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W.T.S.
May 24, 2012, 4:38:12 PM5/24/12
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In article <cec82a6a-3d43-4d64-9d46-
8b0ce3...@m10g2000vbn.googlegroups.com>, tek.m...@gmail.com says...
>
> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/brazil-rocked-by-abortion-for-9yearold-rape-victim-1640165.html
>
> Monday 09 March 2009
>
> Brazil rocked by abortion for 9-year-old rape victim
>
> Church excommunicates mother and doctors – but not accused rapist
>
>
> Declaring that "life must always be protected", a senior Vatican
> cleric has defended the Catholic Church's decision to excommunicate
> the mother and doctors of a nine-year-old rape victim who had a life-
> saving abortion in Brazil.
>
> Cardinal Giovanni Batista Re, who heads the Pontifical Commission for
> Latin America, told reporters that although the girl fell pregnant
> after apparently being abused by her stepfather, her twins had, "the
> right to live, and could not be eliminated".
>
> In an interview with the Italian newspaper, La Stampa, the cardinal
> added: "It is a sad case but the real problem is that the twins
> conceived were two innocent persons. Life must always be protected."
>
> Police believe the girl was sexually assaulted for years by her
> stepfather, possibly since she was six. That she was four months
> pregnant with twins emerged only after she was taken to hospital
> complaining of severe stomach pains.
>
> The controversy represents a PR nightmare for the Vatican. The unnamed
> girl's mother and doctors were excommunicated for agreeing to
> Wednesday's emergency abortion yet the Church has not taken formal
> steps against the stepfather, who is in custody. Jose Cardoso
> Sobrinho, the conservative regional archbishop for Pernambuco where
> the girl was rushed to hospital, has said that the man would not be
> thrown out of the Church, because although he had allegedly committed
> "a heinous crime", the Church took the view that "the abortion, the
> elimination of an innocent life, was more serious".
>
> The case has set off fierce debate in Brazil, where abortion is
> permitted only in cases of rape or a medical emergency. Brazil is one
> of the most populous Catholic countries, but conservative attitudes in
> rural areas are strongly at odds with the relatively progressive
> public view of abortion in major cities.
>
> Even the President, Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva, has waded into the
> row. "As a Christian and a Catholic, I deeply regret that a bishop of
> the Catholic Church has such a conservative attitude," he said "The
> doctors did what had to be done: save the life of a girl of nine years
> old. In this case, the medical profession was more right than the
> Church."
>
> One of the doctors involved in the abortion, Rivaldo Albuquerque, has
> raised the prospect of public clashes at his local church, telling
> Globo, the nation's main TV network, that he would keep going to mass
> there, regardless of the archbishop's order. The young girl at the
> centre of the case escaped excommunication only because she is still a
> child in the eyes of Church authorities. The stepfather, who is 23,
> was arrested last week, apparently trying to escape to another region
> of the country. Police say he is also suspected of abusing the girl's
> handicapped 14-year-old sister. He is in protective custody, and if
> convicted faces up to 15 years in prison.
>
Abortion and sterilization, they save the lives, health and futures of
women and men alike!
>
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/print/14481
>
http://www.jennyjerrome.org/
>
http://tinyurl.com/3j3fkch
>
http://www.egalitarian.biz/Plan-B--Remedy-of-a-Lifetime.html
>
http://www.thelizlibrary.org/liz/004.htm
>
Breed like rabbits, live like pigs, die like rats!
>
Modern Christian: Someone who can take time out from
complaining about "welfare mothers popping out babies we
have to feed" to complain about welfare mothers getting
abortions that PREVENT more babies to be raised at public
expense.
>
http://www.imnotsorry.net
>
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17gbnyv0yzhevjpg/original.jpg
>
http://tinyurl.com/7q2ft38
8b0ce3...@m10g2000vbn.googlegroups.com>, tek.m...@gmail.com says...
>
> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/brazil-rocked-by-abortion-for-9yearold-rape-victim-1640165.html
>
> Monday 09 March 2009
>
> Brazil rocked by abortion for 9-year-old rape victim
>
> Church excommunicates mother and doctors – but not accused rapist
>
>
> Declaring that "life must always be protected", a senior Vatican
> cleric has defended the Catholic Church's decision to excommunicate
> the mother and doctors of a nine-year-old rape victim who had a life-
> saving abortion in Brazil.
