tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2540491808379323927.post5046965746716630294..comments2020-12-17T00:00:04.164-06:00Comments on Nonviolent Choice: There Are, and Can Be, Better Ways Than Abortion: Action Alert: Pregnant Women & Unborn Babies in HaitiMarysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15727742779375367060noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2540491808379323927.post-53608501556666605612010-01-28T09:21:54.725-06:002010-01-28T09:21:54.725-06:00I suspect that a lot of antiabortion animosity aga...I suspect that a lot of antiabortion animosity against UNFPA is based not on abortion services--it neither provides nor promotes them-- but hostility to *contraception.* <br /><br />Here is UNFPA's official policy on abortion:<br /><br />http://www.unfpa.org/about/faqs.htm#abortion<br /><br />UNFPA does advocate treatment for women suffering postabortion complications. But that's no more "proabortion" than post suicide attempt treatment is "prosuicide."<br /><br />For those with religious oibjections to contraception--UNFPA provides many women with "natural" methods like CycleBeads as well as the "artifical" methods accepted by most of the world.<br /><br />I assume that what you object to in the rape kits is emergency contraception?<br /><br />There are Catholic hospitals who give it to rape victims.<br /><br />A significant group within the American Association of Prolife Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG) supports the use of hormonal contraceptives in general:<br /><br />http://www.aaplog.org/PositionsAndPapers/OralContraceptiveControversy.aspx?fileID=3<br /><br />Thus AAPLOG thus takes an "agree to disagree" rather than "opposed" stance on hormonal contraception. I happen to agree with the "support" position, which seems more shaped by scientific evidence than by a particular religious ideology.<br /><br />And if you still deny that UNFPA does lifesaving work, including in Haiti, check this out:<br /><br />http://www.unfpa.org/public/news/pid/4763<br /><br />UNFPA does far more to reduce abortion and provide positive alternatives on the planet than just about anyone.Marysiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15727742779375367060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2540491808379323927.post-89296262777075300812010-01-28T08:12:15.152-06:002010-01-28T08:12:15.152-06:00Ahem... Better ways than abortion.
Unpfa is all ab...Ahem... Better ways than abortion.<br />Unpfa is all about abortion. Analyse the composition of the rape kits sent to Haïti.<br />They won't miss an occasion to kill babies there too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com