesus christ" and I'd rather not get involved. Good luck.
"Kate wants to die" "That's a lie/That's not true. She would have told me." "She did tell you" "She told you a million times. You didn't want to hear it." And there it is , right in front of Sara: the reason for everything. At some point, Sara stopped listening to not just Anna, or Jesse or even her husband, she stopped listening to Kate. I get why it happened; Sara wanted to be one of those people whose children beat insurmountable odds to survive cancer. What she didn't take into account was the fact it wasn't her decision. It's those who have the cancer who have to decide to fight or die. At some point, Kate didn't want to fight anymore, especially as she realized how much Anna and Jesse were suffering in comparison to her. So while Anna was willing to give up her kidney if Kate wanted it, Kate didn't want it. Instead she wanted Anna to stand up for herself since it wasn't Kate herself that Anna had to fight against: it was Sara who wanted Anna to believe Kate wanted Anna's kidney. Kate NEVER wanted Anna to used the way she had been. Court was the final option to get Sara to finally listen and realize that it was she was being selfish, not Anna. "Who stands up for Anna?" Kate does.
When Anna told Sara this in the novel before the verdict, she was shocked by this. She later came to terms and wished Kate told her sooner, understanding that Anna didn't tell her because she needed to protect her sister. This movie version completely disrespected her own family and court was the last option to get her to listen to them. When Sara finally did, she realizes that obsession and overzealous behavior was her own fault. Kate stood up for Anna and did the right thing by refusing. Plus, Jesse had little to no involvement in the court during the book, unlike here which he did disrespected Anna and exposed Kate's involvement.
No she just wanted Kate to live. She was not hankering after a feel good emotional story She wanted all her children alive. Wow people twist that into something strange. If she had listened everytime some one told her no Kate would have died much sooner maybe as a 👶, when you have to fight insurance companies to cover treatments that you have paid for medical access in the United State's is hostile and convoluted. That tends to make you determined to over come issues and sometimes people reservations.. It appears as callous. People get angry at Sara for not being agreeable and call that selfishness when that is unjust.
Karen Lacey but that wasn’t her decision to make. Kate was tired of fighting and it wasn’t right of Sara to refuse her to give her daughter that kind of peace because she didn’t want to let her go even though there was absolutely no way for her to survive anyway. She conceived Anna not out of love but to save her daughter’s life by constantly forcing her to be her donator, and never once asked how Anna felt and was only ever concerned with Kate’s well being. And that’s why Kate told Anna to stand up for herself and refuse to be a donator anymore because she never had that choice when they were kids. I get a mother wanting to save her child, I understand that. But when the child has no hope of surviving, and when they also just want to go peacefully, then that’s when -as heartbreaking as it is- to let them go, respect their wishes no matter how painful it is. Because it’s their lives and they shouldn’t have to be forced to live with those kind of conditions if they don’t want too. And that’s the opposite of what Sara did, instead of hearing her daughter out and respecting that she wants to just be at peace, she stopped listening to her a long time ago and basically was forcing her to stay alive even when she didn’t want to be anymore and forced Anna to give her sister blood and bone marrow.
Is it bad that I was disappointed when it came out that Anna was only doing it because Kate wanted to die? Personally I found it more compelling when I thought she was doing it because she was tired of being nothing more than spare parts. I mean the conflict it created seemed diminished before Anna would have had guilt at what she was doing and a certain strength to push past it by having her doing it for the sister it removes this. Yes it took strength to stand up to every one else but not as much as the original premise, well in my eyes anyways.
I think they were going for a different kind of strength and a parallel to her mother. The point of this scene is to show that the problem isn't Anna but Sara who refuses to listen to Kate's wishes because the idea of losing her is too much. By that refusal, she hurt everyone in her family. But here Anna, despite also not wanting to lose her sister, pushes through, not for the rights to her body, but in a way, for Kate's rights to hers.
In the beginning Anna was forced to donate everything. But as she grew up she also wanted to because she loved her sister. Kate didn't want to continue becayse sge wanted to die, BUT she also hated the fact that the only reason Anna was alive was because of her. Not because of love to have another child, but do be a donor. So she made Anna do all this. Kate also knew Anna, and she also knew that Anna didn't want to do it anymore either even if she would say otherwise. Kate telling Anna to do all this was her way if telling Anna your free. Be you, and fight back.
The book is better. The movie changed everything and made it stupid. In the book she’s really just doing it for freedom and at the end of the book the lawyer and the not cancer girl get into a car accident and the not cancer girl dies but saves her sister by donating her whatever. Lol it’s been a long time since I read it.
@@alimckinney7407 but I hate the book ending, anna fights are for nothing when she died in that accident and sara got what she wanted which is anna kidney for kate, the movie ending is slightly better and realistic
Ruhina Shaikh More like 30 seconds old. Kate had medical issues when she was a toddler - they created Anna to be a perfect genetic match for Kate. When Anna was born, the first thing they did was harvest the stem cells from her amniotic fluid to treat Kate’s condition. They didn’t anticipate needing to harvest anything else from Anna, but Kate kept coming down with one medical calamity after another and Anna was always there to be the spare parts.
People do donate their organs to complete strangers, but that is usually after death, but that is not the point. What I am saying is that they choose to do that, thay are not forced to do it if you know what I mean.
@@r824077 stop the cap...normally my as*...donating one of your kidneys is a guarantee for you having to keep going to the doctors for the rest of your life. It is a vital organ
She and Jesse were both suffering, but Sara didn't care. Kate decided she had enough of her mother's overzealous and selfish behavior. She was brave in standing for Anna's rights and told her to sue for medical emancipation. Kate shares her resentment for Sara in forcing her to donate her body parts each time without asking her. She knew Anna would have to face their mother in court, not Brian.
@@ladyfire44 she asked in a half hearted way and anna never said no till the kidney because 1 she loves Kate but also 2 and equally important Brian and especially Sarah never really gave her the oppertunity 2 say no ...in teh deleted scene on directors extra scenes in dvd it shows Brian litterally holding her down 4 a procedure she was kicking and screaming begging 4 her mom who was not tere then brian give sher a necklace out of guilt ..but when the push came 2 shove sarah was willing and eager 2 use Anna UP 2 NOTHING THAT IS NO MOM
It would not happen in real life. I agree, she basically bullied her daughter proving why Anna deserved to win. Cameron Diaz did a fantastic job here because I really hated Sara for what she was doing.
I hated the mom. I feel for her since her oldest had cancer,but that doesn't give her the right to make her youngest be a vessel that she can take from whenever she wants. She didn't think how much donating took out of her. All she cared about was if the older girl was okay.
I get that the movie makes you hate the mom but when a loved one is dying you go a bit insane and barter the world to save that loved one, you do not see it because the pain and anguish at the thought of losing one blinds anyone. it is easy looking on the inside from the outside.
Sara was none of those things. I get she was afraid of letting Kate go, but she never once thought about how her behavior negatively affected Jesse and Anna later on. At some point Sara stopped listening to her family and the doctors who told her to let Kate go.
- The mother as lawyer + the questioning bring up a ton of ethical issues - The outbursts would not have been tolerated - Any competent judge should be able to recognize a service dog & would not threaten to remove it
I always feel sad in this scene, because one reaction is always "the mom is justified, because any mother would fight as hard as possible and do anything to save their child" but then you remember that Anna is ALSO her child and the "do anything" is risking one child to save the other, treating Anna like spare parts. And I get that's why they had Anna in the first place, but you'd think she'd still love the girl as her child :(
Truth was that Sara never loved any of her kids. She intentionally ignored Jesse, treated Anna like she's spare parts and focused too much of her energy in saving Kate's life. I get Sara was afraid of losing her older daughter to cancer. However, she also forgot that Jesse and Anna are also important in the family as well. To Sara, as long as both were healthy, they didn't need her to worry about them. When Brian found out about her plans to force more surgeries on their girls, he realized how wrong he was in having not stopped her sooner. He saw first hand that Jesse became a troublemaker due to Sara's neglect. For a long time both Anna and Kate wanted to stop the cancer treatments. They were both tired of Sara's selfishness and terrible behavior. Anna was tired of being in the hospital and missing out on her life. Kate was tired of dealing too many complications after her surgeries and wanted to die. When she told Brian about it, he immediately understood it's time to let her go. Unfortunately, Sara refused to let Kate go and this lead to serious conflicts in the family. I get she wanted to fulfill her dreams of being like those parents whose child survived cancer and is living their lives. At the same time, Sara went about it the wrong way. She was willing to sacrifice Anna's life and didn't care who got hurt as long as Kate was alive. At some point, Sara stopped listening to her family and the doctors when they warned her against the kidney transplant and let Kate go. The family were running out of options to make her listen to them. Kate finally convincing Anna to sue for medical emancipation and taking Sara to court was the family's last option.
