How does this not relate to the post? The value of the victims fetus, an unborn mass of cells with no fo of cognitive or emotional capacity, was placed over hers. By her committing this act, I am not making a stance on its morality, she was saying to the authorities, look at the dignity he has left, this is what he did to me. By denying abortion her dignity as a person has been denied again.
No one thought the fetus was more important. There are plenty of reasons why they wouldn't allow her to get an abortion. I doubt anyone just sat there and told her that because they wanted to spite her. I think it's wrong too, but it probably wasn't anyone's fault that she couldn't get the abortion.
In all honesty it's probably religion's fault. Before you all slam me, I myself am Christian (not Catholic, but Catholic educated so I have some idea what I'm talking about).
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Religion tends to place a very high value on life and the sanctity of it. So much so that it's almost overriding all other concerns because nobody has the right to take a life (thus the death penalty, abortions, and contraceptives are fought against by the Catholic population). Because it is unknown when life begins, the Church (and presumably other religions) assume that life begins at fertilization so abortion is technically murder (and thus illegal). I believe there are extenuating circumstances and responses regarding the potential death of the mother with the birthing of the child and stuff like that but I don't know anything beyond that it's a really gray area.
@Kittypitty, most countries usually allow abortions to be performed up to 24 weeks because most doctors have concluded that 24 weeks is when the fetus becomes a viable human being. However, this incident happened in Turkey, and Turkey only allows abortions up to 10 weeks. And even then, they have very few places that perform abortions because they have such a negative stigma about abortions that is rampant within the entire country. So she either couldn't reach an abortion clinic in time because of the lack of abortion clinics/really early abortion cutoff, or they refused to perform one on her because of how much they're against it. So, yeah, it may possibly be their fault that she couldn't have an abortion.
Both are morally despicable, however the victim of the murder doesn't have to deal with the consequences of the crime. I do understand the people in the victims life have to deal with it but the actual person attacked doesn't. Where with tape the victim keeps on living, they have to handle and deal the crime, day in and day out.
I don't know why she wasn't allowed to get an abortion, as a Muslim you're not allowed to have an abortion unless you fall under 2 conditions 1. having the baby would kill the mother or 2. a woman was raped and ends up pregnant. since she was raped she should have been allowed to get an abortion.
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Religion tends to place a very high value on life and the sanctity of it. So much so that it's almost overriding all other concerns because nobody has the right to take a life (thus the death penalty, abortions, and contraceptives are fought against by the Catholic population). Because it is unknown when life begins, the Church (and presumably other religions) assume that life begins at fertilization so abortion is technically murder (and thus illegal). I believe there are extenuating circumstances and responses regarding the potential death of the mother with the birthing of the child and stuff like that but I don't know anything beyond that it's a really gray area.
After you my dear kitty