UAE legalises abortion
Another sign of progress: the UAE is finally legalising abortion:
"Abortion will be allowed in the country but under tough conditions,” said Dr Ali bin Shukar, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Health (MoH). “Applicants must have valid reasons."
He said his ministry has broadly reached a consensus with the Ministry of Justice and General Awqaf Authority to sanction abortion.
This will be a comfort to women who currently have to travel overseas to countries such as Egypt for terminations. Islam has always been quite progressive on abortion, with nearly all schools of law allowing it for situations of real need, such as endangerment to the mother's life.
"Abortion will be allowed in the country but under tough conditions,” said Dr Ali bin Shukar, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Health (MoH). “Applicants must have valid reasons."
He said his ministry has broadly reached a consensus with the Ministry of Justice and General Awqaf Authority to sanction abortion.
This will be a comfort to women who currently have to travel overseas to countries such as Egypt for terminations. Islam has always been quite progressive on abortion, with nearly all schools of law allowing it for situations of real need, such as endangerment to the mother's life.
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Another sign of progress: the UAE is finally legalising abortion:
hmmm... progress? really?!?
Yet another sign of rapid progress, MARG wants a revolution in the Middle East.
anonymous you have got to be kidding, whether or not you agree with abortion (and i'm more than happy to have that debate) you have to agree that a blanket ban including situations where the mother's life is in danger is something from the dark ages. Come on. It is 100% progress, and well done the UAE for taking that step.
and apologies for being anonymous as well, for some reason blogger hated me just then and refused to let me post under my name.
ap - could it be a Blogger beta issue? I know it's causing various problems at the moment. Eg Beta users can't join old-style communities yet.
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off the subject galadari has lost the case , is out of Khakeej times
"off the subject galadari has lost the case , is out of Khakeej times"
Can you explain more?
"off the subject galadari has lost the case , is out of Khakeej times"
you must be joking. galadari is out of KT,,,, WHAT?
SD,
General comment/question. I've noticed on my past several visits that the layout of your site has changed. The column on the right overlaps the blog (centre) covering some words. Can anything be done or is this courtesy of Etisalat?
Abortion was always allowed in Dubai...before you gasp and protest...it was legal for those who were pregnant, with the foetus diagnosed with thalassemia major.
The old DOHMS site had it removed, but some of the old brochures carried that line but due to it being misused, the line was taken off.
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And off subject: What do you mean Anon 20.34 that MadMan is out of KT? He owns it...unless he lost the case... Plz explain yourself.
OMG! That is what you have written...my bad. But there's nothing in the papers. are u sure?
well ap, sd, etc. abortion can be viewed in many ways, healh wise for women, etc. but all in all, abortion is still murder... and it is not what you say it is, 'progress'... well women, guess what, you can sleep around and get pregnant.. oh dont you worry about the baby... UAE has allowed you to abort that little shit... and hey! forget the 'after morning' pill you get for aed 1000.. just sleep around and you can kill baby now in the UAE...
This is very good news, and definitely a sign of progress. More steps like this would go a long way in showing people from the Far West (read 'Americans') that we aren't scimitar-wielding morons who chop off hands for stealing apples.
What's the latest on this Galadari rumor? Anyone??
Abortion has always been legal here as long as the foetus was not compatible with life (like no brain etc) or if the mothers health is at serious risk.
The only other way to get one would be to go to the hospital as soon as you have missed your monthly, so you would be approx 4 weeks pregnant and to set your LMP date back 6 weeks, when they do a scan they will find no heartbeat.....pronounce it a non-viable pregnancy (they will assume you should be 10 weeks) and the job gets done. I know 2 people who have manged that one.
"Applicants must have valid reasons."
Is PREGNANCY a valid enough reason?
The idea that this is progress is laughable. It is a barbarism of an ancient world that would have been phased out long ago were it not tagged on the back of the popular womens rights movement as an afterthought with arguments that even the most ardent of pro-choicers do not listen to when they are applied to any other situation bar abortion.
Child abuse being ok because it is your child is an outdated argument, and when child abuse laws were tightened that was progress. This is taking that argument all over again and saying "Maybe this time it's ok".
As far as I know abortion has always been legalised under circumstances but that doesnt include the women changing her mood not wanting a baby.
Where's SD gone?
Where's SD gone?
Right here right now. And for the record, I'm a 100% pro-choicer.
Oops, firefox was giving me your page from the cache. So I was not getting your recent posts. btw, I had subscribed to you, but I haven't got a any post in my inbox.
- Anon @08:57
btw, I had subscribed to you, but I haven't got a any post in my inbox.
The post subscription is the one in the left hand column, and they come from Feedblitz (so maybe your spam filter is eating them?)
The subscription in the right hand column is for a new (and so far really dreadful) publication that I haven't released yet.
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