I have so much love for Judge (the service dog), and the fact he's trying so hard to warn Campbell, followed by Campbell trying to get a recess, but getting refused has me all ahhhhgg. Emotions for sure
I guess the whole time it wasn't about Anna fighting for medical emancipation...it was Kate. Anna would have donated the kidney because she was born and raised knowing that her purpose was to give her sister anything that she needed.
There are certain things Anna couldn't give but it would be awkward as she got older, if she had a portion of her liver removed and the absences from school during recovery.
Aint nobodies purpose to give themselves up like that. I dont care why that mother had a baby. Anna's life isn't to give herself up for her sister. Its her life to live.
How can a parent make their kid donate their organs to their siblings? If I were a parent, the thought of sabotaging my child's health to save another one of my children wouldn't even cross my mind. 1:24 Objection! Leading the witness!!
It’s not really sabotaging the human body can work with 1 kidney so if I were the sister I would donate my kidney I’ve got 2 kidneys and 1 sister what’s it gonna be?
@@softea7549 do you know how much risks of having one vital organ removed from your body? Plus, Kate does not want the transplant either so think before you speak
@@khanh9751 you do realize people *have* donated their kidney also I’m *not* speaking on the behalf of the people in this video I’m speaking on personal opinion if I had a close family member that *needed* a kidney transplant I would willingly give up one of my kidneys to them, again I’m not speaking about what you would do, what the people in the video would do or what anyone would do everyone is different so we all have different opinions I’m just saying I would give up one of my kidneys for my sister I *never* said you would have to do it to. Think before you speak❤️
@@softea7549 easy for you to say because you are not in their shoes. Anna was traumatized because of the fact she has gone through too many surgeries at a young age, it is really painful and she was basically taught she must give up for her sister. There are a reason why the law forbid minors to donate a vital organ because it is too risky. Plus, your case is different, you agreed to it, Anna was being forced. And in most cases, people who donate their kidneys are either on death’s door or do it after their deaths or in very rare cases, they are actually ready to accept the risks. And also, if your sister was like Kate who basically told you she did not want to live any more wouldn’t the donation go to waste? Different circumstances, different choices, place yourself in Kate and Anna’ shoes.
My heart truly broke for Anna and I just shook my head at her parents especially Sara! I'm glad that Kate gave Anna the courage to stand up to her parents! I can't imagine what it's like to lose a child, but to force your own child to donate for her sister is just wrong!!
the fact that the mother treated kate like she was her own “pet project” for lack of better word is disgusting. she doesn’t even see anna as a person and rather a pile of spare parts. it’s not even that she loved kate so much that she didn’t want her to die. it’s that she wanted that satisfaction and praise of “look at us, we beat the odds and survived”. she’s straight up as child abuser, not to mention she neglects jesse because he’s not useful to her in terms of her “project”
C'mon, this is just another leftist movie. The mother is depicted as the vilain just to serve as an excuse for the Hollywood anti-family cult which uses this kind of story to promote their agenda consisting in advocating the "emancipation" of minors from their families and the so-called "right to dispose of their body". Obviously, for the reasons we know ... right Mr Baldwin?
@@ulysse21 Get professional help. Seriously. You are beyond unhinged and detached from reality. At the very least, I encourage you to never breed. Deity help that poor child.
It played in the mindset of what Sara was like inside. She treats Anna like she's nothing more than spare parts to save Kate's life and she was worse to Jesse in neglecting him.
First of all, this is probably the most beautifully touching film I've ever seen -- I've seen it more times than I can count on my hands + feet and it still gets me EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. Second of all, this scene in particular hits very close to home for me -- I am not a diagnosed epileptic but have been having unprovoked seizures for the better part of 4 years ... Doctors haven't a clue what's causing them, and absolutely zero medications have worked for me to prevent my seizures ..... Luckily though, by the grace of God, Sunday marked four months without having a single seizure, which is a huge deal for me because I was having them 4-5x a month for the last four years. I pray every second of every day that I don't break this streak; after all, it's the longest I've gone without having them since I started having them in the first place. I relate so hard to this --- not having control over your own mind and body takes a serious toll on your life in every single solitary way, shape, + form. I wouldn't wish this on anyone. I could use some good vibes + prayers sent my way to keep the seizures at bay ... I just desperately want control of my life back. 💔
As an epileptic myself I can say that this is almost too well acted. Can’t watch until the end without crying. When he’s running down the hall, he is trying to run from the danger he is feeling, but the scariest thing is you can’t run from it because it is inside you.
I'm an epileptic and it's truly traumatising. It's so painful for me and my family, who have to witness. I hope no one has to go through such suffering.
This was a fantastic movie that was underrated. Abigail Breslin gave one of the best child performances I've seen in a long time. Cameron Diaz grave a great performance in a drama as a mother who desperately wants to save her daughter, regardless of cost. Alec Baldwin was also great as the lawyer who stands with Abigail's character. "My Sister's Keeper" differs from the book of the same title, but is worth a look.
Its a very interesting moment, where the mom realizes that eveything she has done was for herself. That most of her family sees her as a monster for what she has done. That she was the one being unseasonable
"People donate their kidneys to complete strangers." Yes, when they're consenting adults who are able to weigh the pros and cons of the impact such a monumental decision will have on their lives. Geez!
The revelation that Kate wanted Anna to do this because she was just done fighting and that Anna was willing to do this even though she knows her mother will hate her for it shows how much Anna loves Kate. However, Kate asking Anna to do this also shows how much she loves Anna. She trusted her to come up with this plan and she was not going to die until Anna starting sticking up for herself and realized that she is important too.
Anna is the bravest person I have ever met she took this head on for her sister took full responsibility and wouldn't back down for a second I hope to be half the woman she is
This was the scene I was the most upset over being changed, almost as badly as the ending. This was a moment and promise between sisters. I know Jesse gets left out throughout the entire book but this was meant for Anna and Kate.
This scene proved that even if Sara won she would’ve lost her family. None of her children would ever talk to her and her husband would’ve divorced. And she would end up all alone ….just like she deserves.
I don't think she could legally win, how they would force Anna to donate against her will? Hold her down and drug her? It won't work like when she was 5, no hospital would legally accept do that
@@analauramorelrocha2383They can't. A child cannot consent. But what a child can do both legally ethically and morally is say no. I don't want that to happen. And any doctors going to listen to that. Especially at her age.
Im sick of people trying to justify Sara or make her out to be some caring, kind mother who made the wrong decision. She’s a horrible person, and an even worse mother. She might have been a good mother once, but not anymore. Yes, she wants to save her daughter. Yes she loves her child, no one is denying that. But guess what? That alone doesn’t make her a good mother at all. You can love someone and treat them horribly at the same time. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. I know she has her reasons, but lots of people have reasons for doing evil acts, but that doesn’t make those acts any less evil. Sara abuses, guilt trips, and gaslights Anna. She neglects and disrespects her son. She puts Kate through intense agony and dooms her to a slow, painful walk towards her end instead of a peaceful one, solely because she herself isn’t ready to accept the inevitable. This isn’t a case of a well intentioned parent making a mistake, and later recognizing it and owning up to it- it’s a case of a selfish, delusional woman who created a baby solely so she’d have spare parts for Kate, who didn’t even want or ask for it. This is a case of a woman who refuses to listen to her own family and hurts everyone around her because of it. She is evil, and while I do believe that everyone deserves some empathy, anyone who sees her as anything less than a monster is delusional themselves.
There was a paragraph in the book that made me so choked up: It gets quiet for a moment, so all I can hear is the squelch of the windshield wipers. I slip my hands under my thighs, sit on them. "What you said at the trial ... do you really think I'll be amazing in ten years?" "Why, Anna Fitzgerald, are you fishing for compliments?" "Forget I said anything." He glances at me. "Yes, I do. I imagine you'll be breaking guy's hearts, or painting in Montmartre, or flying fighter jets, or hiking through undiscovered countries." He pauses. "Maybe all of the above." There was a time when, like Kate, I'd wanted to be a ballerina. But since then I've gone through a thousand different stages: I wanted to be an astronaut. I wanted to be a paleontologist. I wanted to be a backup singer for Aretha Franklin, a member of the Cabinet, a Yellowstone National Park ranger. Now, based on the day, I sometimes want to be a microsurgeon, a poet, a ghost hunter. Only one thing's a constant. "Ten years from now," I say, "I'd like to be Kate's sister."
