Brazil girl, alleged rape victim, aborts twinsAlso, "alleged"?!?! Why do we even need to use the word in this case? Clearly if a nine-year-old girl is pregnant it's not by her own choosing. Okay, I understand maybe the "alleged" is director toward the stepfather being the criminal. So why can't they say "a nine-year-old girl who was raped, allegedly by her stepfather?"
The procedure on the 9-year-old girl draws complaints from Catholic church
RIO DE JANEIRO - A 9-year-old girl who was carrying twins, allegedly after being raped by her stepfather, underwent an abortion Wednesday despite complaints from Brazil's Roman Catholic church.Police said the stepfather has been jailed since last week.
Abortion is illegal in Brazil, 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 15-week-old pregnancy posed a serious risk to the 80-pound girl."She is very small. Her uterus doesn't have the ability to hold one, let alone two children," Maia told the Jornal do Brasil newspaper.
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 cesarean section.
"It's the law of God: Do not kill. We consider this murder," Miranda said in comments reported by O Globo.
Calls to Miranda were not immediately returned.
Brazil is home to more Catholics than any other nation.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
alleged?!?!
THIS is why I struggle with the Catholic Church. From MSNBC.com:
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I am done with organized religion. Because, if it's not something like this, it's something else equally as dumb or insulting. You should join MY church: The First Universal Church of Parsimony. Population: me. We don't rape or molest children. We don't use anyone as a means to an end. We aren't hypocrites. It's very satisfying.
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