DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Women continue to die from abortion procedures:

ASIA/MYANMAR -

Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – In Myanmar, where abortion is illegal, complications due to dangerous abortion procedures are the third leading cause of maternal deaths after post-partum haemorrhage and eclampsia (seizures), as stated in the National Health Plan 2006-2011 of the local government. The latest survey conducted by UNICEF and the Department of Health in 2005 shows that the maternal mortality rate in Myanmar continues to be high: 316 per 100,000 live births. About 10% of all maternal deaths are related to abortion. Various initiatives to raise awareness, among them a telephone hotline on health information, which has been used by 20% of women between 15 and 24 years of age. About 70 percent of the population of the country, 57.5 million people, lives in rural areas. (AP)

(Agenzia Fides 18/3/2010)