Physical Consequences after abortion

[amicus]

http://www.4abortion.net/ingles/physical_consequences_after_abor.htm

Physical Consequences after abortion
• DEATH
• BREAST CANCER
• CERVICAL, OVARIAN, AND LIVER CANCER
• UTERINE PERFORATION
• CERVICAL LACERATIONS
• PLACENTA PREVIA
• COMPLICATIONS OF LABOR
• HANDICAPPED NEWBORNS IN LATER PREGNANCIES
• ECTOPIC PREGNANCY
• PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE (PID)
• ENDOMETRITIS
• IMMEDIATE COMPLICATIONS
• INCREASED RISKS FOR WOMEN SEEKING MULTIPLE ABORTIONS
• LOWER GENERAL HEALTH
• INCREASED RISK FOR CONTRIBUTING HEALTH RISK FACTORS
• INCREASED RISKS FOR TEENAGERS

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DEATH:

According to the best record based study of deaths followingpregnancy and abortion, a 1997 government funded study in Finland, women who abort are approximately four times more likely to diein the following year than women who carry their pregnancies to term.

In addition, women who carry to term are only half as likely to die as women who were not pregnant.(16)

The Finland researchers found that compared to women who carried to term, women who aborted in the year prior to their deaths were 60 percent more likely to die of natural causes, seven times more likely to die of suicide, four times more likely to die of injuries related to accidents, and 14 times more likely to die from homicide.

Researchers believe the higher rate of deaths related to accidents and homicide may be linked to higher rates of suicidal or risk-taking behavior.(16)

The leading causes of abortion related maternal deaths within a week of the surgery are hemorrhage, infection, embolism, anesthesia, and undiagnosed ectopic pregnancies.

Legal abortion is reported as the fifth leading cause of maternal death in the United States, though in fact it is recognized that most abortion related deaths are not officially
reported as such.(2)

BREAST CANCER:

There is strong evidence that abortion increases the risk of breast cancer. A study of more than 1,800 women appearing in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute in 1994 found that overall, women having abortions increased their risk of getting breast cancer before age 45 by 50%.

For women under 18 with no previous pregnancies, having an abortion after the 8th week increased the risk of breast cancer 800%. Women with a family history of breast cancer fared even worse. All 12 women participating in the study who had abortions before 18 and had a family history of breast cancer themselves got cancer before age 45.

The risk of breast cancer almost doubles after one abortion, and rises even further with two or more abortions.(3)

CERVICAL, OVARIAN, AND LIVER CANCER:

Women with one abortion face a 2.3 relative risk of cervical cancer, compared to non-aborted women, and women with two or more abortions face a 4.92 relative risk.

Similar elevated risks of ovarian and liver cancer have also been linked to single and multiple abortions. These increased cancer rates for post-aborted women are apparently linked to the unnatural disruption of the hormonal changes which accompany pregnancy and untreated cervical damage.(4)

UTERINE PERFORATION:

Between 2 and 3% of all abortion patients may suffer perforation of their uterus, yet most of these injuries will remain undiagnosed and untreated unless laparoscopic visualization is performed.(5)

Such an examination may be useful when beginning an abortion malpractice suit. The risk of uterine perforation is increased for women who have previously given birth and for those who receive general anesthesia at the time of the abortion.(6)

Uterine damage may result in complications in later pregnancies and may eventually evolve into problems which require a hysterectomy, which itself may result in a number of additional complications and injuries including osteoporosis.

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This is a follow-up to a previous Thread, "Consequences of Sodomy", to illustrate clear and present dangers to certain behaviors practiced by advocates of Homosexuality and Abortion.

As the moral and ethical arguments opposed to such behavior are ill received, perhaps the actual phyical results of high risk behavior might find a better audience and may in fact prevent a tragedy.

The first four topics as they appeared in the article are presented above, for further information on the topics listed above:

http://www.4abortion.net/ingles/physical_consequences_after_abor.htm

Kayword Search: Consequences of Abortion

The numbers (6) following some statements are documented by notation at the end of the article.

Amicus

 

[Carnevil9]

You might as well forget about it, Amicus. To the modern Liberal, abortion is not merely acceptable, it is a freakin' sacrament. Up there with Holy Communion, Confirmation, and Holy Orders.

No, scratch that. It is much higher on their list than any of those. It is the ultimate good. And you aren't going to convince any of them otherwise.......Carney

 

[amicus]

You might as well forget about it, Amicus. To the modern Liberal, abortion is not merely acceptable, it is a freakin' sacrament. Up there with Holy Communion, Confirmation, and Holy Orders.