I cant begin to understand the isolation Jesse must have felt when Kate got her diagnosis. They most definitely tried to use him as a donor and when they found out they couldn't they made Anna and he was pushed to the sidelines and had to watch Anna suffer the fate he would have if he was a match for her along with watching Kate and her illness
Sara was a horrible mother, and no one can tell me otherwise. She created a kid just to use that kid to save another one, and never took into account what she wanted. Actually scratch that- Sara never took into account what ANY of her kids wanted. Like the scene were Katie wants to go to the beach; the doctor even said there’s nothing wrong with going to the beach, and that Katie deserved to go to the beach. For god sake Katie is battling a hard ass battle of nonstop cancer, and Sara refused to let Katie go to the beach. Katie probably didn’t ask for much, and that’s the one thing she wanted. It even got to the point where her husband got physical with her. The whole court room scene showed Sara’s true intentions, this was never about Katie. This was about Sara, and how she refused to give up. Which okay is fine, but when your kid wants this battle to be over with and doesn’t want to be in pain. You can’t force your kid to live when they don’t want to, that’s not fair to anybody. Like they said “Katie would’ve told me” “she did” and the way the father even said “she did, a million times. You didn’t want to listen” Sara was a horrible mother, and the whole character pisses me off. Especially when it started to become less about Katie, and more about her and what she wanted. She created a child just to take parts out of it, then when she resisted: got mad that she resisted. You can’t create a kid; deconstruct them, treat them like they’re not human, and force them to do things they don’t want to do. Sara was an awful mother.
You hit it on the nose. As terrible of a mom as Sara was like in the film, her novel counterpart did allow Kate a chance to be a normal teen at the hospital prom. After Anna finally told the truth in why she was really suing for medical emancipation, she was in shock that Kate wanted to die for a long time and never told her. It was there Sara finally understands how much her family has been suffering from her terrible behavior, how Anna wanted to live her own life and accepts she needs to let Kate go. In the film, she was in denial and accused Jesse of lying to her about it. When Brian defends him and pointed out Sara's behavior in having not listened to their girls in what they wanted, it was from there she realized what she'd done.
So lets imagine your 12 yr old child have cancer but he she refused to undergo treatment and die.. You may given in to kids wishes. But most would do anything to keep their kid alive.
@@ithalpallath6770 If that anything includes torturing your other child, you're not a very good parent. And it's pretty clear the sick one is your favorite.
I was channel surfing back when channel surfing was a thing and this was on so so gave it a watch. I cried throughout the whole thing. Such an emotional movie.
Honestly Sara, death is part of life and Kate had been trying to tell you that she was suffering from so much pain and wanted to die. Let her go already....
Sara didn't want to listen to that and it took the family going to court to make her do so. At some point, Kate resented her mother for not listening to her and neglecting Anna and Jesse by being overzealous.
My school used this movie as a teaching tool in ethics class, and we talked about the ethics of designer babies and birthing children for the purpose of treating another child's illnesses. Hard stuff to talk about.
I never really read the book but read what happens at end spoiler alert. However I watched the movie countless times and to me on a personal level I liked this film ending better. I say this because the irony of the book ending was all for nothing and not what really happens will you have terminal illness. This ending was so sad but so true because she has stopped suffering and in the end she brings family the whole new perspective and they learn to love her and always know she is somewhere else but living their lives. But again this is what I believe
Not really. When I read the book, it was unexpected. The novel almost gave Kate what she wanted and she was ready to die peacefully. However, Anna and Campbell were involved in a car accident. Anna died right away and her organs were transplanted to Kate via, Campbell. Kate explained that she almost relapsed until the organs began functioning well. The doctors believed it was successful, but she knew better and that it was Anna who died in her place. Kate also mentions that it was her sister's death that brought new perspective to the family. While, she, Jessie and Brian continued to love Anna wherever she is, Sara continued feeling insurmountable guilt for her behavior. She believed the death was her punishment for forcing Anna to donate everything from her body without asking her and retreated to her own world. Campbell and Julia married, while Jesse has reformed and graduated from police academy in spite of his criminal record. Kate is a ballet instructor. The film, while sad, gave Kate what she wanted.
The last chapter of the book is among the best monologues I’ve ever read or heard. And it upset me that by changing the ending they lost the ability to use it.
SPOILERS AHEAD: I like the movie ending as well, it’s far more realistic than Kate making a complete turn around health wise and poor Ana dying instead when all she wanted was to live her own life. I understand the irony in it, but it basically drives home the point that Ana’s fight was for nothing. Kate was sick and getting weaker so she died. The family then has to cope with it and remember all the great times they had.
When this first came out i wanted to watch it with my mom but she wouldnt let me watch it with her. I had to watch it by my self because my mom knew she was gonna cry. My oldest brother was diagnosed with cancer when he was 12 I was 3 or 4. Luckly my brother survived and has been cancer free for many year. Because of my brother having cancer I have been able to go to camp since I was 4.The last 8 years I have been a camp counselor for this same camp.
What i always wandered.... What if one day Kate needed a new lung? You can live with a single lung as well right? Is a horrible life but is a life. Would still still have made Anna donate? What about the heart? She was treating her youngest child like she was a lab rat or a fridge from where you take whatever you want. Her own mother!
As an epileptic myself, I'll say it's 100% like that. Never in control. Every stinking time, feels like my body and my brain fighting and I'm the loser 😭. The struggle is real and this movie did a good job
Wow!! The son interrupted the courtroom and the Judge was very patient! Any type of Judge would kick someone out of their courtroom if some family member of the Jury stood up and said something sarcastic.
This whole thing could of been avoided if Kate was the one to sue to end her treatment. The mom said it herself, the minimal age for a person to get medical emancipation is 14. And the dad said they've been doing this for 14 years. That means Kate is at least 14, thus old enough to make medical decisions for herself under the law. Once she realized she couldn't go through with the pain anymore, not to mention not wanting Anna to lose her chance at a healthy life due to a risky operation, Kate should of told her mom the truth. And if Sara tried to force the matter, which appears to be the case, then Kate would of been able to sue and most likely win to decide she wants to stop her treatment and pass away peacefully.
Its not that her sister was unwilling to donate her kidney...because she was willing. Her older sister loved her so much she wanted her to have a full life. She didnt want her to be on drugs or have to watch her fluid intake. She wanted her sister to be able to do all the things she couldnt. She knew her body wasnt going to make it and felt the surgery was pointless and would only cause her little sister to unnecessarily suffer.
The mom didn’t want to let her go. But Kate made her choice. She told Anna not to donate anymore because she knows she’s not gonna make it. She was ready to die.
I feel for this girl in order for me to have a nose as my nose was a small cleft when I was born. I had to have 6 operations all but one they took rib and hip bone graft. And I know first hand how much that hurts but I did willingly. But this poor kid it makes me furious. Aw and epilepsy dogs are incredible I have come across one before and very well trained smart dogs.
Yeah same here I had to walk out like mr Alexander did at one point, in year 10 I was in Italian class and the teacher was new and I asked to go outside and find a safe space to have it cause I had an aura and I knew it was coming. It wasn’t a great place to have a seizure there were tables and chairs and not a lot of room, so I had to walk out and she got angry at me and at that point I blacked out and that’s all I remember.
This is such a big thing to ask your sibling to do but I think Kate was tired of Anna being used too. My best friend brother gave her a bone marrow transplant but it was his choice he wanted to save his sisters life but there was no pressure on him to do it.
Its so heart wrenching that your whole existence was just for your body parts.😪. Parents sometimes act so mean and bias among their kids. I remember how my parents use to shout and scold me on my elder sister's mistake just because they didn't wanted to affect her mental health. They use to say we are doing this out of love. This doesn't mean that we don't love our family however its like we are done being a scapegoat all the time.
Spoiler alert . . . . . . . . Anna gets in a car accident and dies. Campbell is her POA and requests that her kidney be taken out and given to Kate. Kate lives and is in remission. The last chapter is from Kate's point of view.
I think I read somewhere that they felt that a more logical and likely ending would be the one from the film. But it really changed the whole story. The entire book leads up to the last chapter and the ending. And it literally is the best 3 pages of the book. Here's a link to my favorite quote: www.goodreads.com/quotes/147260-there-should-be-a-statute-of-limitation-on-grief-a
Katie Marie it’s really not that simple. The mother just wanted to spend a little longer with her daughter, she wasn’t ready to let her go because of how much she loved her.
Tee M It is simple. You don’t have another child just to save one you already have. It’s not fair to that child you’re bringing into the world. It’s practically abuse. Imagine growing up that way? Knowing you were only born to save your older sibling?
