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Mozambique decriminalises abortion to stem maternal death rate

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Mozambique has passed a law permitting women to terminate unwanted pregnancies under specified conditions, a move hailed by activists in a country where clandestine abortions account for a large number of maternal deaths.

President Armando Guebuza on Thursday quietly signed into law a revised penal code bill that eases prohibitions in abortion regulations.

The new law specifies that abortions will have to be carried out in recognised and designated health centres by qualified practitioners.Termination must be carried out within the first 12 weeks but in case of rape, the period is extended to 16 weeks.

Mozambique decriminalises abortion to stem maternal death rate - BizNews.com


Good! More countries should follow suit.
 
The issue of clandestine abortions has the potential to be catastrophic in any nation, the potential health impact is not something we can ignore. If other countries should do anything, they should look at when legislation attempts to curtail or eliminate abortions results in consequences along these lines. Which makes this issue, for Mozambique at least, less about a right to choose or right to life debate, and more about how to deal with the fallout of social controls making that choice for them.
 
Scumbags willing to kill their own kids in cold blood dying is not a defect of criminalizing abortion - it is a feature.
 
...and the caring and compassion just keep on flowing...

I have no compassion for those who knowingly and intentionally commit homicide in aggression.

They should all be in jail until they are put under the jail.
 
I have no compassion for those who knowingly and intentionally commit homicide in aggression.

They should all be in jail until they are put under the jail.
Yea, yea, yea, blah, blah, blah, came crap over and over.
 
Yea, yea, yea, blah, blah, blah, came crap over and over.

Yes, that is a good topic sentence as it summarizes any further text to come very well.
 
Scumbags willing to kill their own kids in cold blood dying is not a defect of criminalizing abortion - it is a feature.

I don't see any compassion here...
 
I don't see any compassion here...

My compassion is reserved for the victims of aggressive violence, not the perpetrators.
 
Yes, that is a good topic sentence as it summarizes any further text to come very well.

I think that you out him at a loss fir words.
 
Expect the "faithful" to charge into Mozambique, putting all sorts of pressure on everyone tied to this decision. I predict seeing a reversal in a few years.

Sadly, I think this is true.
 
It's always good to see intelligence and reason win out over religious stupidity. Let's hope modern viewpoints continue to win out over antiquated nonsense.
 
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