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30 years jail for a miscarriage

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A woman from El Salvador who was jailed for 30 years after suffering a miscarriage in a field, has been pardoned by the courts - the latest sign of change in a nation known as the worst place in the world for women’s reproductive rights.

Ms Tabora is one of dozens of women who have suffered at the hands of the court in the strictly Catholic country, one of just a handful of nations whose anti-abortion laws make no exceptions for rape, incest or the health of the mother.

Sonia Tábora was just 20 when she went into premature labour at seven months and gave birth alone in a coffee plantation, having suffered a miscarriage. Her family found her collapsed and bleeding, and the baby was born dead or died soon afterwards.

Her family took her to a health centre, fearful for her life. But doctors there accused her of carrying out an abortion, something that is strictly illegal in El Salvador. She was shackled to her bed and the police were called.

Three out of eight (37.5%) maternal deaths in El Salvador are suicides by pregnant girls under 19 years of age.

Here is the full story :

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/el-salvador-miscarriage-abortion-strictest-laws-in-world-sonia-t-bora-a7584671.html

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When those demanding a woman must bring a baby into the world, step up and
help bear the next 20year financial and work burden of caring for that child, they have the right to voice their opinion.

I always say about this "right to life idea," that without modern medicine, nature would have wiped out half the population of the world by now.
It was only 150 years ago that they didnt have penicillin and a simple scratch that got infected and poisoned your blood stream, could kill you. All those diseases that had no vaccinations could kill you too. As could the flu. There were no antivenoms for snake and spider bites. Operations would mostly likely kill you because of infection.and thousands of women died in childbirth because of infection. A tooth infection could bore up into your brain and kill y you too

The life expectancy in the old cementaries was usually under 30years and many, many young children and babies were in those cemetaries.

So. i think this "right to life", doesnt really exist on this planet, in the natural world, it is only
an inflated opinion humans have of their specialness.

Having made those observations, I dont like the idea of late term abortions and think there should be a 4month maximum time limit put on it, where possible.