{"id":550,"date":"2012-10-30T17:09:33","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T21:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/?p=550"},"modified":"2012-10-30T17:09:33","modified_gmt":"2012-10-30T21:09:33","slug":"the-14-year-old-rape-victim-v-worlds-most-powerful-multinational-allowing-abortion-in-case-of-rape-is-a-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/2012\/10\/30\/the-14-year-old-rape-victim-v-worlds-most-powerful-multinational-allowing-abortion-in-case-of-rape-is-a-lie\/","title":{"rendered":"The 14 year old rape victim v. world’s most powerful multinational: “allowing” abortion in case of rape is a lie"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Will uppity teenage girls ever learn not to mess with god’s gifts as determined by smirking politicians like Richard Mourdock?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The story<\/a> unfolded in Poland, one of the most conservatively catholic nations in Europe.<\/p>\n

The unnamed teenager at the centre of this court case became pregnant in 2008 after she was raped at the age of 14.<\/p>\n

In accordance with the law, she got a certificate from the public prosecutor confirming that her pregnancy was as a result of unlawful sexual intercourse.<\/p>\n

The girl, named only as “P” went to two different hospitals with her mother in her hometown of Lublin in south-east Poland to try and obtain an abortion.<\/p>\n

At one, a Roman Catholic priest attempted to convince her to have the child. Hospital management then issued a press release saying they would not perform the procedure, leading to her case becoming caught up in Poland’s ongoing debate about abortion.<\/p>\n

The girl then traveled to a hospital in Warsaw, but doctors there said they were under pressure not to go ahead with the procedure.<\/p>\n

The court documents say the pair left the hospital “feeling manipulated and helpless”, after which they were harassed by pro-life groups and eventually taken in for several hours of police questioning.<\/p>\n

The authorities then accused the mother of trying to force her daughter into having an abortion and had “P” placed in a juvenile shelter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See, the rape was only the first assault against her. Pressure from church, harassment by “pro-life” groups, being sent from hospital to hospital and city to city when you are in need, getting placed in juvenile shelter…way to go Poland, is that how you look after a victim?<\/p>\n

She eventually managed to go ahead with the termination in Gdansk, 500km from her home, after the Ministry of Health intervened in the case.<\/p>\n

In their ruling, which is subject to appeal, a panel of judges at the European Court of Human Rights found that there had been numerous breaches of the girl’s rights.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I do not believe the biblical David v Goliath story, but as a metaphor it may describe the girl’s victory over the state in Poland.<\/p>\n

Poland’s abortion law is among the strictest in Europe.<\/p>\n

Terminations are only permitted in cases of rape, incest or when the life of the mother or fetus is in danger.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In case we’ve forgotten, those laws are still more permissive that many theocractic politicians in the US<\/a> would like them to be.<\/p>\n

The BBC’s Adam Easton in Warsaw says that Poland’s abortion law is unlikely to become more liberal soon.<\/p>\n

Poland’s Catholic church is fiercely opposed to any attempts to ease the restrictions and a majority of mainstream politicians support the status quo.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And yet this church\/multinational has the nerve to bill itself as compassionate and caring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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