Friday, January 06, 2006

Screwed Up World Find it hard to imagine a society where all abortion is illegal and contraception is reserved for married couples only ?? eg the ideal to which the right wing of the Republican party aspires, the ideal it would like to hasten through Supreme Court appointments? You don't have to imagine. Just read this overview in the New York Times of the current situation in Latin America, where social taboos keep unmarried women from seeking contraception and where 5,000 women die each year from illegal abortions with hundreds of thousands more hospitalized from botched amateur or self-administered procedures. This is partly a Bush Administration triumph -- its global gag rule keeps family planning groups concerned with maternal health from educating women about abortion -- and even the dangers of illegal abortion -- if they want to keep their clinics open with American funds. The world is screwed up in so many ways. -RH 10:35:32 PM    comment []

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