In Brazil, a 9-year-old chooses to have an abortion when impregnated with twins by her stepfather. Doctors believed it was critical for her to get the abortion due to health dangers.
However, the Roman Catholic Church found it unnecessary and rather a blessing the young girl was pregnant with twins. They then decided to excommunicate the family due to their actions against "God's laws." They also banned the doctors who operated on the young girl.
Abortion is illegal in Brazil unless certain circumstance apply, which they did. So why is the country deeply offended of the child's act? The girl was nine and considered to have "immature hips" making the labor quite challenging. Religious beliefs aside, the family did the right thing and it was all legal. My only concern would be the stepfather's actions and how come the church isn't taking a bigger notice on that?
Now, like most people know, world issues are definitely the world's issues. When someone else's eyes are looking at a situation from afar, things tend to be stretched.
My point is this. If we do decide to put our two cents into society's manners, let's be critical of it. In other words, careful on how we analyze manners. What the church did was fine, but to criticize someone else's view on their own issues is sort of... rude. Silly perhaps, but I find it incredibly unfortunate the family had to go through such hatred because of their decisions as a family. Yes, we have a right to say what we please and put our pocket change in there if we like, but there comes a point of common decency.
Beliefs aside, the girl was nine! A minor laboring twins is outrageous enough. Abortion is a controversy that will never be settled, but our attitudes alone can. No support came to this family, and even if something is not to your liking, a decision has been made and the best a person can do is accept. Whether it's household issues or societies problems, we have a duty as people to come together and make the best of these situations.
However, the Roman Catholic Church found it unnecessary and rather a blessing the young girl was pregnant with twins. They then decided to excommunicate the family due to their actions against "God's laws." They also banned the doctors who operated on the young girl.
Abortion is illegal in Brazil unless certain circumstance apply, which they did. So why is the country deeply offended of the child's act? The girl was nine and considered to have "immature hips" making the labor quite challenging. Religious beliefs aside, the family did the right thing and it was all legal. My only concern would be the stepfather's actions and how come the church isn't taking a bigger notice on that?
Now, like most people know, world issues are definitely the world's issues. When someone else's eyes are looking at a situation from afar, things tend to be stretched.
My point is this. If we do decide to put our two cents into society's manners, let's be critical of it. In other words, careful on how we analyze manners. What the church did was fine, but to criticize someone else's view on their own issues is sort of... rude. Silly perhaps, but I find it incredibly unfortunate the family had to go through such hatred because of their decisions as a family. Yes, we have a right to say what we please and put our pocket change in there if we like, but there comes a point of common decency.
Beliefs aside, the girl was nine! A minor laboring twins is outrageous enough. Abortion is a controversy that will never be settled, but our attitudes alone can. No support came to this family, and even if something is not to your liking, a decision has been made and the best a person can do is accept. Whether it's household issues or societies problems, we have a duty as people to come together and make the best of these situations.