Katie Marie yes well you are also not looking at it from the mother’s perspective, only yours. Yes what she did is wrong but she didn’t have bad intentions. SHE JUST WANTED HER CHILD TO LIVE LONGER. Also in the movie Anna wants to help her sister but Kate wants to die. Anna would still have willingly given her body to Kate, but Kate said no. That’s the only reason she wanted to stop.
I cannot even begin to imagine what it is like in those little girl's shoes. They didn't even bother to hide the fact that she was solely born as a bag of spare parts for her older sister. Even the older sister saw it and was disgusted by it too. I know, as parents, we want to do everything and anything to protect and ensure our children survive, but to create another whole life and child to subject them to the painful invasive procedures like this in order to POTENTIALLY save the life of your other child. There has to be some kind of policing of this! I was born into a family who didn't want me, who loathed my very existence and I thought that was bad, but I can't even imagine the torment of being born solely for the purpose of being nothing more than a spare parts factory with no choice in your own body because of exactly what the mother was being in this clip.
“No leave him it’s kinda interesting” 😂😂😂 such an emotional scene and I died right there
The judges face throughout the entire thing killed me
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I just now noticed the dog. The dog was warning him he was about to have a seizure.
Yep. In the novel, it was Judge's barking that told Campbell that Anna was hiding a secret and she wasn't being truthful. He picked up on the hint from his dog and questioned her again in her reasons for suing for medical emancipation. It was only then Anna finally confessed she did it for Kate because she had been wanting to die.
@@ladyfire44 What? No, in the book, the dog was barking to warn Campbell that he was going to have a seizure! Anna decided to testify on her own, which meant Campbell prolonged leaving the room to ask her questions.
Yup
Read the novel again. It was Judge's barking that got Campbell to suspect Anna had an ulterior motive. When he cross examined her again, Anna finally confessed that she was suing her parents for the rights to her body and Kate's wishes for death.
that’s why he has the dog bc that dog can tell when he gets seizures
When Abigail Breslin says "You promised me" it always gets me right in the feels.
Abigail...she wrote a song about Freddie highmore
She knew Jesse was going to reveal what was going on.
Krystal Harwood and about michael Clifford 😂
@@ladyfire44 how did Jesse find out
@@calliefinck6275 I think Kate told him or he overheard Kate and Anna talking about it I think he knew all along because Jesse was the one who drove Anna to the lawyer’s office.
Sara and Brian abused all three of their kids. They neglected Jesse, physically forced Anna into countless amounts of operations that had only benefits for Kate. And finally they also forced Kate into operations she didn’t want to have. I’m glad Brian realised pretty quickly what he had been doing to his kids, and tried to make it better.
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For real fk em both
Sara was the main abuser. Brian stopped helping her out when he saw how much danger she was putting both Anna and Kate in with the forced operations, along with her neglecting Jesse.
Abuse is intentionally causing harm or injury to other people. These parents are not abusers. They are advocating for their children in an impossible, traumatic situation. They may not have made the best choices, but they do not deserve to vilified for having a very normal reaction.
@@chattanoogastatehealthscie6668 You can still be abusive without realising it. I don’t think Brian or Sara originally intentionally forced Anna or Kate into the procedures, but as soon as they knew that Anna no longer wanted to do it and Sara continued pushing, that’s when it’s became intentional on Sara’s part. But we can still sympathise with her because of the pressure of the situation and because she was in denial of hurting her children. They eventually stopped and fixed their mistakes. They are understandable forgivable abusers.
I've read the book and this mother is awful. She refuses to listen to Kate, treats Anna like a resource for spare parts and completely ignores Jesse. The author tried to make her sympathetic, but she was anything but.
I do agree with you.
Well, I think it's really easy to say that, having read a fictional book. I think it would be a whole different matter if you were a mother who'd been fighting for years to save your child's life.
And I quite prefer the ending of the book as well.
@@Abigail-ht6kt how is the book ending?
@@elizabethdiaz7560 Anna ends up dying in a car crash and her organs then do end up saving kate in the end. I just like it because the mom gets what she has been wishing all the book. To save kate. And realizes how she neglected Anna. It almost feels like Anna got the last word. As if to say, "fine. I will give you what you want. But you're going to have to live with that for the rest of your life."
I hated Sara throughout this whole scene in that she acts like Anna is a villain for not donating. Donating is a decision that each person makes on their own. You can't force someone. Sara was wrong to say that because people donate to strangers that there's no reason why she shouldn't donate to her sister. A kidney is a vital organ.
StikWitClassics you have to understand that a mother will do and say anything when it comes to her children, even if it’s not the right thing.
StikWitClassics everyone except Sara was seeing the risks, to Sara it would’ve saved Kate’s life. Anna, Kate and everyone else knew the dangers but if it was such a sure solution as Sara thought it would be, and if she really loved her sister that would be pretty evil.
Yep. It took Brian and Jesse confronting Sara in court to make her see where she was in the wrong. It wasn't her decision to make, but rather Kate's because she had been ready to die for a long time. Brian, Jesse and Anna knew this, but Sara ignored it. At some point, she stopped listening to her family and neglected them for it. Even the doctors and her older sister, Suzanne(Kelly in the film), knew she was endangering both Anna and Kate's lives by trying to make them go through the surgery. Suzanne warned Sara against it because of the risks involved for both sisters. She never listened to anyone and cared for her own interest. The family were really running out of options and Kate having Anna for medical emancipation was their last option to get her to listen. When Sara finally did, she realized how overzealous and selfish she's been. She felt guilty for neglecting her own family and the pain she caused in her children's lives. It was Kate who stood up for Anna and wanted her to have the quality of life she deserves.
StikWitClassics there is a reason why she should donate her kidney.
There is also a reason why her mother acts that way.
But no means no.
No court should be able to change that.
This always confused me in that movie...
What if the court said that its ok to donate annas kidney ? Like wtf.
But i would donate everything, even if it means that i couldnt have kids ,...
The only villain that Anna is would be obviously designated.
I love that they mostly ignored the brother in the movie, but then of course he knew what his sisters are hiding.
Siblings can keep promises so good from their parents or read each other
So true
so true!
siblings are sticks & stones when it comes to promises.
He was a ticking time bomb waiting to go off. They just had to snip the right wire.
I feel so bad for this girl all the time. I can understand why she doesn't want to do it anymore. She wasn't loved AT ALL in my opinion because she wasn't created out of love from parents; she was created to be used. that's not the only reason I feel bad for her though. She def loves her sister, and so to stand up and say "I don't want to do this anymore" would probably be a very hard thing for her to do
I thought she didnt want to do it b/c her sister asked her to stop so she wouldnt be hurt but i may be wrong
yeah i know what katelyn means or maybe she just wanted her parents to pay a bit f attention to her than tokatee all the time i mean iknow kate had cancer and they are trying to get her to live but at the same time its heartbraking to watch them both suffer
Katelyn Lewis I feel bad for Anna and Jesse at the same time and sara kept being defensive about this and the way Sara had been treating her family like this throughout the whole movie, I thought it was disrespectful of her and I feel horribly for the others. :'( Such a sad scene but, the actors who played those characters were, amazing!!! Best movie ever though.
in my opinion the dad started to care at the I'm important too scene or at the fire station
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The mother is so selfish. She doesn't care what Kate's quality of life is as long as she's alive.
@@HollaAhnhel how would she be having 2 sick daughters?
@@HollaAhnhel You don't seem to know much about the risks. More than 98.5% of marrow donors feel completely recovered within a few weeks and the bone marrow replaces itself in 6 weeks... Let me say it again...98.5%. Kate has Leukemia. At this point, without the bone marrow, Kate will die. The mother is not irrational at all. She raised a loving daughter who she thought loved her sister and would do anything for her. That's why she was freaking out, she didn't see this coming. The mother isn't irrational because she was ractually right about Anna. Anna loved Kate and was totally willing to give Kate the marrow. She said it herself. Kate asked her to go through with the emancipation. Anna went through with the emancipation because she loved Kate and would do anything for her, like the mother thought. The mother's only issue was that she didn't want to see the fact that Kate wanted to let go. That's not irrational. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but I think you should understand facts about bone marrow transplants and the actual movie before having such a harsh one. If you still do that's fine but at least you would sound informed... Watch the scene after this.
