People who call themselves "Pro Life" often claim they respect the sanctity of human life. I call bullshit.A 31-year-old woman admitted to a hospital in Galway, Ireland, late last month with severe back pain was revealed to be miscarrying, but doctors repeatedly refused to abort the fetus.Savita Halappanavar, who was 17 weeks pregnant at the time, eventually developed a life-threatening infection to which she succumbed a week later.
I am someone who personally opposes the practice of abortion. I hate that it exists, and I hate that it is sometimes (while still rarely) used as a backup birth control. But I'm not so selfish as to attempt to force my personal opinion on other people's bodies. And I don't have my head so far up my as that I would let a woman die because I dislike a procedure that would save her life.
The very least that should happen is these doctors immediately losing their licenses to practice medicine. Although, manslaughter is an appropriate word to use here.
(Found via Recovering From Religion-Tucson, Arizona)
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