West Africa Looks to Make Abortion Legal

Ministers from 15 West African countries are calling for the legalization of abortion.  The statement, submitted by the Health Ministers from the Economic Community of West African States said the member states could make abortion “safe” by legalization.  Their claim is that illegal abortions have contributed to high maternal mortality rates.  I suppose they’re not aware of the Montreal woman that nearly died after a botched abortion, the woman who was rushed to the hospital after an abortion and how a second abortion increases risk of premature birth by 93%.

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Montreal Woman Nearly Dies After Botched Abortion

Another week, another emergency following a botched abortion at a clinic. In Montreal, Canada, a 19-year-old woman almost died after having an abortion performed during the second trimester. The woman, who was three months’ pregnant, had an abortion conducted at 9:00 AM last Thursday, after which she experienced heavy bleeding but was sent home from the clinic anyway. Then she and her boyfriend drove to a hospital about 45 minutes away, where she received an emergency operation and a blood transfusion and was told by hospital staff that she may have died had she arrived five minutes later. Again, I thought the legalization of abortion was to prevent deaths from back alley abortions and for so-called “women’s rights”?

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/oct/09101509.html