@Rebecca Bjelopera lol, that reply was for someone who mentioned marrow. I don't know how I even did that! But now that I see your response, I have to disagree with you as well. Even though it's fiction you have to understand the mom's mindset. The mom knows Anna. She knows Anna loves Kate and would give her a kidney in a second. She wouldn't have to force her. So when Anna refuses, her mom is freaking out because she knows Anna would do anything for Kate. She didn't see this coming. She is confused and didn't expect this because as I said, she knowsAnna wouldn't let Kate die. The thing is, she's 100% right. Anna would have not have let her die and would have given a kidney to Kate. She loves her big sis. The mom is not being selfish, she is desperate and in absolute shock for a valid reason, Anna is lying. This is a hearing about emancipation, not donation. People seem to think she took her daughter to court to get her kidney. I guess you can say she is selfish because she doesn't want to let Kate go, but I call that love.
@@jammzy2959 let people have their own opinion jesus christ
@@dailydaisies9333 sweetie, it's rather odd you thought anyone was trying to stop you. However, that has nothing to with me. That's between you and "jesus christ" and I'd rather not get involved. Good luck.
"Kate wants to die" "That's a lie/That's not true. She would have told me." "She did tell you" "She told you a million times. You didn't want to hear it." And there it is , right in front of Sara: the reason for everything. At some point, Sara stopped listening to not just Anna, or Jesse or even her husband, she stopped listening to Kate. I get why it happened; Sara wanted to be one of those people whose children beat insurmountable odds to survive cancer. What she didn't take into account was the fact it wasn't her decision. It's those who have the cancer who have to decide to fight or die. At some point, Kate didn't want to fight anymore, especially as she realized how much Anna and Jesse were suffering in comparison to her. So while Anna was willing to give up her kidney if Kate wanted it, Kate didn't want it. Instead she wanted Anna to stand up for herself since it wasn't Kate herself that Anna had to fight against: it was Sara who wanted Anna to believe Kate wanted Anna's kidney. Kate NEVER wanted Anna to used the way she had been. Court was the final option to get Sara to finally listen and realize that it was she was being selfish, not Anna. "Who stands up for Anna?" Kate does.
girl1213 very well said!!!
When Anna told Sara this in the novel before the verdict, she was shocked by this. She later came to terms and wished Kate told her sooner, understanding that Anna didn't tell her because she needed to protect her sister. This movie version completely disrespected her own family and court was the last option to get her to listen to them. When Sara finally did, she realizes that obsession and overzealous behavior was her own fault. Kate stood up for Anna and did the right thing by refusing. Plus, Jesse had little to no involvement in the court during the book, unlike here which he did disrespected Anna and exposed Kate's involvement.
Well, there's always Dr Phil as a last resort to get Sara to listen😂 but that probably wouldn't of made as interesting of a plot line😂♥️
No she just wanted Kate to live. She was not hankering after a feel good emotional story She wanted all her children alive.
Wow people twist that into something strange. If she had listened everytime some one told her no Kate would have died much sooner maybe as a 👶, when you have to fight insurance companies to cover treatments that you have paid for medical access in the United State's is hostile and convoluted. That tends to make you determined to over come issues and sometimes people reservations.. It appears as callous.
People get angry at Sara for not being agreeable and call that selfishness when that is unjust.
Karen Lacey but that wasn’t her decision to make.
Kate was tired of fighting and it wasn’t right of Sara to refuse her to give her daughter that kind of peace because she didn’t want to let her go even though there was absolutely no way for her to survive anyway. She conceived Anna not out of love but to save her daughter’s life by constantly forcing her to be her donator, and never once asked how Anna felt and was only ever concerned with Kate’s well being.
And that’s why Kate told Anna to stand up for herself and refuse to be a donator anymore because she never had that choice when they were kids.
I get a mother wanting to save her child, I understand that. But when the child has no hope of surviving, and when they also just want to go peacefully, then that’s when -as heartbreaking as it is- to let them go, respect their wishes no matter how painful it is. Because it’s their lives and they shouldn’t have to be forced to live with those kind of conditions if they don’t want too.
And that’s the opposite of what Sara did, instead of hearing her daughter out and respecting that she wants to just be at peace, she stopped listening to her a long time ago and basically was forcing her to stay alive even when she didn’t want to be anymore and forced Anna to give her sister blood and bone marrow.
Is it bad that I was disappointed when it came out that Anna was only doing it because Kate wanted to die? Personally I found it more compelling when I thought she was doing it because she was tired of being nothing more than spare parts. I mean the conflict it created seemed diminished before Anna would have had guilt at what she was doing and a certain strength to push past it by having her doing it for the sister it removes this. Yes it took strength to stand up to every one else but not as much as the original premise, well in my eyes anyways.
Felt the same way
I think they were going for a different kind of strength and a parallel to her mother. The point of this scene is to show that the problem isn't Anna but Sara who refuses to listen to Kate's wishes because the idea of losing her is too much. By that refusal, she hurt everyone in her family. But here Anna, despite also not wanting to lose her sister, pushes through, not for the rights to her body, but in a way, for Kate's rights to hers.
In the beginning Anna was forced to donate everything. But as she grew up she also wanted to because she loved her sister. Kate didn't want to continue becayse sge wanted to die, BUT she also hated the fact that the only reason Anna was alive was because of her. Not because of love to have another child, but do be a donor. So she made Anna do all this. Kate also knew Anna, and she also knew that Anna didn't want to do it anymore either even if she would say otherwise. Kate telling Anna to do all this was her way if telling Anna your free. Be you, and fight back.
The book is better. The movie changed everything and made it stupid. In the book she’s really just doing it for freedom and at the end of the book the lawyer and the not cancer girl get into a car accident and the not cancer girl dies but saves her sister by donating her whatever. Lol it’s been a long time since I read it.
@@alimckinney7407 but I hate the book ending, anna fights are for nothing when she died in that accident and sara got what she wanted which is anna kidney for kate, the movie ending is slightly better and realistic
Anna was like 5 yrs old when she was put under the knife to save her older sister, poor things
Yep. In the novel, she was put under the knife right away for blood cord transfusion for Kate
Actually, according to her medical records, she was a baby in the movie too
Ruhina Shaikh More like 30 seconds old. Kate had medical issues when she was a toddler - they created Anna to be a perfect genetic match for Kate. When Anna was born, the first thing they did was harvest the stem cells from her amniotic fluid to treat Kate’s condition. They didn’t anticipate needing to harvest anything else from Anna, but Kate kept coming down with one medical calamity after another and Anna was always there to be the spare parts.
Ruhina Shaikh I still remember seeing her screaming and crying, I cry whenever I see that scene
@@justanotherfangirl7708 yeah , They out savior siblings under serious surgeries as soon as their born
People do donate their organs to complete strangers, but that is usually after death, but that is not the point. What I am saying is that they choose to do that, thay are not forced to do it if you know what I mean.
Its not usually, its ALWAYS after death. And its always by their own choice
@@corig1939 hmm you can donate a kidney and become a living donor, and live the rest of your life normally.
@@corig1939people donate kidneys or blood while alive
You can donate part of your liver as well
@@r824077 stop the cap...normally my as*...donating one of your kidneys is a guarantee for you having to keep going to the doctors for the rest of your life. It is a vital organ
Anna really should have her freedom, it was more cruel to know that her mother born her because to save her sister but not loving her
She and Jesse were both suffering, but Sara didn't care. Kate decided she had enough of her mother's overzealous and selfish behavior. She was brave in standing for Anna's rights and told her to sue for medical emancipation. Kate shares her resentment for Sara in forcing her to donate her body parts each time without asking her. She knew Anna would have to face their mother in court, not Brian.
@@ladyfire44 she asked in a half hearted way and anna never said no till the kidney because 1 she loves Kate but also 2 and equally important Brian and especially Sarah never really gave her the oppertunity 2 say no ...in teh deleted scene on directors extra scenes in dvd it shows Brian litterally holding her down 4 a procedure she was kicking and screaming begging 4 her mom who was not tere then brian give sher a necklace out of guilt ..but when the push came 2 shove sarah was willing and eager 2 use Anna UP 2 NOTHING THAT IS NO MOM
The mom being the lawyer is a conflict of interest. To berate your own kid, under the guise of an attorney, like that in a courtroom is just wrong.
It would not happen in real life. I agree, she basically bullied her daughter proving why Anna deserved to win.
Cameron Diaz did a fantastic job here because I really hated Sara for what she was doing.
I hated the mom. I feel for her since her oldest had cancer,but that doesn't give her the right to make her youngest be a vessel that she can take from whenever she wants. She didn't think how much donating took out of her. All she cared about was if the older girl was okay.
I get that the movie makes you hate the mom but when a loved one is dying you go a bit insane and barter the world to save that loved one, you do not see it because the pain and anguish at the thought of losing one blinds anyone. it is easy looking on the inside from the outside.
Sara was none of those things. I get she was afraid of letting Kate go, but she never once thought about how her behavior negatively affected Jesse and Anna later on. At some point Sara stopped listening to her family and the doctors who told her to let Kate go.