No, scratch that. It is much higher on their list than any of those. It is the ultimate good. And you aren't going to convince any of them otherwise.......Carney

~~~

Perhaps, Carnevil, perhaps. But also perhaps a younger generation, with the true faith of the Progressive Left, that they know best, a presentation of the dangers inherent in both abortion and homosexuality might give pause to certain risk behavior.

I considered it worth the hour or so research and preparation if the stark reality of abortion is made clear to some.

Ami

 

[bronzeage]

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Perhaps, Carnevil, perhaps. But also perhaps a younger generation, with the true faith of the Progressive Left, that they know best, a presentation of the dangers inherent in both abortion and homosexuality might give pause to certain risk behavior.

I considered it worth the hour or so research and preparation if the stark reality of abortion is made clear to some.

Ami

A cost benefit analysis is in order. There are inherent risks in pregnancy and child birth.

If we assume homosexuals are less likely to become pregnant (remember, since they can't reproduce, they must recruit) they escape the dangers of abortions and childbirth.

This would seem to make homosexuality the safer of the choices.

 

[amicus]

A cost benefit analysis is in order. There are inherent risks in pregnancy and child birth.

If we assume homosexuals are less likely to become pregnant (remember, since they can't reproduce, they must recruit) they escape the dangers of abortions and childbirth.

This would seem to make homosexuality the safer of the choices.[/QUOTE]

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Your logic is flawed, bronzeage; for example, risk taking by having unprotected sex with a known HIV positive partner might be compared to anal sex and the risk of hemorrhoids, one of which can be fatal, the other, rather an inconvenience.

Risk taking is an uniquely human trait; cognitive, involving conscious intellectual activity, decisions, by young men mostly, to climb mountains, sail oceans, sky-dive, et cetera, all involve varying degrees of risk to life and limb.

An essential value to life itself is the overt knowledge that one can lose one's life, or suffer severe injury, by extreme risk taking adventures; that knowledge, thsoe experiences, create a sense of life that viscerally demonstrates the value of life.

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I include issues five and six of the Consequences of Abortion:



CERVICAL LACERATIONS:

Significant cervical lacerations requiring sutures occur in at least one percent of first trimester abortions. Lesser lacerations, or micro fractures, which would normally not be treated may also result in long term reproductive damage. Latent post-abortion cervical damage may result in subsequent cervical incompetence, premature delivery, and complications of labor. The risk of cervical damage is greater for teenagers, for second trimester abortions, and when practitioners fail to use laminaria for dilation of the cervix.(7)

PLACENTA PREVIA:

Abortion increases the risk of placenta previa in later pregnancies (a life threatening condition for both the mother and her wanted pregnancy) by seven to fifteen fold. Abnormal development of the placenta due to uterine damage increases the risk of fetal malformation, perinatal death, and excessive bleeding during labor.(8)

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I am a heavy smoker, cigarettes, cigars and pipe, since the bleeding hearts of social manipulation have raised the price of tobacco by more than a thousand percent, to dissuade me from my enjoyable habit; please receive the above as expressing a concern about other, 'risk taking' human actions made by free choice.



Amicus

 

[amicus]

COMPLICATIONS OF LABOR:

Women who had one, two, or more previous induced abortions are, respectively, 1.89, 2.66, or 2.03 times more likely to have a subsequent pre-term delivery, compared to women who carry to term. Prior induced abortion not only increased the risk of premature delivery, it also increased the risk of delayed delivery. Women who had one, two, or more induced abortions are, respectively, 1.89, 2.61, and 2.23 times more likely to have a post-term delivery (over 42 weeks).(17) Pre-term delivery increases the risk of neo-natal death and handicaps.

Pregnancy problems

Cervical damage from previously induced abortions increase the risks of miscarriage, premature birth, and complications of labor during later pregnancies by 300 - 500 percent.1,2,4,7 The reproductive risks of abortion are especially acute for women who abort their first pregnancies. A major study of first pregnancy abortions found that 48% of women experienced abortion-related complications in later pregnancies. Women in this group experienced 2.3 miscarriages for every one live birth.4 Yet another researcher found that among teenagers who aborted their first pregnancies, 66% subsequently experienced miscarriages or premature birth of their second, "wanted" pregnancies.6

When the risks of increased pregnancy loss are projected on the population as a whole, it is estimated that aborted women lose 100,000 "wanted" pregnancies each year because of latent abortion morbidity.5

In addition, premature births, complications of labor, and abnormal development of the placenta, all of which can result from latent abortion morbidity, are leading causes of handicaps among newborns.3

Looking at premature deliveries alone, it is estimated that latent abortion morbidity results in 3000 cases of acquired cerebral palsy among newborns each year. 5,7

Finally, since these pregnancy problems pose a threat to the health of the mothers too, women who have had abortions face a 58 percent greater risk of dying during a later pregnancy.5

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Perhaps the time has arrived when the 'Pro Choice' contingent consider revising their opinions and advocacy of abortion as a birth control method.

Amicus

 

[Stella_Omega]

Sorry charlie, no dice.

 

[bronzeage]

Sorry charlie, no dice.

This is a tricky question so I asked Ayn Rand what abortion meant to her. I was expected some sort of strange table of statistics, but she was pretty straight forward on the subject.

An embryo has no rights. Rights do not pertain to a potential, 
only to an actual being. A child cannot acquire any rights 
until it is born. The living take precedence over the not-yet-living
(or the unborn).

Abortion is a moral right—which should be left to the sole 
discretion of the woman involved; morally, nothing other
 than her wish in the matter is to be considered. Who can 
conceivably have the right to dictate to her what disposition 
she is to make of the functions of her own body?

 

[amicus]

Bronzeage:

This is a tricky question so I asked Ayn Rand what abortion meant to her. I was expected some sort of strange table of statistics, but she was pretty straight forward on the subject.

Ayn Rand:

An embryo has no rights. Rights do not pertain to a potential,
only to an actual being. A child cannot acquire any rights
until it is born. The living take precedence over the not-yet-living
(or the unborn).

Abortion is a moral right—which should be left to the sole
discretion of the woman involved; morally, nothing other
than her wish in the matter is to be considered. Who can
conceivably have the right to dictate to her what disposition
she is to make of the functions of her own body?

