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Question: NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS: Mother Loses Custody of Her Children-Because She Has Breast Cancer A woman with terminal breast cancer says she has lost custody of her children because doctors do not know how long she will live. A judge ruled that 37-year-old Alaina Giordano, from Durham, North Carolina, must give up both her children to her estranged husband after she was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer. Durham County Family Court judge Nancy Gordon ruled that Mr. Snyder should get the children after a psychiatrist recommended that they should live with him because of the "deteriorating condition of the mother's health." John Stevens, Daily Mail, May 10, 2011 A Facebook account was set up for Alaina, and within several weeks, 18,743 people linked to her page. Below is a sampling of the numerous posts on her Facebook page: D.D. MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOU AND I WILL PRAY FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN. NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO TAKE WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU.

"YOUR CHILDREN" M.A.B. she should not lose her family because she feel ill. falling ill is not a lifestyle choice she made-it is a circumstance she is forced to endure she should not endure it without her children. mothers in prison may have their children with them for God's sake. S.X. Came home to NC after a business trip to see this report. SHAMEFUL that a court and an "expert witness" could have so little compassion and rule like this. I'm shocked. I know the family. These kids belong with Mom! "We have learned that the North Carolina Supreme Court has denied my motion for a stay-this means that now, my children will be moving to Chicago to start the school year with their father. As I write today, I deal with the difficult recognition that my children will have to live 800 miles away from me, until my appeal can be heard. In the wake of this legal decision, my children and I now must grieve the pending loss of each other."

1. Make an argument supporting the judge's decision and one that opposes her decision.