Cytotec (Misoprostol)

Why Abortion should be legal everywhere...yep, you read that right!

Now before you jump to conclusions, I want to say hey from St. Lucia. Take a deep breath, try not to judge and read on. I myself am a believer in life, all kinds, in utero and out!!! Let's go beyond the crap that women have the right to choose, because unless she was raped (which make up a very very small percent of abortions) she did choose. I met one such woman or maybe I should call her a girl, last week here in St. Lucia where abortion is illegal. Now, illegal doesn't mean its not done, it just means its done any way it can be. In this case the mother of 4 who was 24 I think bought pills off the street. These pills, knows as cytotec, are used for ulcers and in many places to induce labor. Here, they are prescribed for ulcers and sold on the street as an "abortion pill". The patient, who thought she was around 3 months pregnant thought long and hard. She has 4 children fathered by 4 different men who don't support them (her right), got a little tipsy at a party last year (also her right) and got knocked up without using birth control (again, her right). WHy didn't she use birth control we asked her....well, she told us, she didn't have a boyfriend so didn't see the need. Note that birth control here is about $5.00 US a month. Much less than the $100 per pill she paid (she bought and took 5 of them). This caused her to have "cramps and bleeding" for several days, and on day 5 she came to us. Sadly, she was not 3 months pregnant but 5-6. Somehow she did not realize that in her own words "the baby would be formed". What was born was a baby who had suffered greatly at the hands of his mother. He was dead, but a precious, perfect tiny little boy. He had all of his parts, and his hands and feet had all their digits. Not only was this woman uneducated, but by the time she made the decision to abort, raised the money to buy the pills, (money which would have gone quite a way in feeding her 4 children at home), and found a seller, she was farther along...

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