~~~

The 'final solution' reached by the Germans to deal with Gypsies and Jews and other less than Aryan peoples, suffered from a faulty premise, as does Ayn Rand's conclusion above.

Rand is in error on a moral, ethical and scientific basis. The ignorance of science is understandable as the technology to view in utero growth and development was not available to her.

Her more serious error, and one she should not have made, has to deal with definitions, as she was quick to criticize those who did not defne the terms they used.

If you hold the 'belief' that abortion is a moral act, then read no further. If you are open to a rational, objective approach to the subject, then, by all means, read on.

At the instant of conception, when sperm and egg meet and merge, two unique lines of human reproduction genetically date back to the origins of the species.

All the eggs a woman has to discharge once a month following puberty, were with her at birth; all containing the entire line of genes and chromosomes that are uniquely hers and no others.

The time of fertility is limited to a few precious days each month and essentially, for a few precious years in the life of every woman. Thus one must conclude that there is inherent value when egg and sperm meet and create a totally new, separate and unique combination of the mixture of two lines of genes and chromosomes that merge.

I will allude to the monumental journey of that single spermatozoon, one of millions in a given situation, that finally succeeds the trials and tribulations to fulfill its' destiny.

Superficially, conception seems an all to easy task, yet there are millions of couples unable to conceive for a variety of reasons. This too, adds inherent value to conception.

There is also the value of a sexual relationship between two consenting, knowledgeable individuals and the psychological necessity of taking reponsibility for ones' actions.

If Rand's logic is carried to its' ultimate conclusion, then even a newborn child remains only a 'potential' human life as it is totally dependent on others for sustenance.

That microscopic entity that is created at conception may be discarded as not possessing 'life', depending on how one defines human life; but one does so with risks that few consider.

If the value of sexual intercourse is devalued to a matter of recreational exercise and promiscuity becomes acceptable social behavior, as it has, wherein lies the true value of the act?

Let me offer something vaguely anecdotal as an example:

Supposing there is a teen-aged couple, deeply in love, sharing a life in college, fully aware of the consequences of their actions, who discover they have created a problem for themselves by an unexpected and unplanned pregnancy. Not an unusual circumstance; it probably happens all the time.

Let us further suppose, that after much conversation, they mutually decide upon an abortion. Case closed; right?

Wrong.

Further suppose that the decision was made because the couple felt they were too young to begin a family and that a child would limit and perhaps eliminate a further education for both. Again, not an unusual set of rationalizations.

The psychological consequences of an abortion are not mere heresay; each partner is fully aware of the aftermath and learn, the hard way, that they have mutually agreed to an act that would destroy their relationship forever, and have further unforeseen physical consequences.