>
> Cardinal Giovanni Batista Re, who heads the Pontifical Commission for
> Latin America, told reporters that although the girl fell pregnant
> after apparently being abused by her stepfather, her twins had, "the
> right to live, and could not be eliminated".
>
> In an interview with the Italian newspaper, La Stampa, the cardinal
> added: "It is a sad case but the real problem is that the twins
> conceived were two innocent persons. Life must always be protected."
>
> Police believe the girl was sexually assaulted for years by her
> stepfather, possibly since she was six. That she was four months
> pregnant with twins emerged only after she was taken to hospital
> complaining of severe stomach pains.
>
> The controversy represents a PR nightmare for the Vatican. The unnamed
> girl's mother and doctors were excommunicated for agreeing to
> Wednesday's emergency abortion yet the Church has not taken formal
> steps against the stepfather, who is in custody. Jose Cardoso
> Sobrinho, the conservative regional archbishop for Pernambuco where
> the girl was rushed to hospital, has said that the man would not be
> thrown out of the Church, because although he had allegedly committed
> "a heinous crime", the Church took the view that "the abortion, the
> elimination of an innocent life, was more serious".
>
> The case has set off fierce debate in Brazil, where abortion is
> permitted only in cases of rape or a medical emergency. Brazil is one
> of the most populous Catholic countries, but conservative attitudes in
> rural areas are strongly at odds with the relatively progressive
> public view of abortion in major cities.
>
> Even the President, Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva, has waded into the
> row. "As a Christian and a Catholic, I deeply regret that a bishop of
> the Catholic Church has such a conservative attitude," he said "The
> doctors did what had to be done: save the life of a girl of nine years
> old. In this case, the medical profession was more right than the
> Church."
>
> One of the doctors involved in the abortion, Rivaldo Albuquerque, has
> raised the prospect of public clashes at his local church, telling
> Globo, the nation's main TV network, that he would keep going to mass
> there, regardless of the archbishop's order. The young girl at the
> centre of the case escaped excommunication only because she is still a
> child in the eyes of Church authorities. The stepfather, who is 23,
> was arrested last week, apparently trying to escape to another region
> of the country. Police say he is also suspected of abusing the girl's
> handicapped 14-year-old sister. He is in protective custody, and if
> convicted faces up to 15 years in prison.
>
Abortion and sterilization, they save the lives, health and futures of
women and men alike!
>
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/print/14481
>
http://www.jennyjerrome.org/
>
http://tinyurl.com/3j3fkch
>
http://www.egalitarian.biz/Plan-B--Remedy-of-a-Lifetime.html
>
http://www.thelizlibrary.org/liz/004.htm
>
Breed like rabbits, live like pigs, die like rats!
>
Modern Christian: Someone who can take time out from
complaining about "welfare mothers popping out babies we
have to feed" to complain about welfare mothers getting
abortions that PREVENT more babies to be raised at public
expense.
>
http://www.imnotsorry.net
>
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17gbnyv0yzhevjpg/original.jpg
>
http://tinyurl.com/7q2ft38
W.T.S.
May 24, 2012, 4:40:49 PM5/24/12
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In article <s99sr7l33lphl9hta...@4ax.com>, duckgumbo32
@cox.net says...
>
> After all these years, the Pope still doesn't understand.
>
> puke - CatholiKKK Degenerate
>
> *****
> 2012 - end of an error
> Vote Democratic in 2012
> Return the House to the Democrats
> *****
@cox.net says...
> On Wed, 23 May 2012 15:12:21 -0700 (PDT), Tim Murphy <tek.m...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/brazil-rocked-by-abortion-for-9yearold-rape-victim-1640165.html
> >
> >Monday 09 March 2009
> >
> >Brazil rocked by abortion for 9-year-old rape victim
> >
> >Church excommunicates mother and doctors, but not accused rapist?
> wrote:
>
> >http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/brazil-rocked-by-abortion-for-9yearold-rape-victim-1640165.html
> >
> >Monday 09 March 2009
> >
> >Brazil rocked by abortion for 9-year-old rape victim
> >
>
> After all these years, the Pope still doesn't understand.
>
> puke - CatholiKKK Degenerate
>
> *****
> 2012 - end of an error
> Vote Democratic in 2012
> Return the House to the Democrats
> *****
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