Nicaraguan insanity

The BBC runs an interesting reportage on the insane abortion law in Nicaragua, where such practice is banned outright regardless of the situation. Claimed as a great victory by anti-abortion campaigners, who happen to be very prominent and devout Catholics (surprise surprise), it has apparently led to tens of avoidable deaths. The stories of girls raped aged 11 and 13 (and pregnant both times) are quite telling, considering that they had to keep the baby from the first attack.

In case people don't realize, 11 is sixth grade age, approximately the time when your school maths starts getting interesting, when children are discovering that middle school is more fun than primary. I will not go into the physiology here because people know what I mean.

So this great victory for pseudo-devotion now has 11-year-old mothers, scares women out of choosing their own health over their death (in cases where this applies) and punishes doctors who want to save a woman's life.

OK, I am a Tory, and I believe that abortion can't be a lifestyle choice and can't be provided just on the basis of a future mother's whim, let alone provided as a lifestyle choice through the public health system. But for God's sake here we are talking about children having their innocence ripped out of their souls, women being crucufied for the sake of blind bigotry, lives being ruined and spreading bereavement.

Instead of preaching this kind of cow-dung some people should concentrate on sticking their heads out of their butt-holes and facing the true ugliness of some parts of this world, and the ways we can make sure its effects are mitigated. Over-zealous pro-life laws are a condiment we'd all rather not have on our religion.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7041048.stm

As as aside, this kind of nonsense also applies, apparently, in Chile and El Salvador. Although the current Nicaraguan President is from the left-wing Sandinista front, the legislative body is not controlled by that faction and therefore this law can't be undone.