Legalize abortions

August 8, 2011Posted inHealth31 Comments
Last month I posted a poll asking if abortion should be legalized in our country. Thank you for participating in the poll. And thank you for your views, both for and against legalizing abortion. 55% of you said yes, abortion should be legalized. 38% of you said no, abortion should not be legalized. And 7% of you said, “I don’t know”. I don’t know. That, apparently, is the government’s position too – they don’t seem to know. When asked about abortions, the prime minister reportedly accepted that our laws are “causing certain problems and deaths to mothers.” He added…

An inconvenient truth

July 15, 2011Posted inHealth39 Comments
Last week, on the 8th of July, Bhutan Today reported that the Phuentsholing hospital received four post abortion complication cases in just one month. All the abortions had been performed across the border, in Jaigon. All four cases were life-threatening. This week, on the 14th of July, Kuensel reported that a young woman died in Phuentsholing hospital from post abortion complications. The abortion had been performed on the 11th of July, in Jaigon, just three days after the Bhutan Today article. Many of our women have lost their lives attempting abortions. Many, many more have suffered life-threatening complications caused…