RE: Church excommunicates a girl for aborting her twins but lets her rapist go free
May 26, 2012 at 11:36 pm
Er ... I don't know if this is going to make a difference to the discussion (please ignore if it won't), but this story is over 2 years old. I remember being shocked and outraged by the treatment this poor girl, her doctors, and her mother got from the Catholic Church at the time.
It still makes me sick to my stomach to think that there are people in this world who think that the existence of a fetus -- or even two! -- is more important than the health and probably the life (given that this happened in a country with very strict anti-abortion laws) of a living, breathing child. "Life must always be protected," my ass. What about protecting the poor girl who was abused for three years?
I hope she's doing better now. My heart still breaks for her.
It still makes me sick to my stomach to think that there are people in this world who think that the existence of a fetus -- or even two! -- is more important than the health and probably the life (given that this happened in a country with very strict anti-abortion laws) of a living, breathing child. "Life must always be protected," my ass. What about protecting the poor girl who was abused for three years?
I hope she's doing better now. My heart still breaks for her.