NewsWhore
07-23-2012, 05:10 PM
Her physicians have recommended chemotherapy to treat her leukemia, but on the other hand she is nine weeks pregnant and this would seriously affect the fetus. In another country, an abortion would be recommended, but in the Dominican Republic abortions are legally prohibited, regardless of whether the life of the mother is in danger.
Minister of Public Health Bautista Rojas Gomez said that the chemotherapy treatment is legal. The mother of the teenager favors the application of the chemotherapy for the welfare of her daughter, regardless of the welfare of the fetus.
She said that her daughter's life is more important than all the Constitutions of the world.
Previously in the Dominican Republic abortion was authorized if the welfare of the mother was compromised, but in the 2010 Constitution, abortion was banned under any circumstance.
Physicians have said the chemotherapy could provoke an abortion in the young woman and deformations in the fetus, and are cautious about how to proceed.
The patient is hospitalized at the Centro de Salud del Seguro de los Maestros (SEMMA). Hematologist Julio Amado Castanos Guzman told Hoy that if chemotherapy is not applied the patient and the baby could both die.
Doctor Lilian Fondeur was the first to tell about the plight of the girl in her column in El Nacional.
http://www.elnacional.com.do/opiniones/2012/7/21/128752/Ginecologia-actualizada
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)
Minister of Public Health Bautista Rojas Gomez said that the chemotherapy treatment is legal. The mother of the teenager favors the application of the chemotherapy for the welfare of her daughter, regardless of the welfare of the fetus.
She said that her daughter's life is more important than all the Constitutions of the world.
Previously in the Dominican Republic abortion was authorized if the welfare of the mother was compromised, but in the 2010 Constitution, abortion was banned under any circumstance.
Physicians have said the chemotherapy could provoke an abortion in the young woman and deformations in the fetus, and are cautious about how to proceed.
The patient is hospitalized at the Centro de Salud del Seguro de los Maestros (SEMMA). Hematologist Julio Amado Castanos Guzman told Hoy that if chemotherapy is not applied the patient and the baby could both die.
Doctor Lilian Fondeur was the first to tell about the plight of the girl in her column in El Nacional.
http://www.elnacional.com.do/opiniones/2012/7/21/128752/Ginecologia-actualizada
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)