NewsWhore
04-20-2009, 05:40 PM
While abortion is debated in Congress, the statistics are startling. Hoy, quoting unofficial sources, writes that between 100,000 and 150,000 abortions are performed in the DR each year, close to 80% in teenagers. According to directors at Maternidad La Altagracia, the largest Maternity Hospital in the DR, there were 6,300 abortions at that hospital alone, with many girls and women arriving at the hospital suffering from botched procedures. Many women use a product labeled as Misoprostol, which induces bleeding, in their homes and then go to local hospitals so that doctors can finish the procedure and clean them up.
The San Lorenzo Maternity ward at the Los Minas Hospital reported 5,000 abortions in 2007, and figures are about the same for 2008. Officials say there has been a growth in the need for the procedures with many hospitals around the country opening new sections for abortions. Doctors interviewed by Hoy, who remained anonymous, say that if the Constitution is reformed and article 30, which recognizes the right to life from the moment of conception, is ratified, doctors would have to allow bleeding mothers to die, as they would be arrested for aiding in an abortion.
The Catholic Church is pressuring the government to maintain a total ban on abortion.
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The San Lorenzo Maternity ward at the Los Minas Hospital reported 5,000 abortions in 2007, and figures are about the same for 2008. Officials say there has been a growth in the need for the procedures with many hospitals around the country opening new sections for abortions. Doctors interviewed by Hoy, who remained anonymous, say that if the Constitution is reformed and article 30, which recognizes the right to life from the moment of conception, is ratified, doctors would have to allow bleeding mothers to die, as they would be arrested for aiding in an abortion.
The Catholic Church is pressuring the government to maintain a total ban on abortion.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)