Let us suppose the teenage girl, as the years went by, suffered recurring Ovarian Cysts, attributable to the abortion procedure. Carry it further to where she is forced to have one ovary removed in a medical emergency. Again, not an unusual consequence of the abortion procedure.

Then the psychological reality sets in when she acknowledges that she may no longer be capable of conception. A lost love, a child that never was and perhaps never will be; all consequences of a single decision, mutually made and considered a moral act.

For those of you who glibly proclaim to have provided your child with sex education, the easy availability of birth control prescriptions and devices and a casual attitude concerning pre marital sexual relations, I ask you to consider the possible consequences of the advice you give.

Aside from the possible physical and psychological consequences, perhaps one should concern ones' self with the moral and ethical implications of the conscious termination of a pregnancy. There is more at stake than one might think and I predict that there are many on this forum alone who could relate similar consequences.

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http://www.4abortion.net/ingles/phys...after_abor.htm

INCREASED RISK FOR CONTRIBUTING HEALTH RISK FACTORS:

Abortion is significantly linked to behavioral changes such as promiscuity, smoking, drug abuse, and eating disorders which all contribute to increased risks of health problems. For example, promiscuity and abortion are each linked to increased rates of PID and ectopic pregnancies. Which contributes most is unclear, but apportionment may be irrelevant if the promiscuity is itself a reaction to post- abortion trauma or loss of self esteem.
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INCREASED RISKS FOR TEENAGERS:

Teenagers, who account for about 30 percent of all abortions, are also at much high risk of suffering many abortion related complications. This is true of both immediate complications, and of long-term reproductive damage.(14)

Amicus

 

[Handley_Page]

Proper little ray of sunshine today, ain't ya ?

 

[amicus]

Proper little ray of sunshine today, ain't ya ?

~~~

Hello, Handley Page, could be, my friend, if my words inspire just one person to take a moral stance on the value of human life.

Think about it.

Amicus

 

[squarejohn]

This abortion argument has been going on for decades, with neither side gaining or losing a millimeter of ground. Persuasion, by use of carefully reasoned argument, is not going to work. Ordinarily, in human affairs, when reason fails, force is employed, and to the victor go the spoils.

Another option is available, however. That is for both sides to practice tolerance. Tolerance of an opposing point of view is all that is required.

 

[JamesSD]

"An embryo has no rights. Rights do not pertain to a potential, only to an actual being. A child cannot acquire any rights until it is born. The living take precedence over the not-yet-living (or the unborn).

Abortion is a moral right—which should be left to the sole discretion of the woman involved; morally, nothing other than her wish in the matter is to be considered. Who can conceivably have the right to dictate to her what disposition she is to make of the functions of her own body?"

Ayn Rand
“Of Living Death,”
The Voice of Reason, 58–59.

...

Oh jeez, Amicus's head just exploded. Someone get a mop.

 

[Handley_Page]

~~~

Hello, Handley Page, could be, my friend, if my words inspire just one person to take a moral stance on the value of human life.

Think about it.

Amicus

I think I am fortunate in being a man. I don't have the dichotomy of moral, religious or legal stance. I'll support any family member who has to have it done (given the medical requirements). Other than that; "it's her choice".

 

[amicus]

This abortion argument has been going on for decades, with neither side gaining or losing a millimeter of ground. Persuasion, by use of carefully reasoned argument, is not going to work. Ordinarily, in human affairs, when reason fails, force is employed, and to the victor go the spoils.

