Catholic church complains because 9 year rape victim gets abortion

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29515505/

Brazil girl, alleged rape victim, aborts twins
The procedure on the 9-year-old girl draws complaints from Catholic church

updated 2 hours, 48 minutes ago
RIO DE JANEIRO - A 9-year-old girl who was carrying twins, allegedly after being raped by her stepfather, underwent an abortion Wednesday despite complaints from Brazil's Roman Catholic church.

Police said the stepfather has been jailed since last week.

Abortion is illegal in Brazil, but judges can make exceptions if the mother's life is in danger or the fetus has no chance of survival.

Fatima Maia, director of the public university hospital where the abortion was performed, said the 15-week-old pregnancy posed a serious risk to the 80-pound girl.

"She is very small. Her uterus doesn't have the ability to hold one, let alone two children," Maia told the Jornal do Brasil newspaper.

But Marcio Miranda, a lawyer for the Archdiocese of Olinda and Recife in northeastern Brazil, said the girl should have carried the twins to term and had a cesarean section.

[Texasgal]

1. OH MY GAWD.

There are NO words. None.

[Lars39]

2. Marcio Miranda is a fucking idiot.

No doubt about it.

[tsuki]

18. Transplant them into Marcio Miranda. nt

[PM Martin]

3. Marcio Miranda is an ignorant ideologue.

:puke:

[AlCzervik]

4. yes lets victimize her again by making her carry that child, clearly she's not traumatized

enough already.

[blaze]

5. The church wanted her to carry the twins to term????

OMFG!!!

Think of that, next time you're talking to a girl in 4th grade.

Holy shit.

[waiting for hope]

6. I think the Catholic church is going to

implode on itself - their humanitarian stance has become appalling.

[defendandprotect]

23. ..."the Nazi future would have lain with the Evangelical Christians had the war been won."

Supposedly, this Pope has said he is moving the RCC to Evangelicalism -- !!

The RCC has always been authoritarian -- fascist.

Especially in regard to females and reproductive freedom --- brainwashing of members

re normal human sexuality.

[Canuckistanian]

7. Don't they have a Holocaust to deny?

Just what did the Catholic Church have in mind for an alternative?

And isn't it ironic that the hospital's spokeswoman is named "Fatima"?

[jmowreader]

8. I know exactly what would happen here

Her uterus would have almost certainly torn with the stress of two fetuses in it. This would have killed her for sure, because it would have happened in the middle of the night.

Marcio Miranda would have then proclaimed her death "God's Will."

Tell me again why the Catholic Church has not been denounced for the cult that it is.

[ingac70]

9. So the Church wanted all of them to die....

Instead of just two fetuses? Sick bastards.

[Wapsie B]

10. That lawyer is about as worthless as nuts on the Pope.

[JerseygirlCT]

11. They have no hearts. And they have no sense.

All they've got is blind misogyny.

[MattBaggins]

12. Hey Brainiac

You have no business in the body of anyone else. Keep your nose to yourself.

[Mz Pip]

13. She is NINE YEARS OLD.

These old men in the Catholic Church who babble on about the "sanctity of life" are just morally bankrupt.

If this God of theirs really wants these souls to be born then he'll find another way.

[firedupdem]

14. An 80 pound 9 yr old is supposed to be ripped in half and killed

while trying to deliver twins spawned by a rapist? These people are sick!

[Withywindle]

20. I think that's about the size of it.

After all, if she's not a virgin anymore, she's pretty much worthless, right?


:puke:

[Enthusiast]

25. You got it.

Now she's a slut. :sarcasm:

[DangerousRhythm]

27. I know... WTF.

It's seriously heartbreaking to think about what that poor girl must have gone through and here, the Catholic Church, wanting to traumatize her even more... just UGH. I have so much to say about them but all of it would be highly offensive so I think I'll just shut up now, haha. Scumbags though, the lot of them who are kicking up a stink about this.

[Bluebear]

15. She should have had the twins. God works in mysterious ways.

It hurts to even PRETEND to think like that.

[Iggo]

16. Catholic church should shut the hell up on this one.

[rebecca_herman]

17. That poor little girl

I hope she is able to recover the best she can from this ordeal and that the man who did this to her is locked up where he can't hurt another child (according to another article, the sicko also sexually abused this girl's disabled older sister). At least she had doctors caring for her who did the right thing and saved her life. The Catholic Church's position on this is completely illogical. If the fetuses are lives, isn't it still better to lose 2 lives instead of 3? This happened in a country where it is extremely difficult to obtain a legal abortion, so I would say it's basically certain that there was a very serious risk to the girl's life. Why would they want THREE to die when she can live?

[flvegan]

19. I'm glad stepdad is in jail, and the court granted this.

Fuck whichever Catholic douchebag is chastising the parties involved.

[defendandprotect]

21. What cause would the Pope have to look at the female involved . . .

for him, she wouldn't exist -- only the fetus is important!!!

That's the basis of all this anti-abortion BS --- the female involved has no

right to her own body -- she's inferior!

[kiva]

22. This is horrifying.

Thankfully the judge had enough mercy to allow the abortion, since it sounds as though the Church certainly didn't.

[ContinentalOp]

24. Watch this video for some shocking investigative journalism about the Catholic church...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VABSoHYQr6k

[wuvuj]

26. The Pope is a small man...

...with a really big hat.