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I hope it's soon. The longer time goes on, the more likely she'll need a 2 stage procedure, which is very unpleasant for all involved.
Again, this isnt some pro-life conservative judge.
"A county judge has thrown out an abortion 'right-to-know' law in Florida, only a few days after a US appeals court re-instated a similar law in Indiana [see digest for 17 September]. So-called right-to-know or informed consent laws require women to be offered information on abortion and its alternatives before giving final consent to the operation. Judge Ronald Alvarez ruled that Florida's law was unconstitutional because it infringed on a woman's right "to receive her physician's opinion as to what is best for her considering her particular circumstances". Also this week, six abortion facilities in Alabama filed a federal lawsuit against that state's informed consent law, while pro-abortionists in Indiana are considering whether to take their battle over the law to the US Supreme Court."
Jeb Bush - "Theres no good news at all"
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So having the child would have been better for her? I despair I really do.
"It's a tragedy that a 13-year-old child would be in a vulnerable position where she could be made pregnant and it's a tragedy that her baby will be lost.
"There's no good news in this at all,"
Which seems like a fair summing up of the situation by me...
Sound like a petty and nasty attitude to have toward some kid who just made a mistake thats all :no:
Yeah, and forcing a 13 year old to carry a pregnancy to term against her will would have been cause for celebration.
I just hope everything goes smoothly for L.G so she can put this behind her and get on with her life.
Er did I say that?
A 13 year old in care becoming pregnant is bad news whether she kept the baby or not. As JB said 'It's a tragedy that a 13-year-old child would be in a vulnerable position where she could be made pregnant' or do you disagree?
Of course it is. I had a 15 year old girl in for a consultation - absolutely hysterical because she thought that the abortion process would be something out of Vera Drake. I held the hand of a 16 year old having a termination at 22 weeks, stroking her hair while her cervix is (painfully) being prepared with dilapan sticks, and I've watched the face of a 15 year old literally go white as she's told that she's not only pregnant, but she is over 14 weeks pregnant with twins.
I wish these girls weren't so unlucky, but the reality is, they're having sex, and there's very little people can do about that, except educate them and arm them with facts so they can make the decisions for themselves.
But L.G is in the US, a country whose main focus of sex education is abstinence-only, where funds go towards 'chastity events' and programmes such as AIDS prevention are cancelled. Where teachers face lawsuits and textbooks are censored. And the people most likely to suffer are the students. 88% of students who pledge to wait until they marry will engage in pre marital sex, and rates of STIs are just as high as those who don't because they never thought they would be in a situation where they need condoms.
L.Gs case is sadly, the tip of the iceberg. The facts remain that the US has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in the developed world, and that American adolescents are contracting HIV faster than any other demographic group. And *that's* a tragedy.
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Excellent reply.
round of applause, you really put it well.
also just for the record, lets not forget that not every unwanted pregnancy is the result of contraception not being used.