Raped girl wants abortion; religious nutters say no
Posted by cabalamat on 2008-Jun-27
An 11 year old Romanian girl was raped by her uncle and now wants an abortion. You’d think it’d be a no-brainer that she should have one, right? Well, you’d be wrong, religious groups oppose it:
Twenty pro-life Christian Orthodox groups threatened to press charges if the girl was allowed to have a termination in Romania on exceptional grounds.
Look, I’ve no problem with people having religious beliefs. But I do strongly object to those religious people who want to force their beliefs onto others. If you think abortion is worng, then don’t have one — but don’t try to make others go along with your beliefs.
Fortunately the Romanian government have more sense:
[the girl] can have an abortion in Romania on exceptional grounds, the country’s government ruled today.
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[...] That’s a tag that certainly not be applied to religious activists in Romania, who, as Cabalamat reports, are mounting a legal challenge to a Government decision allowing an 11-year-old rape [...]