Act of Mercy

words by moiv posted February 7, 2006 - 4:07am

from Talk to Action

Duna, Ethiopia -- Yemmi Samta didn't know that her 14-year-old-daughter, Saron, was pregnant until she found her unconscious and bleeding profusely on the dirt floor of her ramshackle house.

Samta begged a neighbor to load Saron onto a donkey cart and take her to the nearest clinic, 12 miles away. But the girl died on the way from septicemia, a form of blood poisoning, and loss of blood caused by an illegal abortion.

"I held her and pleaded to God not to take her," Samta recalled. "God took her to his arms, and I saw the life go from her body."

Saron's death represents a staggering reality about women and mortality in Africa. African women have a 1 in 16 chance of dying while pregnant, according to a report released last month by the World Health Organization, the United Nations Population Fund and UNICEF.

And for the last five years, George W. Bush and his most reliable political backers '


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so sad...
Comment by bayprairie posted February 7, 2006 - 3:04pm

thank god the british people are standing up to the so-called "pro-life" cultists who are in control of this country. i salute the british and also the other, more rational nations of the world who help african women.

Binti Pamoja

...nobody takes care of them, they must take care of each other... Judy, 18


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Excuse me
Comment by lilithvol posted February 9, 2006 - 4:51pm

while I kiss my British husband...

There are a lot of people who say the Brits are just as bad as Americans and Tony Blair is just as bad as Bush and now I have another argument to disagree. The main difference between "us" and "them" is that they take care of their own people and recognize the need to care for other countries and their people too...while we just sit here watching reality tv and not giving a shit.

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