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November 27, 2006
Nicaragua abortion ban threatens women’s lives
The Boston Globe had an article up yesterday about the ridiculous threat to women’s lives that is the sweeping abortion ban in Nicaragua.
In Nicaragua, Dr. Oscar Flores Mejía, of Nicaragua's National Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said the new law has sent fear and confusion through the medical community. He said many doctors understand the ban to mean they can do nothing "to interrupt pregnancy from the moment of conception until birth."That rules out operations to save women with ectopic pregnancies, eclampsia, cardiac problems, or other life-threatening complications if doctors could not guarantee that the fetus would survive, Flores said.
"This law is forcing us to be delinquent in our jobs," he said .
That’s terrifying. But apparently par for the course—up to 21 percent of maternal deaths in Latin America are associated with illegal abortions.
Make sure to read the whole piece—it’s scary, but informative.
Posted by Jessica at November 27, 2006 10:06 AM