@@ladyfire44 Because in the end, GOD GIVES SARA WHAT SHE WANTS!
Great scene but that was the most unrealistic courtroom scene i've ever watched.
Right! So many things wrong with it. They keep entering the well without permission and Sara's questions should have been objected a million times.
@@maryphantomhive7310 We need the legal eagle to watch this movie
@@Pinkranger87 That's exactly what I was thinking lol. I can already hear him screaming.
indiciaobscure, the judge actually said it’s interesting and she’ll allow it
- The mother as lawyer + the questioning bring up a ton of ethical issues
- The outbursts would not have been tolerated
- Any competent judge should be able to recognize a service dog & would not threaten to remove it
I always feel sad in this scene, because one reaction is always "the mom is justified, because any mother would fight as hard as possible and do anything to save their child" but then you remember that Anna is ALSO her child and the "do anything" is risking one child to save the other, treating Anna like spare parts. And I get that's why they had Anna in the first place, but you'd think she'd still love the girl as her child :(
Truth was that Sara never loved any of her kids. She intentionally ignored Jesse, treated Anna like she's spare parts and focused too much of her energy in saving Kate's life. I get Sara was afraid of losing her older daughter to cancer. However, she also forgot that Jesse and Anna are also important in the family as well. To Sara, as long as both were healthy, they didn't need her to worry about them.
When Brian found out about her plans to force more surgeries on their girls, he realized how wrong he was in having not stopped her sooner. He saw first hand that Jesse became a troublemaker due to Sara's neglect. For a long time both Anna and Kate wanted to stop the cancer treatments. They were both tired of Sara's selfishness and terrible behavior. Anna was tired of being in the hospital and missing out on her life. Kate was tired of dealing too many complications after her surgeries and wanted to die. When she told Brian about it, he immediately understood it's time to let her go. Unfortunately, Sara refused to let Kate go and this lead to serious conflicts in the family. I get she wanted to fulfill her dreams of being like those parents whose child survived cancer and is living their lives. At the same time, Sara went about it the wrong way. She was willing to sacrifice Anna's life and didn't care who got hurt as long as Kate was alive. At some point, Sara stopped listening to her family and the doctors when they warned her against the kidney transplant and let Kate go. The family were running out of options to make her listen to them. Kate finally convincing Anna to sue for medical emancipation and taking Sara to court was the family's last option.
I have so much love for Judge (the service dog), and the fact he's trying so hard to warn Campbell, followed by Campbell trying to get a recess, but getting refused has me all ahhhhgg. Emotions for sure
I guess the whole time it wasn't about Anna fighting for medical emancipation...it was Kate. Anna would have donated the kidney because she was born and raised knowing that her purpose was to give her sister anything that she needed.
Kate wanted Anna to live the life she deserves and stood up for her. She knew who Anna would have to fight against: Sara.
There are certain things Anna couldn't give but it would be awkward as she got older, if she had a portion of her liver removed and the absences from school during recovery.
Aint nobodies purpose to give themselves up like that.
I dont care why that mother had a baby. Anna's life isn't to give herself up for her sister. Its her life to live.
How can a parent make their kid donate their organs to their siblings? If I were a parent, the thought of sabotaging my child's health to save another one of my children wouldn't even cross my mind.
1:24 Objection! Leading the witness!!
It’s not really sabotaging the human body can work with 1 kidney so if I were the sister I would donate my kidney I’ve got 2 kidneys and 1 sister what’s it gonna be?
@@softea7549 do you know how much risks of having one vital organ removed from your body? Plus, Kate does not want the transplant either so think before you speak
@@khanh9751 you do realize people *have* donated their kidney also I’m *not* speaking on the behalf of the people in this video I’m speaking on personal opinion if I had a close family member that *needed* a kidney transplant I would willingly give up one of my kidneys to them, again I’m not speaking about what you would do, what the people in the video would do or what anyone would do everyone is different so we all have different opinions I’m just saying I would give up one of my kidneys for my sister I *never* said you would have to do it to. Think before you speak❤️
@@softea7549 easy for you to say because you are not in their shoes. Anna was traumatized because of the fact she has gone through too many surgeries at a young age, it is really painful and she was basically taught she must give up for her sister. There are a reason why the law forbid minors to donate a vital organ because it is too risky. Plus, your case is different, you agreed to it, Anna was being forced. And in most cases, people who donate their kidneys are either on death’s door or do it after their deaths or in very rare cases, they are actually ready to accept the risks. And also, if your sister was like Kate who basically told you she did not want to live any more wouldn’t the donation go to waste? Different circumstances, different choices, place yourself in Kate and Anna’ shoes.
@@khanh9751 I literally said in my second reply
*im not speaking on behalf of the people in this video*
Guess you just skipped that part
My heart truly broke for Anna and I just shook my head at her parents especially Sara! I'm glad that Kate gave Anna the courage to stand up to her parents! I can't imagine what it's like to lose a child, but to force your own child to donate for her sister is just wrong!!
Brian realized what he did was wrong when they were having dinner and he saw the surgery for what it is, along with Sara's controlling nature.
the fact that the mother treated kate like she was her own “pet project” for lack of better word is disgusting. she doesn’t even see anna as a person and rather a pile of spare parts. it’s not even that she loved kate so much that she didn’t want her to die. it’s that she wanted that satisfaction and praise of “look at us, we beat the odds and survived”. she’s straight up as child abuser, not to mention she neglects jesse because he’s not useful to her in terms of her “project”
C'mon, this is just another leftist movie. The mother is depicted as the vilain just to serve as an excuse for the Hollywood anti-family cult which uses this kind of story to promote their agenda consisting in advocating the "emancipation" of minors from their families and the so-called "right to dispose of their body". Obviously, for the reasons we know ... right Mr Baldwin?
@@ulysse21 what a wacko you are 🤣🤣🤣
@@policethepolice3401 How old are you ? must be in the age of innocence I guess...
@@ulysse21 Get professional help. Seriously. You are beyond unhinged and detached from reality. At the very least, I encourage you to never breed. Deity help that poor child.
@@Deuusey Keep hiding your head in sand.
I hate the mother so much. She speaks to this girl like she wasn't her daughter or even a human. Like wtf. Just cruel.
It played in the mindset of what Sara was like inside. She treats Anna like she's nothing more than spare parts to save Kate's life and she was worse to Jesse in neglecting him.
First of all, this is probably the most beautifully touching film I've ever seen -- I've seen it more times than I can count on my hands + feet and it still gets me EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. Second of all, this scene in particular hits very close to home for me -- I am not a diagnosed epileptic but have been having unprovoked seizures for the better part of 4 years ... Doctors haven't a clue what's causing them, and absolutely zero medications have worked for me to prevent my seizures ..... Luckily though, by the grace of God, Sunday marked four months without having a single seizure, which is a huge deal for me because I was having them 4-5x a month for the last four years. I pray every second of every day that I don't break this streak; after all, it's the longest I've gone without having them since I started having them in the first place. I relate so hard to this --- not having control over your own mind and body takes a serious toll on your life in every single solitary way, shape, + form. I wouldn't wish this on anyone. I could use some good vibes + prayers sent my way to keep the seizures at bay ... I just desperately want control of my life back. 💔
Amanda Falcone always prayers for you
hope you get well!
As an epileptic myself I can say that this is almost too well acted. Can’t watch until the end without crying.
When he’s running down the hall, he is trying to run from the danger he is feeling, but the scariest thing is you can’t run from it because it is inside you.
I pray that you’re getting the right treatment and have a good doctor I’ve had epilepsy since I was 2 and I’m 33
That was really well worded. I can only try to empathise at how traumatic and scary that would feel.
I'm an epileptic and it's truly traumatising. It's so painful for me and my family, who have to witness. I hope no one has to go through such suffering.
This was a fantastic movie that was underrated. Abigail Breslin gave one of the best child performances I've seen in a long time. Cameron Diaz grave a great performance in a drama as a mother who desperately wants to save her daughter, regardless of cost. Alec Baldwin was also great as the lawyer who stands with Abigail's character. "My Sister's Keeper" differs from the book of the same title, but is worth a look.
My mum drowned after having an epileptic seizure in the bath when I was 9. I can’t watch this scene without bursting into tears
Jasmin Ellison this is a year later and I’m so sorry for your loss 🙏🏻
I'm so sorry. Just know she loves you and she's always watching over you.
Omg so sorry to hear.
