From the NY Times:
A 9-year-old girl who was carrying twins, and whose stepfather is suspected of raping her, underwent an abortion on Wednesday despite complaints from Brazil’s Roman Catholic Church. The stepfather has been jailed since last week, the police said. Abortion is illegal in Brazil, the country with the most Roman Catholics, but judges can make exceptions if the mother’s life is in danger or the fetus has no chance of survival. Fatima Maia, director of the public university hospital where the abortion was performed, said the pregnancy, which was in its 15th week, posed a serious risk to the girl, who weighs 80 pounds. But Marcio Miranda, a lawyer for the Archdiocese of Olinda and Recife in northeastern Brazil, said the girl should have carried the twins to term and had a Caesarean section. “It’s the law of God: Do not kill,†he said in comments reported by the newspaper O Globo.
[...] the way in which these three legislators hope, then the decision as to what would be best for the 9-year-old girl carrying twins that are the result of being raped by her stepfather, would be solely in their [...]
[...] also written about the absolute need for exceptions in any law pertaining to reproductive health choices and better legislative options for addressing [...]
Another bit of skewed morality from this story is that the Catholic Church excommunicated the mother and the doctor but not the father. The Archbishop said that ‘although he had allegedly committed “a heinous crime”, the Church took the view that “the abortion, the elimination of an innocent life, was more serious”.’
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/church-excommunicates-mother-of-9yearold-rape-victim-ndash-but-not-accused-rapist-14218389.html
Hiya Pete – They’ve co-opted the term “pro-life” and now it only includes their narrow definition. It’s unfortunate because we’re all pro-life.
Illistrates how things whould be here if the right-wing(religous)got everything there way. Damn the circumstances, We are right and you are wrong!! We’ll point are finger in your chest and get in your face if we have to. The irony of there anti-choice position, proclaimed to be pro-life by them is it has meant death for the very poorest and desperate women, especialy in third world countries. Peace-out