Pregnant teen dies after abortion ban delays her chemo treatment for leukemia

[theHandpuppet]

Heads up, America! This is what the anti-choice crowd have in store for this country.

Never mind this severely ill girl eventually had a miscarriage of a 13 week-old fetus. She was going to carry that fetus or die -- as it turns out, both died. Right-to-life my ass!

(CNN) -- The mother of a pregnant leukemia patient who died after her chemotherapy was delayed over anti- abortion laws is accusing doctors of not putting her daughter's health first.

The 16-year-old's plight attracted worldwide attention after she had to wait for chemotherapy because of an abortion ban in the Dominican Republic.

Doctors were hesitant to give her chemotherapy because such treatment could terminate the pregnancy -- a violation of the Dominican Constitution, which bans abortion. Some 20 days after she was admitted to the hospital, she finally started receiving treatment.

She died Friday, a hospital official said....

http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/18/world/americas/dominican-republic-abortion/index.html

[alphafemale]

1. AAARRRGGGHHHH!!!!!

Right to Life my ass. Oh that poor child

[Quantess]

2. I suppose we are supposed to cry tears of joy

that they are both in heaven now.

[intaglio]

3. I am not a violent man

But this sort of news story makes me think of going to my nearest Catholic church and punch the priest in the face until he agrees to leave the abusive, mediaeval, human hating nonsensical organisation that claims such power.

But I'm not a violent man ...

[Marrah_G]

4. and the RR douchebags are all probably yapping about gods plan