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'TO OPT FOR ABORTION IS JUST IGNORANCE': WHY SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION IS WIDESPREAD IN ARMENIA
epress.am
11.23.2011
A Law on Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights of Humans was
approved in Armenia in 2002 - according to its 10th article, women can
have an abortion up to 10 weeks into their pregnancy. That is, the law
prohibits abortions after 10 weeks, which is the most widespread as
it's possible to determine the fetus' sex only after the 12th week,
said Dr. Vahe Ter-Minasyan, speaking to reporters in the Armenian
capital today.
"More and more women are opting for abortion. Raising children in
such social conditions is becoming increasingly difficult. People want
to have a male child. If the first child is a girl, they undoubtedly
want the second to be a boy because they don't plan on having a third
child. A few years down the road we'll have a complex demographic
picture; that is, there will be more boys than girls," he said.
Dr. Ter-Minasyan also recalled the damage that an abortion can cause
to a woman's health. "To opt for an abortion is merely a question of
ignorance. If women and their husbands knew how much damage an abortion
causes to a woman's health, they would never choose it," he said.
Reverend Father Kyuregh Talyan of Surb Katoghike ("Holy Catholic")
Church in Jrvezh of the Kotayk Diocese, also present at the press
conference, spoke about Christianity's grounds for rejecting abortion.
"To justify such murder comes from a new religion prevailing in Europe
- the religion of 'human rights'," he said.
According to the priest, 4 million people have died as a result of
abortions - more so than in any war. Human life is the greatest value
before God, he continued, "even a small life of one who has not yet
come into this world."
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
epress.am
11.23.2011
A Law on Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights of Humans was
approved in Armenia in 2002 - according to its 10th article, women can
have an abortion up to 10 weeks into their pregnancy. That is, the law
prohibits abortions after 10 weeks, which is the most widespread as
it's possible to determine the fetus' sex only after the 12th week,
said Dr. Vahe Ter-Minasyan, speaking to reporters in the Armenian
capital today.
"More and more women are opting for abortion. Raising children in
such social conditions is becoming increasingly difficult. People want
to have a male child. If the first child is a girl, they undoubtedly
want the second to be a boy because they don't plan on having a third
child. A few years down the road we'll have a complex demographic
picture; that is, there will be more boys than girls," he said.
Dr. Ter-Minasyan also recalled the damage that an abortion can cause
to a woman's health. "To opt for an abortion is merely a question of
ignorance. If women and their husbands knew how much damage an abortion
causes to a woman's health, they would never choose it," he said.
Reverend Father Kyuregh Talyan of Surb Katoghike ("Holy Catholic")
Church in Jrvezh of the Kotayk Diocese, also present at the press
conference, spoke about Christianity's grounds for rejecting abortion.
"To justify such murder comes from a new religion prevailing in Europe
- the religion of 'human rights'," he said.
According to the priest, 4 million people have died as a result of
abortions - more so than in any war. Human life is the greatest value
before God, he continued, "even a small life of one who has not yet
come into this world."
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress