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Pro-Choice

sinkingfeeling

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2. Get this. From the linked article...

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Jan 2, 2024, 12:37 PM

Jan 2024

What about spontaneous abortions?

"The situation in public hospitals is extremely delicate, said nurse Francisca Peguero. “We have seen teenagers dying in emergency rooms because doctors face a dilemma: If they treat them, they might be criminalized.”

According to Peguero, clinics are monitored by police officers who, upon seeing a woman bleeding, can report her.

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What does a total abortion ban look like in Dominican Republic? [View all] Eugene Jan 2024 OP

And that's why their maternal death rate in 2021 was 107 per 100,000 births, an extremely high rate. Lonestarblue Jan 2024 #1

Get this. From the linked article... sinkingfeeling Jan 2024 #2

Disgusting--women's lives have no real value beyond service as incubators. Timeflyer Jan 2024 #3