My opinion definitely doesn't count, but God's does...you don't take an innocent life, end of story.
Chip: Like all evil things that are allowed to happen in this life God always get's the last laugh and in the case of rape an innocent child is the result of a heinous act. While non Christians have a very hard time with forgiveness, many Christians don't and I'm sure there are enough cases where this has happened and the child was not aborted. As for the mother being reminded of rape when they see the product of this crime, the child, this doesn't have to be the case if they are willing to forgive. In fact, I know personally of people that have been sexual abused and forgiven their abuser and have normal lives. Such is the power of Jesus Christ.
This can be argued until the end of time but it is clear that the DR is very backward in their thinking on this matter. It also shows clearly that here woman have little value when it comes to their own decisions. Is abortion the answer to all problems of course not but in some cases it can mean the difference of life or death. A medical decision should outweigh a religious one.
Like all evil things that are allowed to happen in this life God always get's the last laugh and in the case of rape an innocent child is the result of a heinous act. While non Christians have a very hard time with forgiveness, many Christians don't and I'm sure there are enough cases where this has happened and the child was not aborted. As for the mother being reminded of rape when they see the product of this crime, the child, this doesn't have to be the case if they are willing to forgive. In fact, I know personally of people that have been sexual abused and forgiven their abuser and have normal lives. Such is the power of Jesus Christ.
While non Christians have a very hard time with forgiveness, many Christians don't
Absolutely correct, a medical decision should outway a religious one. We'll never know but I don't think having an abortion and more timely chemo would have saved this girls life, however she should have been given the chance for life. If my daughter I would have turned over heaven and hell to get proper treatment for her, legal or illegal.
For those would pretend that beliefs cannot be forced by society on a person I challenge you to not pay your taxes, run a red light(in the States) or better shoot your neigbor for being a jerk and get back with me with the results.
Society is therefore all about the creation of norms, ie rules and regulations. Unfortunately in the case of abortion we have been hoodwinked into believing a women's right to have her child killed is more important than a human life. I honestly can't think of any other examples out there where killing is made so cheap.
All reasonable people can agree to disagree. Going by your statement above, then the Taliban has a right to do what they wanted to do in Afghanistan. Just sayin.
Bob there are three words on the Dominican flag, Dios, Patria, libertad why do you think Dios is the first word? You pray to your God that he give you the power to make the right decision, but you never put anything before your religious beliefs.
" I live by Faith and not by sight" are words a lot of people live by. You choose science, other parents choose faith. The avenue you take to save your child is not wrong, nor are the parents who choose to use their faith as their vehicle.
BTW Very sad to hear what happen to the young lady, and feel sad for her family.
When a patient recovers thanks to medical talent the ignorant thank their invisible friend. When success is not achieved, in spite of great effort, the doctors are blamed. It's absurd.
All reasonable people can agree to disagree. Going by your statement above, then the Taliban has a right to do what they wanted to do in Afghanistan. Just sayin.
According to my research here are some facts:
A CNN article on 7-25 states that this girl wasn't receiving treatment but this article states the girl was evaluated on 7-18 and that her treatment started on 7-20 Joven con leucemia recibe quimioterapia - DiarioLibre.com
Also, in the same article a lawmaker said the issue is an artificial debate and that there is no issue.
The issue was made public during a recent conference for women in SD whereby a group of feminists lobbied for the girl to receive chemo three days after she had already actually started receiving treatment. Feministas piden aplicar quimioterapia a joven embarazada - DiarioLibre.com
Finally, the Catholic Church apparently has been supporting the girl's right to receive chemo and actually paid for part of the treatment Cardenal dispone ayuda a paciente con leucemia - DiarioLibre.com
Therefore the only issue I see here is CNN can't get their facts straight. Apparently for a lot here on this forum that doesn't matter. Some of you would make a good lynch crowd, figuratively speaking (I hope).
Agnostics ? Okay I respect that, because it is your beliefs. You see JMB773 debate alot of topics, but one thing I will never debate is a person beliefs.
If the facts are as Chip presents, then it is making amountain out of a molehill. That said, the laws must be made that support medical decisions in favour of the living, not the yet to be born.