Pregnant Iraqi women getting illegal abortions due to lack of medical care

[babylonsister]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/06/report_iraq_vio.html

Report: Iraq Violence Leading to Abortions, Drug Abuse Among Civilians

June 19, 2007 2:31 PM

Justin Rood Reports:

Report_iraq_vio_mn Pregnant Iraqi women who have been forced from their homes by worsening violence are obtaining illegal abortions because they are unable to get medical care for themselves and their unborn, according to a new report by a national humanitarian group.

A record number of Iraqis -- most of them women and children -- are fleeing their homes to escape the bloodshed of sectarian violence and anti-U.S. attacks, according to a new report by the Iraqi Red Crescent organization, the largest aid group operating in Iraq.

Health care is inadequate and difficult to access for those people, according to the IRC report.

"Pregnant women, infants and children are unable to get...required medical care," states the report, which was translated from Arabic, "and criminal abortion became the norms."

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[Donnachaidh]

1. They may also be aborting because of FEAR of what DU is doing to their fetuses

Depleted Uranium has taken a serious toll on pregnancies in Iraq. But of course, we don't talk about that, because it was the US using the DU in the first place. :shrug:

[Midlodemocrat]

3. Someone posted a link not that long ago about the

effects on fetuses from DU and it was beyond horrible. Those poor people.

[Donnachaidh]

6. the photos were horrendous

And the numbers effected by the uranium is staggering.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. Thanks for posting. We need to be reminded that this is about people not politics as usual. K&R

[Karenina]

4. It's about

G-E-N-O-C-I-D-E.

[dogday]

5. They must be using the same health care system

in Iraq that they use here.. So much for free medical care for Iraqis