I am unable to find an English site reporting on the event, but the Guatemalan populace and government have been notified of a Women on Waves boat that approached recently close to Guatemala with the intent of carrying out abortions. They intend to anchor for 5 days, and well beyond the reach of Guatemalan jurisdiction, but close enough to allow themselves to be reached without entering maritime boundaries of the State.
As far as I have heard, they are only offering abortions within 10 weeks (I imagine 1st trimester), and medical assesement related to birth, all free of charge.
http://www.prensalibre.com/las-huell...esa-pro-aborto
http://elperiodico.com.gt/pais/2017/...tar-pacientes/
Guatemalans in general (being one of THE most conservative of Latin peoples), yeah, they did not take too kindly this, most of them have expressed indignation. Most newspapers are either being neutral about it, with a select few defending the move as bold and brave and much needed (In particular, two progressively leaning newspapers, Plaza Publica and Nómada). The Minister of Defense quickly stated that the President has already given the order to impede anyone attempting to reach the boat (I imagine within the standard 22km from the shoreline as per UN Convention on the Law of the Sea).
On the one hand, it bothers me greatly, that organizations like these, will recur to tactics like these. I am pro-life for sure, but mind you, I am of the pro-life that argues not merely for being "anti-abortion", I am pro-life that the child merits the dignity of being raised properly, committing in giving what resources are needed to care for the child, wholesome life (I really have a strong distaste for partial pro-lifers that reduce pro-life doctrine to fundamentally prevent abortions. If you champion life, champion it COMPLETELY, not just merely at it's conception).
But on the other hand, my country has a huge problem that a good portion of births (usually numbering in the thousands) tend to happen to girls well below the age of 17, usually by degenerate family members, essentially endangering their very lives of these young girls. Even the ones who survive, their lives become fundamentally compromised, teenagehood robbed, damned to perpetual poverty (both young mother and child). We are essentially in rock bottom in terms of preventing these rapes, perpetually made worse with the rampant male chauvinism and abysmally poor education. It pisses me off that more stigma and shame is placed on these poor girls while the degenerate fathers, uncles, cousins, or even brothers who tend to commit them, tend to walk scots free (the families essentially keep secret who the rapist is, under the pretense that you CAN'T shame the male members of the house... horrible double standard). It's a problem of long held degenerate institutions, of the things I must confess, are fundamentally wrong and messed up with my people (The root of the problem). Because of the commonality of these kinds of conceptions, and considering your average Guatemalan lives in dirt poor conditions (and thus unable to sustain satisfactory both young mother and child), under-aged birth IS one circumstance where I for one merit the necessity of an abortion (many girls are dying as I speak or are permanently physically stunted because of these births). Drastic solution for a drastic problem. Regrettably, it only prevents the symptom (alleviating a bit the problem), and doesn't effectively fight the root cause; Accountability within family, Male chauvinism, little to no sex education, and basically, NOT policing our own boys and men, not teaching them proper masculine virtues (starting with DO NOT TOUCH THE GIRLS OR WOMEN).
I would hope that WoW would have the discernment to consider which girls or women truly merit an abortion (especially if she is underaged), but I truly doubt they will do such a thing, ask no questions, and merely carry out the deed, merit or no merit.
What you all think?
As far as I have heard, they are only offering abortions within 10 weeks (I imagine 1st trimester), and medical assesement related to birth, all free of charge.
http://www.prensalibre.com/las-huell...esa-pro-aborto
http://elperiodico.com.gt/pais/2017/...tar-pacientes/
Guatemalans in general (being one of THE most conservative of Latin peoples), yeah, they did not take too kindly this, most of them have expressed indignation. Most newspapers are either being neutral about it, with a select few defending the move as bold and brave and much needed (In particular, two progressively leaning newspapers, Plaza Publica and Nómada). The Minister of Defense quickly stated that the President has already given the order to impede anyone attempting to reach the boat (I imagine within the standard 22km from the shoreline as per UN Convention on the Law of the Sea).
On the one hand, it bothers me greatly, that organizations like these, will recur to tactics like these. I am pro-life for sure, but mind you, I am of the pro-life that argues not merely for being "anti-abortion", I am pro-life that the child merits the dignity of being raised properly, committing in giving what resources are needed to care for the child, wholesome life (I really have a strong distaste for partial pro-lifers that reduce pro-life doctrine to fundamentally prevent abortions. If you champion life, champion it COMPLETELY, not just merely at it's conception).
But on the other hand, my country has a huge problem that a good portion of births (usually numbering in the thousands) tend to happen to girls well below the age of 17, usually by degenerate family members, essentially endangering their very lives of these young girls. Even the ones who survive, their lives become fundamentally compromised, teenagehood robbed, damned to perpetual poverty (both young mother and child). We are essentially in rock bottom in terms of preventing these rapes, perpetually made worse with the rampant male chauvinism and abysmally poor education. It pisses me off that more stigma and shame is placed on these poor girls while the degenerate fathers, uncles, cousins, or even brothers who tend to commit them, tend to walk scots free (the families essentially keep secret who the rapist is, under the pretense that you CAN'T shame the male members of the house... horrible double standard). It's a problem of long held degenerate institutions, of the things I must confess, are fundamentally wrong and messed up with my people (The root of the problem). Because of the commonality of these kinds of conceptions, and considering your average Guatemalan lives in dirt poor conditions (and thus unable to sustain satisfactory both young mother and child), under-aged birth IS one circumstance where I for one merit the necessity of an abortion (many girls are dying as I speak or are permanently physically stunted because of these births). Drastic solution for a drastic problem. Regrettably, it only prevents the symptom (alleviating a bit the problem), and doesn't effectively fight the root cause; Accountability within family, Male chauvinism, little to no sex education, and basically, NOT policing our own boys and men, not teaching them proper masculine virtues (starting with DO NOT TOUCH THE GIRLS OR WOMEN).
I would hope that WoW would have the discernment to consider which girls or women truly merit an abortion (especially if she is underaged), but I truly doubt they will do such a thing, ask no questions, and merely carry out the deed, merit or no merit.
What you all think?
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