First, Mindelle Jacobs:
Another International Women's Day has passed and the Roman Catholic Church has started the year badly, predictably, by condemning an abortion for a nine-year-old Brazilian rape victim.
The Vatican is having a difficult time forcing women to have unwanted children, particularly in developing countries.
In Brazil, for example, there are an estimated 1.4 million illegal abortions a year.(The procedure is only allowed in cases of rape or to save the life of the mother). One in four pregnancy-related deaths in the heavily Catholic country is due to complications from an unsafe abortion.
But that hasn't stopped the Catholic church from continuing to place the fetus above the health and economic needs of women.
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It's almost like the church gets off on female suffering.
And the Notional Pest on the importance of the washing machine to women's rights:
The article provoked an angry response from some commentators and politicians.
"Instead of entering into an abstract debate on gender, it would be better if L'Osservatore Romano discussed reality, such as the fear in which many women still live when they are in the streets and between the walls of their own homes," Paola Concia, an MP from the opposition Democratic party, told La Stampa newspaper.
The Roman Catholic Church has come under attack in recent days for what has been perceived as a callous approach to women's issues.
Last week, Brazil's health minister accused the Church of an "extreme" and "inadequate" position for opposing an abortion for a nine-year-old girl who became pregnant with twins after she was allegedly raped by her stepfather.
Seems like even the NP and Sun Media are getting on the anti-Catlick bigot bus.
1 comment:
Anonymous' escalating belligerence must be a personal thang - it smacks of the bullying techniques used defend an irrational proposition.
NP and Sun Media prefer to back winners - Anonymous should post the translation or take the hint.
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