Marzo 2012: asuntos de aborto y género

Recuerdo del primer mensaje :

México: adolescente canalla a la cárcel por abortar:

http://www.forosperu.net/showthread.php?t=302287

Chile: seis castigados por feticidio:

http://www.forosperu.net/showthread.php?t=302290

Aguirre afirma que la nueva Ley del Aborto dejará los tres supuestos y apoya las palabras de Gallardón

Madrid | 08/03/2012 - 11:24h

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MADRID, 7 (EUROPA PRESS)

La presidenta de la Comunidad de Madrid, Esperanza Aguirre, ha afirmado este jueves que la nueva Ley sobre interrupción voluntaria del embarazo dejará los tres supuestos e incorporará unos plazos para abortar en dichos casos y ha manifestado que apoya las palabras del ministro de Justicia, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, en la que habló de "violencia estructural" sobre la mujer.

En una entrevista concedida a la cadena Cope y recogida por Europa Press, Aguirre ha señalado que decir que el aborto es un derecho es "una falsedad como un templo", ya que lo considera como "un fracaso inmenso por parte de la mujer en todos los supuestos". Eso sí, no cree que haya que meter a nadie en la cárcel por abortar.

La presidenta regional ha apoyado las palabras pronunciadas ayer por el ministro de Justicia, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, que afirmó que existe una "violencia estructural" que conduce a algunas mujeres a interrumpir su embarazo. "Es verdad que muchas veces los hombres o los chicos jóvenes son los que no quieren ser responsables", ha manifestado.

Además, Aguirre ha recordado la ayuda a estas mujeres para que puedan llevar adelante su embarazo por parte de la Comunidad es "constante" y que el cambio de Ley que hizo el anterior Gobierno socialista "no le convence nada". "Lo que no es posible que con la anterior ley hay los abortos practicados de hasta ocho meses, que son asesinatos", ha concluido.

Vikas Kahol Chandigarh, March 31, 2012 | UPDATED 12:11 IST
Akali mom guilty of abortion not killing
Tags: Akali mom guilty of abortion not killing | CBI | Punjab cabinet minister Bibi Jagir Kaur | Parkash Singh Badal government | Harpreet Kaur | Kamaljit
Punjab minister Bibi Jagir Kaur
Powerful Punjab minister Bibi Jagir Kaur broke down in court after the verdict.
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The law caught up with Punjab cabinet minister Bibi Jagir Kaur for the mysterious death of her teenaged daughter Harpreet Kaur 12 years ago.

A fortnight after she was sworn in as the lone woman minister in the Parkash Singh Badal government, a special CBI court in Patiala on Friday convicted her and sentenced her to five years in jail. She was arrested and sent to Patiala central jail.

Kaur, the minister for rural water supply and sanitation and defence services in the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP government, resigned from the cabinet. She was found guilty of criminal conspiracy, illegal confinement and involvement in the forceful abortion of her daughter's 27-week foetus. The court, however, didn't find her guilty of murder.

Kaur, a powerful politician in Punjab and considered close to the chief minister, was made a cabinet minister on March 14. Being a former Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president (in 1999-2000 and in 2004), she has a sizeable hold over Sikh religious affairs.

CBI counsel R.K. Handa said the judge examined and accepted evidence against Kaur and the other accused for kidnapping, wrongful confinement and terminating Harpreet's pregnancy. In its chargesheet, the CBI had claimed that Kaur sought the help of a doctor to suggest the poison to kill her daughter.

Her slain daughter Harpreet and her husband Kamaljit in happier times.
But no one was convicted for the murder. The court also held Paramjit Singh, Dalwinder Kaur Dhesi and Nishan Singh guilty of kidnapping and wrongful confinement of Harpreet.

Paramjit and Dalwinder are from Phagwara, while Nishan Singh was Kaur's official escort. Dalwinder and Paramjit were convicted for "terminating" Harpreet's pregnancy without her consent.

Harpreet aka Rosy died mysteriously on April 20, 2000. She was cremated at Begowal -Kaur's native village in the Kapurthala district - a day after her death without an autopsy.

Harpreet's husband Kamaljit Singh, who was 21 when the murder took place, had alleged that his wife had angered her mother and other family members by secretly marrying him. Kamaljit, also from Begowal, belonged to a lower caste. He met Harpreet during a campaign for the Shiromani Akali Dal and they fell in love. The duo married without Kaur's consent.

He moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court a week after the murder alleging that Harpreet, who was six months pregnant at the time of her death, was murdered at the behest of her mother at Phagwara, an industrial town 20 km from Jalandhar. The court called for a CBI probe.

Kamaljit alleged that their unborn child was forcibly aborted a month before Harpreet's murder adding that he had "irrefutable documentary and photographic evidence" of pregnancy and their wedding.

The case took several curious turns with even Kamaljit turning "hostile" in February 2010. He later said he was under pressure.

The incident caused immense embarrassment to the Badal government. Congress state president Capt. Amarinder Singh hailed the verdict.


Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/akali-mom-guilty-of-abortion-not-killing-bibi-jagir-kaur/1/182460.html

Woman dies during illegal abortion, hubby gets 10 yrs' RI
PTI | 01:03 PM,Mar 31,2012

Balasore (Odisha), Mar 31 (PTI) A local court has sentenced a man to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for carrying out illegal abortion of his wife leading to her death. Pronouncing the judgement, additional district sessions judge of fast-track court, Balasore, R K Sahu yesterday also slapped a fine of Rs 5,000 on convict Kanhucharan Jena of Anantapur under Soro police station. The prosecution said Jena had forced his wife Subasini Moharana to undergo abortion in 1999 even after six months of pregnancy. In another case, a former ASI of police was sentenced to three years RI along with Rs 10,000 fine and in default of payment four months more by the special vigilance court here yesterday. Convict Bibhutibhusan Nayak was caught while taking a bribe of Rs 4,000 from one person to drop a case against him in 2001 when the former was posted in Bhandraripokhari police station in Bhadrak.

Why Arizona’s New Anti-Abortion Bill Is Worse Than It Seems

By Amanda Peterson Beadle on Mar 30, 2012 at 5:10 pm

The Arizona Senate approved a measure that bans abortions in the state after 20 weeks, joining a handful of states that have passed the same measure. Republicans argue 20 weeks is the point in gestation at which a fetus can feel pain — a widely disputed claim — but Democrats argue that setting an “arbitrary” deadline could prevent doctors from diagnosing fetal abnormalities.

And it turns out that Arizona’s definition of 20 weeks into a pregnancy is even more restrictive than the 20 week abortion restrictions that six other states have approved. As Mother Jones’ Kate Sheppard points out, the legislation “states that the gestational age of the fetus should be ‘calculated from the first day of the last menstrual period of the pregnant woman,’” which means that the bill could ban abortions at 18 weeks:

Most women ovulate about 14 or 15 days after their period starts, and women can usually get pregnant from sexual intercourse that occured anywhere between five days before ovulation and a day after it. Arizona’s law would start the clock at a woman’s last period—which means, in practice, that the law prohibits abortion later than 18 weeks after a woman actually becomes pregnant. [...]

Although it includes exceptions if the pregnancy poses a threat to the life of the woman, there are no exceptions if, for instance, the fetus is found to have a life-threatening condition or other severe impairment. Banning abortions at the 18-week mark would also preclude women from obtaining information about the condition of the fetus, as many medical tests are either not performed or are not conclusive at that early date.

The bill doesn’t stop there. Under this law, if a doctor performs an abortion after that 18-weeks, he or she can be charged with a crime, have his or her license revoked or suspended, and can be held liable for civil penalties if the father of the fetus decides to pursue legal action. The bill also requires a mandatory ultrasound for anyone seeking an abortion at any stage of pregnancy (hello, transvaginal probes) and mandates that a doctor offer to show a pregnant woman the ultrasound, describe it to her verbally and provide her with a photo of “the unborn child.” It would also require a woman to wait 24 hours after the ultrasound before she can obtain an abortion.

Now, Arizona’s restrictive abortion ban heads back to the state House for final approval. Along with the six that already have the measure, eight other states also considered the same abortion restriction this year. The Georgia legislature approved its version yesterday.

Despite claims by Arizona Republicans that banning abortion after 20 weeks is good for the mothers’ health, these states are enacting policies that only serve to further limit women’s access to abortions. Tossing up roadblocks like requiring ultrasounds does not change women’s minds before they have an abortion, and banning abortions after a set point for arbitrary reason only prevents women from making decisions about their own health.