The honor code of Turkey's rural Yalvac district, normally dictated by men, was turned upside down by a woman who decapitated her alleged rapist and tossed his head into the square of the district's main village.
"That is the head of the one who toyed with my honor," Nevin Y. yelled as police arrested her.
The 26-year-old mother of two, whose full name has not been made public, claims she was blackmailed and raped for months by a man who made her pregnant, before she decided to seek revenge. She feared that if her rapist spread details of the attacks, her honor and the honor of her children would be compromised. Every day in Turkey women are killed or tortured for defying these codes.
For Nevin, the burden of honor hasn't ended. As she enters the fifth month of her pregnancy, she falls under the legal restriction that prohibits abortions after 10 weeks. Turkey's abortion debate has been re-sparked as Nevin pleas with authorities, saying she would rather die than give birth to the child of her attacker.
"The extremity of Nevin's actions show the extent of the trauma the rape has caused," says Dr. Gürsel Öztunalı Kayır of the Foundation for Women's Solidarity. " We shouldn't be distracted by the murder; if she wants to have an abortion following months of abuse, she should have the right."
If she's pregnant, it must not have been a legitimate rape.
The honor code of Turkey's rural Yalvac district, normally dictated by men, was turned upside down by a woman who decapitated her alleged rapist and tossed his head into the square of the district's main village.
"That is the head of the one who toyed with my honor," Nevin Y. yelled as police arrested her.
The 26-year-old mother of two, whose full name has not been made public, claims she was blackmailed and raped for months by a man who made her pregnant, before she decided to seek revenge. She feared that if her rapist spread details of the attacks, her honor and the honor of her children would be compromised. Every day in Turkey women are killed or tortured for defying these codes.
For Nevin, the burden of honor hasn't ended. As she enters the fifth month of her pregnancy, she falls under the legal restriction that prohibits abortions after 10 weeks. Turkey's abortion debate has been re-sparked as Nevin pleas with authorities, saying she would rather die than give birth to the child of her attacker.
"The extremity of Nevin's actions show the extent of the trauma the rape has caused," says Dr. Gürsel Öztunalı Kayır of the Foundation for Women's Solidarity. " We shouldn't be distracted by the murder; if she wants to have an abortion following months of abuse, she should have the right."
My friend is going to school for photography and her class got some press passes to go to the RNC yesterday. She snapped this one with her phone. WTF? I guess they don't care about the traumatic effect this could have on a small child who might see this driving down the street.
Click on the image if you really want to see it larger to get the full effect.
Hey, they are there to protect the unborn, after they are born?.........meh they have churches and charities for the riff raff harumph, yes, indeed, quite.
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My friend is going to school for photography and her class got some press passes to go to the RNC yesterday. She snapped this one with her phone. WTF? I guess they don't care about the traumatic effect this could have on a small child who might see this driving down the street.
Click on the image if you really want to see it larger to get the full effect.
"The Minority Report" and thoughtcrime is fiction; let's keep it that way. If you're a Catholic, don't force me to live as a Catholic.
Respect the Constitution. If you can muster enough votes to make an amendment, then give it a try. But until and unless there is a "no choice" amendment and/or separation of church and state is amended away, the Constitution as-is is still the highest law—obey it.
Who would have thought that two brilliant Al Jazeera women journalists would make the best new TV program on the politics of abortion out there. And who would guess that they pulled this off on the cusp of our presidential political conventions when the "issue" is at a boiling point. They have, they did. (...)
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Mar 30, 2012 - 8:12am
hippiechick wrote:
You are right, I was overstating. But if all women had access to birth control, if Plan B was readily available, if Planned Parenthood is supported, if children receive appropriate sex ed, etc.
'Zactly.
hippiechick
Did you ever grow anything in the garden of your mind?
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Mar 30, 2012 - 8:08am
cc_rider wrote:
Well, as a necessary medical procedure, we will always need abortions. There are a lot of ways to reduce the need for them, like, oh I don't know, maybe a little EDUCATION for starters. But there will always be instances where an abortion is the best, or the 'least bad' medical decision. And the fact remains, it is not anyone else's business.
You are right, I was overstating. But if all women had access to birth control, if Plan B was readily available, if Planned Parenthood is supported, if children receive appropriate sex ed, etc.
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Mar 30, 2012 - 8:05am
hippiechick wrote:
When the government stops interfering with a woman's right to determine her own choices, we will no longer need abortion.
Well, as a necessary medical procedure, we will always need abortions. There are a lot of ways to reduce the need for them, like, oh I don't know, maybe a little EDUCATION for starters. But there will always be instances where an abortion is the best, or the 'least bad' medical decision. And the fact remains, it is not anyone else's business.
hippiechick
Did you ever grow anything in the garden of your mind?
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Mar 30, 2012 - 7:53am
cc_rider wrote:
Thank you. I like to tell people "I wish there were not any abortions, but I know sometimes they are necessary, and in those cases it is none of my damn business".
There's an article somewhere about Doctor George Tiller and one of his patients. It's heartbreaking. Having an abortion was the least horrific thing in that little girl's life.
When the government stops interfering with a woman's right to determine her own choices, we will no longer need abortion.
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Mar 30, 2012 - 7:50am
kurtster wrote:
I will still call myself pro - choice. I am not pro - abortion or anti - abortion. Its just nobody's business but the woman's and her doctor's.
Thank you. I like to tell people "I wish there were not any abortions, but I know sometimes they are necessary, and in those cases it is none of my damn business".
There's an article somewhere about Doctor George Tiller and one of his patients. It's heartbreaking. Having an abortion was the least horrific thing in that little girl's life.
Last week, I wrote a post about how NPR identifies people who support or oppose abortion. It engendered a lively debate inside and outside NPR. Today, some top editors got together to review the 2005 policy and decided to no longer use "pro-choice" or "pro-life."
Here's the memo that was just distributed to all NPR staff:
"NPR News is revising the terms we use to describe people and groups involved in the abortion debate.
This updated policy is aimed at ensuring the words we speak and write are as clear, consistent and neutral as possible. This is important given that written text is such an integral part of our work.
On the air, we should use "abortion rights supporter(s)/advocate(s)" and "abortion rights opponent(s)" or derivations thereof (for example: "advocates of abortion rights"). It is acceptable to use the phrase "anti-abortion", but do not use the term "pro-abortion rights".
Digital News will continue to use the AP style book for online content, which mirrors the revised NPR policy.
Do not use "pro-life" and "pro-choice" in copy except when used in the name of a group. Of course, when the terms are used in an actuality they should remain."
Thanks David
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I will still call myself pro - choice. I am not pro - abortion or anti - abortion. Its just nobody's business but the woman's and her doctor's.
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