I’m sorry for your loss
This made me tear up I'm so sorry you had to go through that and I hope your doing ok now
Its a very interesting moment, where the mom realizes that eveything she has done was for herself. That most of her family sees her as a monster for what she has done. That she was the one being unseasonable
"People donate their kidneys to complete strangers." Yes, when they're consenting adults who are able to weigh the pros and cons of the impact such a monumental decision will have on their lives. Geez!
"God you people are so stupid" always gets me. Hahaha
The revelation that Kate wanted Anna to do this because she was just done fighting and that Anna was willing to do this even though she knows her mother will hate her for it shows how much Anna loves Kate.
However, Kate asking Anna to do this also shows how much she loves Anna. She trusted her to come up with this plan and she was not going to die until Anna starting sticking up for herself and realized that she is important too.
Anna is the bravest person I have ever met she took this head on for her sister took full responsibility and wouldn't back down for a second I hope to be half the woman she is
She’s fictional
Props to the cast for this scene alone! The reactions were spot on, what a plot twist!
This was the scene I was the most upset over being changed, almost as badly as the ending. This was a moment and promise between sisters. I know Jesse gets left out throughout the entire book but this was meant for Anna and Kate.
This scene proved that even if Sara won she would’ve lost her family. None of her children would ever talk to her and her husband would’ve divorced.
And she would end up all alone ….just like she deserves.
I don't think she could legally win, how they would force Anna to donate against her will? Hold her down and drug her? It won't work like when she was 5, no hospital would legally accept do that
@@analauramorelrocha2383They can't. A child cannot consent. But what a child can do both legally ethically and morally is say no. I don't want that to happen. And any doctors going to listen to that. Especially at her age.
Im sick of people trying to justify Sara or make her out to be some caring, kind mother who made the wrong decision. She’s a horrible person, and an even worse mother. She might have been a good mother once, but not anymore. Yes, she wants to save her daughter. Yes she loves her child, no one is denying that. But guess what? That alone doesn’t make her a good mother at all. You can love someone and treat them horribly at the same time. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. I know she has her reasons, but lots of people have reasons for doing evil acts, but that doesn’t make those acts any less evil.
Sara abuses, guilt trips, and gaslights Anna. She neglects and disrespects her son. She puts Kate through intense agony and dooms her to a slow, painful walk towards her end instead of a peaceful one, solely because she herself isn’t ready to accept the inevitable. This isn’t a case of a well intentioned parent making a mistake, and later recognizing it and owning up to it- it’s a case of a selfish, delusional woman who created a baby solely so she’d have spare parts for Kate, who didn’t even want or ask for it. This is a case of a woman who refuses to listen to her own family and hurts everyone around her because of it. She is evil, and while I do believe that everyone deserves some empathy, anyone who sees her as anything less than a monster is delusional themselves.
My eyes were glued to the screen when I first saw this scene
“She told you a million times , you didn’t want to hear it” has such a, now it all makes sense sound to it
There was a paragraph in the book that made me so choked up:
It gets quiet for a moment, so all I can hear is the squelch of the windshield wipers. I slip my hands under my thighs, sit on them. "What you said at the trial ... do you really think I'll be amazing in ten years?"
"Why, Anna Fitzgerald, are you fishing for compliments?"
"Forget I said anything." He glances at me. "Yes, I do. I imagine you'll be breaking guy's hearts, or painting in Montmartre, or flying fighter jets, or hiking through undiscovered countries." He pauses. "Maybe all of the above."
There was a time when, like Kate, I'd wanted to be a ballerina. But since then I've gone through a thousand different stages: I wanted to be an astronaut. I wanted to be a paleontologist. I wanted to be a backup singer for Aretha Franklin, a member of the Cabinet, a Yellowstone National Park ranger. Now, based on the day, I sometimes want to be a microsurgeon, a poet, a ghost hunter.
Only one thing's a constant. "Ten years from now," I say, "I'd like to be Kate's sister."
R.I.P Evan
The actor who played Jessie
Jesse delivered the line so well.
I cant begin to understand the isolation Jesse must have felt when Kate got her diagnosis. They most definitely tried to use him as a donor and when they found out they couldn't they made Anna and he was pushed to the sidelines and had to watch Anna suffer the fate he would have if he was a match for her along with watching Kate and her illness
Also, Childhood: The dog is barking, why is he barking?
Adulthood: The dog is barking, are you okay?! Do you need help?!
No matter the cause, a child shouldn't be forced to endanger their lives for someone else.
Hands down such an amazing yet heart breaking movie.
Sara was a horrible mother, and no one can tell me otherwise. She created a kid just to use that kid to save another one, and never took into account what she wanted. Actually scratch that- Sara never took into account what ANY of her kids wanted. Like the scene were Katie wants to go to the beach; the doctor even said there’s nothing wrong with going to the beach, and that Katie deserved to go to the beach. For god sake Katie is battling a hard ass battle of nonstop cancer, and Sara refused to let Katie go to the beach. Katie probably didn’t ask for much, and that’s the one thing she wanted. It even got to the point where her husband got physical with her.
The whole court room scene showed Sara’s true intentions, this was never about Katie. This was about Sara, and how she refused to give up. Which okay is fine, but when your kid wants this battle to be over with and doesn’t want to be in pain. You can’t force your kid to live when they don’t want to, that’s not fair to anybody. Like they said “Katie would’ve told me” “she did” and the way the father even said “she did, a million times. You didn’t want to listen” Sara was a horrible mother, and the whole character pisses me off. Especially when it started to become less about Katie, and more about her and what she wanted. She created a child just to take parts out of it, then when she resisted: got mad that she resisted. You can’t create a kid; deconstruct them, treat them like they’re not human, and force them to do things they don’t want to do.
Sara was an awful mother.
You hit it on the nose. As terrible of a mom as Sara was like in the film, her novel counterpart did allow Kate a chance to be a normal teen at the hospital prom. After Anna finally told the truth in why she was really suing for medical emancipation, she was in shock that Kate wanted to die for a long time and never told her. It was there Sara finally understands how much her family has been suffering from her terrible behavior, how Anna wanted to live her own life and accepts she needs to let Kate go.
In the film, she was in denial and accused Jesse of lying to her about it. When Brian defends him and pointed out Sara's behavior in having not listened to their girls in what they wanted, it was from there she realized what she'd done.
So lets imagine your 12 yr old child have cancer but he she refused to undergo treatment and die.. You may given in to kids wishes. But most would do anything to keep their kid alive.
@@ithalpallath6770 If that anything includes torturing your other child, you're not a very good parent. And it's pretty clear the sick one is your favorite.
Rest in peace Evan Ellingson, this was his best acting scene in the whole movie😢
Joan Cusack's silence in those few moments of zoom are excellent.
Cameron Dias did such a good job with making us hate her in this movie
At 0:27 everyone ignores alert dog alerting to imminent seizure. Lawyer doesn't but too engrossed to leave
A Disney world AD just ruined my shock.
I’m speechless. All I can say is WOAH.
WOAH..
*Heart beating in chest emotionally.*
WOAH.
The only movie to genuinely make me cry 😭 the casting the acting omg it hit me right in the feels!!
I was channel surfing back when channel surfing was a thing and this was on so so gave it a watch. I cried throughout the whole thing. Such an emotional movie.
Honestly Sara, death is part of life and Kate had been trying to tell you that she was suffering from so much pain and wanted to die. Let her go already....
Sara didn't want to listen to that and it took the family going to court to make her do so. At some point, Kate resented her mother for not listening to her and neglecting Anna and Jesse by being overzealous.
The acting in this film was so good. Shes so young but she did an amazing job.
This movie is sad, But it truly shows the meaning of life.
My school used this movie as a teaching tool in ethics class, and we talked about the ethics of designer babies and birthing children for the purpose of treating another child's illnesses. Hard stuff to talk about.
I never really read the book but read what happens at end spoiler alert. However I watched the movie countless times and to me on a personal level I liked this film ending better. I say this because the irony of the book ending was all for nothing and not what really happens will you have terminal illness. This ending was so sad but so true because she has stopped suffering and in the end she brings family the whole new perspective and they learn to love her and always know she is somewhere else but living their lives. But again this is what I believe
Not really. When I read the book, it was unexpected. The novel almost gave Kate what she wanted and she was ready to die peacefully. However, Anna and Campbell were involved in a car accident. Anna died right away and her organs were transplanted to Kate via, Campbell. Kate explained that she almost relapsed until the organs began functioning well. The doctors believed it was successful, but she knew better and that it was Anna who died in her place. Kate also mentions that it was her sister's death that brought new perspective to the family. While, she, Jessie and Brian continued to love Anna wherever she is, Sara continued feeling insurmountable guilt for her behavior. She believed the death was her punishment for forcing Anna to donate everything from her body without asking her and retreated to her own world. Campbell and Julia married, while Jesse has reformed and graduated from police academy in spite of his criminal record. Kate is a ballet instructor. The film, while sad, gave Kate what she wanted.
The last chapter of the book is among the best monologues I’ve ever read or heard. And it upset me that by changing the ending they lost the ability to use it.
I agree. The movie's ending was against the wishes of Picoult who wanted to keep that version the same as the novel
SPOILERS AHEAD: I like the movie ending as well, it’s far more realistic than Kate making a complete turn around health wise and poor Ana dying instead when all she wanted was to live her own life. I understand the irony in it, but it basically drives home the point that Ana’s fight was for nothing. Kate was sick and getting weaker so she died. The family then has to cope with it and remember all the great times they had.
Future Vision agree the film version is more realistic
When this first came out i wanted to watch it with my mom but she wouldnt let me watch it with her. I had to watch it by my self because my mom knew she was gonna cry. My oldest brother was diagnosed with cancer when he was 12 I was 3 or 4. Luckly my brother survived and has been cancer free for many year. Because of my brother having cancer I have been able to go to camp since I was 4.The last 8 years I have been a camp counselor for this same camp.
That judge would be SOOO sued for not allowing the service dog to do its job.
What i always wandered....
What if one day Kate needed a new lung?
You can live with a single lung as well right?
Is a horrible life but is a life.
Would still still have made Anna donate?
What about the heart?
She was treating her youngest child like she was a lab rat or a fridge from where you take whatever you want.
Her own mother!
What about when the day comes when Kate needs a heart?
@@h06anbjo Exactly no one would care about and Anna’s needs
I forget just how damn powerful and well written and acted this movie was.
As an epileptic myself, I'll say it's 100% like that. Never in control. Every stinking time, feels like my body and my brain fighting and I'm the loser 😭. The struggle is real and this movie did a good job
Wow!! The son interrupted the courtroom and the Judge was very patient! Any type of Judge would kick someone out of their courtroom if some family member of the Jury stood up and said something sarcastic.
She trying to save one child but she's killing her other one. In the end she would have killed both.
This whole thing could of been avoided if Kate was the one to sue to end her treatment. The mom said it herself, the minimal age for a person to get medical emancipation is 14. And the dad said they've been doing this for 14 years. That means Kate is at least 14, thus old enough to make medical decisions for herself under the law. Once she realized she couldn't go through with the pain anymore, not to mention not wanting Anna to lose her chance at a healthy life due to a risky operation, Kate should of told her mom the truth. And if Sara tried to force the matter, which appears to be the case, then Kate would of been able to sue and most likely win to decide she wants to stop her treatment and pass away peacefully.
Not that easy.
I lost my brother. And I’d give my life for him, still now. What the youngest did (for her sister) must’ve been hard.
If my dieing sister ask me to let her die . Damn. F the rest
But I’ll get it
I hate how they totally changed the ending of the book.
Its not that her sister was unwilling to donate her kidney...because she was willing. Her older sister loved her so much she wanted her to have a full life. She didnt want her to be on drugs or have to watch her fluid intake. She wanted her sister to be able to do all the things she couldnt. She knew her body wasnt going to make it and felt the surgery was pointless and would only cause her little sister to unnecessarily suffer.
Anna is correct it's her body and she can do whatever she wants with it🥺🥺🥺
The mom didn’t want to let her go. But Kate made her choice. She told Anna not to donate anymore because she knows she’s not gonna make it. She was ready to die.
How amazing is Abigail in this scene!!!!
even if it was anna’s idea to not give her kidney to kate, she wasn’t the selfish one. the mom is.
This was such a great movie. Well acted by all.
No person has the right to dominate someone like this, it's wrong.
I feel for this girl in order for me to have a nose as my nose was a small cleft when I was born. I had to have 6 operations all but one they took rib and hip bone graft. And I know first hand how much that hurts but I did willingly. But this poor kid it makes me furious. Aw and epilepsy dogs are incredible I have come across one before and very well trained smart dogs.
this scene is amazing, shiver inducing drama!
After watching this, it's makes me realise how more intriguing it is in a court room. There is a lot of tea indeed.
As someone who has epilepsy I can tell you that it is terrible not to have power or control over your own body.
Yeah same here I had to walk out like mr Alexander did at one point, in year 10 I was in Italian class and the teacher was new and I asked to go outside and find a safe space to have it cause I had an aura and I knew it was coming. It wasn’t a great place to have a seizure there were tables and chairs and not a lot of room, so I had to walk out and she got angry at me and at that point I blacked out and that’s all I remember.
As an uncle if that were my kid I wouldve divorced the mom and sue her for child abuse
I love this scene thanks for uploading whole seen
It’s quite sad because Anna wanted to donate her kidney but Kate wanted to die and wanted to be released
This is such a big thing to ask your sibling to do but I think Kate was tired of Anna being used too. My best friend brother gave her a bone marrow transplant but it was his choice he wanted to save his sisters life but there was no pressure on him to do it.
Its so heart wrenching that your whole existence was just for your body parts.😪. Parents sometimes act so mean and bias among their kids. I remember how my parents use to shout and scold me on my elder sister's mistake just because they didn't wanted to affect her mental health. They use to say we are doing this out of love. This doesn't mean that we don't love our family however its like we are done being a scapegoat all the time.
One of the best scenes of the movie. It would have been so much better if they kept the ending from the book instead of changing it completely.
What was the book ending? I only saw the film.
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Anna gets in a car accident and dies. Campbell is her POA and requests that her kidney be taken out and given to Kate. Kate lives and is in remission. The last chapter is from Kate's point of view.
No way! Wow, that is so crazy. I wonder why they changed it?
I think I read somewhere that they felt that a more logical and likely ending would be the one from the film.
But it really changed the whole story. The entire book leads up to the last chapter and the ending. And it literally is the best 3 pages of the book. Here's a link to my favorite quote:
www.goodreads.com/quotes/147260-there-should-be-a-statute-of-limitation-on-grief-a
Jay Proto Woah... That's a plot twist and harsh one.
I can't imagine growing up thinking your just spare parts for someone else.
I swear no matter how many times i see this movie i ball my eyes out 😭😭😭
This story was extremely upsetting but it shows the possible implications of designer babies.
It can lead to ugly situations like this.
How disgusting can you be to have another child just to save your first child? This movie made me sick to my stomach. This mom is a wacko
Katie Marie it’s really not that simple. The mother just wanted to spend a little longer with her daughter, she wasn’t ready to let her go because of how much she loved her.
Tee M It is simple. You don’t have another child just to save one you already have. It’s not fair to that child you’re bringing into the world. It’s practically abuse. Imagine growing up that way? Knowing you were only born to save your older sibling?
Katie Marie yes well you are also not looking at it from the mother’s perspective, only yours. Yes what she did is wrong but she didn’t have bad intentions. SHE JUST WANTED HER CHILD TO LIVE LONGER. Also in the movie Anna wants to help her sister but Kate wants to die. Anna would still have willingly given her body to Kate, but Kate said no. That’s the only reason she wanted to stop.
Tee M Well I guess I just can’t understand it. I have 2 boys of my own and I would never do what this mother did.
Katie Marie yet I’m guessing your two boys are healthy and don’t have cancer or are not dying.
This can't possibly be legal for the mom to yell like that at a witness for a reason unrelated to the actual arguments of the case.
Damn. I have seizures to and I relate to this so much!
The OST of this song always make me cry whenever I hear it :(
This mom might be one of the most evil characters I've ever seen in fiction.
Amazing actors in this movie everyone
The mom is so careless and I’m sick of it! The strangers donate because but with choice! She didn’t give Anna a choice 🙄 but this was very sad 🥺💔
I think Savior Siblings is just cruel!!! Parents need to let go no matter how difficult it is.
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It was at this moment she began to question why she became a judge
i love this scene :)
This was sad all the way around.. for the mother, sister, brother, lawyer, dog..
I cannot even begin to imagine what it is like in those little girl's shoes. They didn't even bother to hide the fact that she was solely born as a bag of spare parts for her older sister. Even the older sister saw it and was disgusted by it too.
I know, as parents, we want to do everything and anything to protect and ensure our children survive, but to create another whole life and child to subject them to the painful invasive procedures like this in order to POTENTIALLY save the life of your other child. There has to be some kind of policing of this!
I was born into a family who didn't want me, who loathed my very existence and I thought that was bad, but I can't even imagine the torment of being born solely for the purpose of being nothing more than a spare parts factory with no choice in your own body because of exactly what the mother was being in this clip.
This is one of those lawyer reacts moments where they say that no lawyer would ever be able to talk to a child witness or defendant this way