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originally posted by: dawnstar
we're talking about preteen rape victims, usually raped by close family members in central and south america. the catholic church has a great deal of influence within gov't as well as with the people. because of this, they are very similar to ireland and poland in that they have very restrictive abortion laws, so much so, that those laws occassionally causes a great amount of harm to women. and well the catholic church will excommicate any doctor or nurse, or mother that helps these preteen girls obtain an abortion as well as get very vocal if the gov't does decide that a girl should be exempted from these laws.
so I don't know where you are getting that these girls aren't being forced to have the babies...they most certainly are!
originally posted by: dawnstar
and regardless of weather you see this as connected to religion or not, there is one thing you can't deny and that it the catholic church will find helping those young girls abort their babies (in some cases--saving their lives) as unforgivable in the eyes of god, while seeing the rapist redeemable.
I stand by my statement, if you want to know what it would be like in the US with overly restrictive abortion laws, look at those places around the world and see.... it's not really that great of a picture!
originally posted by: dawnstar
a reply to: Xtrozero
the laws in american aren't changing? really?? I tend to disagree with this even....
but well, here's a nice humorous video of one of these not changing laws..
www.cc.com...
HOUSTON (CBS Houston) — A new study reveals that at least 100,000 women in Texas have tried to perform an abortion on themselves.
The Texas Policy Evaluation Project report is pointing the finger at strict laws as to why these women tried self-induced abortions.
“This is the latest body of evidence demonstrating the negative implications of laws like HB2 that pretend to protect women but in reality place them, and particularly women of color and economically disadvantaged women, at significant risk,” Dr. Daniel Grossman, a project co-investigator and professor in the Department of Obstetrics,Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco, said in a statement. “As clinic-based care becomes harder to access in Texas, we can expect more women to feel that they have no other option and take matters into their own hands.”
The state had 41 abortion clinics before the clinic law went into effect in 2013. More than half of those closed when the admitting privileges requirement was allowed to take effect. Nineteen clinics remain.
houston.cbslocal.com...