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**TeapseTic** · 08-18-2012, 09:29 PM

Then please explain to me why the victim of the unwanted pregnancy has to be the unborn child. (besides the case of this topic, I don't know the details, so I won't comment).

Friends of us in Holland had to make a decision when the lady of the couple got pregnant but according to a condition she has the chance she would die during giving birth was high. She decided to go on with the pregnancy (and everything went well).

Basically I would say that when the life of a mother is in danger it should be up to the mother to decide what to do, not to any church or government.

In ALL other cases abortion is murder.

I'm sorry, Mauricio, i can't answer your question since i am not one of the pregnant mothers with a torn uterus, severe infections, and shock--due to heavy blood loss, etc. i can only tell you what my cousin sees on a weekly basis as a gynecologist: he see's women drinking crazy home-made cocktails of some kind of herbs and roots, trying to terminate a pregnancy for a myriad of reasons, some of which include, but are not limited to--having 6 or more children already, a daughter pregnant by her uncle, step-brother, sanky neighbor; a daughter who is only 13 years old (sometimes younger), a girl who accidently got pregnant while drunk, a mother who already has more than enough mouths to feed but no money for birth control or food, etc.

In a country where the average wage is $1 an hour, who can afford birth control?

Whether abortion is murder or not, i'm not qualified to comment, but the fact that unwanted pregnancies will continue to happen on an hourly basis--no matter what the law is or is not--this will make women (often times already mothers) go to extraordinary lengths to induce an abortion and put her own life at risk. This means that these mother's can no longer help provide, nor raise their existing children.

I cannot understand how anyone, if given the power (almost exclusively men for some bizarre reason) would take both the right, as well as the choice away from a woman.

Also, since my cousin Miguel is a Gynecologist in Bonao and has to try to save these women's lives and cure some of their horrendous uterus infections, i would think he is more qualified to make a decision since, after all, its him that the pregnant woman are running to for help, and he cannot provide the help.

I told this to the pastor/minister from Cabarete, but who preaches in Sosua every sunday: Why is it almost exclusivly "Men" who are making the choices over women's bodies, and why is it almost exclusively "Religious" men who are passing the laws, influencing the legislation, and wielding all the the power over women's lives and future?

FRank

08-18-2012, 09:29 PM	#15
TeapseTic Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 517 Senior Member	Then please explain to me why the victim of the unwanted pregnancy has to be the unborn child. (besides the case of this topic, I don't know the details, so I won't comment). Friends of us in Holland had to make a decision when the lady of the couple got pregnant but according to a condition she has the chance she would die during giving birth was high. She decided to go on with the pregnancy (and everything went well). Basically I would say that when the life of a mother is in danger it should be up to the mother to decide what to do, not to any church or government. In ALL other cases abortion is murder. I'm sorry, Mauricio, i can't answer your question since i am not one of the pregnant mothers with a torn uterus, severe infections, and shock--due to heavy blood loss, etc. i can only tell you what my cousin sees on a weekly basis as a gynecologist: he see's women drinking crazy home-made cocktails of some kind of herbs and roots, trying to terminate a pregnancy for a myriad of reasons, some of which include, but are not limited to--having 6 or more children already, a daughter pregnant by her uncle, step-brother, sanky neighbor; a daughter who is only 13 years old (sometimes younger), a girl who accidently got pregnant while drunk, a mother who already has more than enough mouths to feed but no money for birth control or food, etc. In a country where the average wage is $1 an hour, who can afford birth control? Whether abortion is murder or not, i'm not qualified to comment, but the fact that unwanted pregnancies will continue to happen on an hourly basis--no matter what the law is or is not--this will make women (often times already mothers) go to extraordinary lengths to induce an abortion and put her own life at risk. This means that these mother's can no longer help provide, nor raise their existing children. I cannot understand how anyone, if given the power (almost exclusively men for some bizarre reason) would take both the right, as well as the choice away from a woman. Also, since my cousin Miguel is a Gynecologist in Bonao and has to try to save these women's lives and cure some of their horrendous uterus infections, i would think he is more qualified to make a decision since, after all, its him that the pregnant woman are running to for help, and he cannot provide the help. I told this to the pastor/minister from Cabarete, but who preaches in Sosua every sunday: Why is it almost exclusivly "Men" who are making the choices over women's bodies, and why is it almost exclusively "Religious" men who are passing the laws, influencing the legislation, and wielding all the the power over women's lives and future? FRank
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