Abortion in México
Along last week a 15 year old girl went to a mexican hospital to have her pregnancy terminated. For some reason which I know not about, she went along with her mother and both stated that she was only 10 weeks into her pregnancy. The physician agreed and trusted mainly the mother and performed the abortion, but the fetus did not come out and it was when he needed to perform more complicated procedures that he realized that the girl was not 10 weeks but way past her 16th. She had a severe shock and blood loss and died.The physician was punished and the parents are now suing the hospital and the entire government. Pro-Life groups state that this is the best evidence that abortion is a bad thing, against God and the whole nine yards. But there is so much more to that!!
First: Why did the mother tell that she was FOR SURE 10 weeks into her pregnancy? Wouldn't it have been better if she just said: "We do not know" or "I do not know"? If anyone's to blame for the teenager's death should be the mother first and then the girl herself. She could have alerted the physician or gone way before she fulfilled the 16th week.
Now, the problem that lies beneath is the fact that most teenagers are left "hanging" by their partners: Teenage or adult boys and men who led them to believe in marriage and a happy family. Mexican families are still strong in family values though the itch of teenhood is just as live as in any other country. But here the girls and the boys see their parents split the chores: The father that leaves for work and gets into the "provider" rol and the mother that stays home and deals with the raising of the children. The problem lies when the girls get pregnant and the parents do not react as they should: DRama sets in. the father that blames the lack of supervision of the mother and the bad influences of their friends and the mother that resents the child for not having enough confindence in her to come and seek for guidance while having sex.
Of course, in México it is not "approved" for young teenagers to start having sex. But both parents know that this is something that will eventually happen and try to cope the best way they believe to benefit all the family members. This brings us back to the girl and her mother.
Most likely the teenager lied to her parents while she was trying to figure out with her boyfriend what to do, but the fact remains that she lied! if she lied to her mother expecting the mother to believe in her blindly this is not a feasible argument. Considering the size of predicament in what she was ASSUMiNG that she lied to her mother, no mother Mexican or otherwise would believe in her daughter's sayings that blindly. and thus she would have stated so to the physician giving him a heads up and allowing him to perform the necesary tests.
But if the case was different, let's say that it was the parents who took their time fighting each other and blaming each other for the misjudgment of the daughter and then failed to take her in time and opportunity, then THEY lied to the doctor hoping he would trust them, after all, they were supposed to be on the lookout for the girl's wealthfare. Then, once again, it's not the problem of the doctor.
We all expect that our physicians become angels of Mercy, to rescue us when we are in pain and hurting. and when they fail because we LIED to them or neglected to give them all the facts, then we want to burn them at the stake. They are not mind readers nor they are flawless. They are men and women who have flaws and mistakes and other responsabilities and lives outside of the offices and hospitales where we visited them. Seeking to punish the doctor is just wrong and ufair.
The same goes in regards of the abortion. Pregnancy termination is not a bad thing. It can be the most healthy thing that manking can make for its own survival. But that will come in a different coffee rambling.
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