Another option is available, however. That is for both sides to practice tolerance. Tolerance of an opposing point of view is all that is required.

~~~

Tolerance is a wise tool when fundamental moral premises are not involved. Political tolerance and compromise is what allows government to function.

The 'sanctity' of human life is originally a religious concept that life was created by God, a gift, so to speak. That worked well when religion set the moral tone and guidelines of what is good and bad, moral and immoral. It is still the guiding factor for a billion or so Catholics to whom belief in divine interpretation was settled doctrine.

Rational people long ago questioned the efficacy of faith in determining moral premises and began to queston the infallibility of the Church and properly so.

With Humanitarianism, relative and situational ethics, absolute moral premises, those held by formal religion were questioned and ultimately dismissed as indefensible.

Philosophy followed suit with Existentialism and Logical Positivism by affirming the absence of any moral absolute or imperative, concerning human actions and responsibility. A poor excuse, in my opinion, for a reasoned argument or discussion on basic moral behavior. It has become an 'anything goes', there is no right or wrong, morality is an individual concept with all individuals having eqaual merit in their opinions concedrning moral issues.

One cannot rationally be called upon to be 'tolerant' of such travesties as genocide, ethnic cleansing or the oppression of women under Islamic law. By most rational standards these things are morally reprehensible, wrong and evil.

One cannot be called upon to rationally be tolerant of the pre meditated taking of the life of an innocent unborn child. The act is a rejection of all things humans define as moral, right; and a rejection of the value of human life at its' most vulnerable stage.

Although they may not voice their opposition to abortion, statistics indicate that well over half of all people, even on this forum, reject abortion as a means of birth control and a convenient disposal of responsibility for one's own actions.

Human life is the fundamental, seminal value in all societies that protect the innate and unalienable right to lfe that is axiomatic and the foundation for all other values that humans cherish.

It is not mere 'potential' when sperm meets egg and a totally new and unique human life is created; it is the very beginning of life and has all the rights that every other human being is possess of from the moment of conception forward.

To JamesSD, I think it was you who noted my difference from Ayn Rand on the issue and if you scroll back you will find I addressed that difference in a rational manner.

37 years after Roe V Wade, 1973, became law, the issue is still one of the most controversial of all. Yet you seem to treat it as settled law and you righteously defend the reproductive rights of women without ever addressing the basic nature of the issue; that of human life and when it begins.

I have listed some of the known medical facts concerning the consequences of abortion, after the procedure has been completed. I cannot imagine one can read those facts and statistics and still maintain that using abortion as a convenient birth control procedure is rational or moral or even a pragmatically viable option.

Here are some other known facts from the link provided in the OP:


COMPLICATIONS OF LABOR:

Women who had one, two, or more previous induced abortions are, respectively, 1.89, 2.66, or 2.03 times more likely to have a subsequent pre-term delivery, compared to women who carry to term. Prior induced abortion not only increased the risk of premature delivery, it also increased the risk of delayed delivery. Women who had one, two, or more induced abortions are, respectively, 1.89, 2.61, and 2.23 times more likely to have a post-term delivery (over 42 weeks).(17) Pre-term delivery increases the risk of neo-natal death and handicaps.

Pregnancy problems

Cervical damage from previously induced abortions increase the risks of miscarriage, premature birth, and complications of labor during later pregnancies by 300 - 500 percent.1,2,4,7 The reproductive risks of abortion are especially acute for women who abort their first pregnancies. A major study of first pregnancy abortions found that 48% of women experienced abortion-related complications in later pregnancies. Women in this group experienced 2.3 miscarriages for every one live birth.4 Yet another researcher found that among teenagers who aborted their first pregnancies, 66% subsequently experienced miscarriages or premature birth of their second, "wanted" pregnancies.6

When the risks of increased pregnancy loss are projected on the population as a whole, it is estimated that aborted women lose 100,000 "wanted" pregnancies each year because of latent abortion morbidity.5 In addition, premature births, complications of labor, and abnormal development of the placenta, all of which can result from latent abortion morbidity, are leading causes of handicaps among newborns.3 Looking at premature deliveries alone, it is estimated that latent abortion morbidity results in 3000 cases of acquired cerebral palsy among newborns each year. 5,7 Finally, since these pregnancy problems pose a threat to the health of the mothers too, women who have had abortions face a 58 percent greater risk of dying during a later pregnancy.5

HANDICAPPED NEWBORNS IN LATER PREGNANCIES:

Abortion is associated with cervical and uterine damage which may increase the risk of premature delivery, complications of labor and abnormal development of the placenta in later pregnancies. These reproductive complications are the leading causes of handicaps among newborns.(9)

ECTOPIC PREGNANCY:

Abortion is significantly related to an increased risk of subsequent ectopic pregnancies. Ectopic pregnancies, in turn, are life threatening and may result in reduced fertility.(10)

Ectopic pregnancies. If the scar tissue covers the openings from the fallopian tube to the uterus only partially, then the sperm will be able to reach the egg in the tube. Conceptions occurs, and fertilized egg (baby) begins to grow and move toward the uterus. The fertilized egg is too large to get from the fallopian tube to the uterus opening because of the scar tissue blocking part of the opening. The baby continues to grow inside the tube, eventually causing the tube to burst. If surgery is not done to remove the baby, then the mother will die. There has been a 300% increase in ectopic pregnancies since abortion was legalized. (US Dept. H.H.S., Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, no. 33, no. 15, April 20, 1984--quoted in Willke's book p. 108). Among women who aborted their first pregnancy there was a 500% increase in subsequent ectopic pregnancies. (Chung et al. "Effects of Induced Abortion Complications on Subsequent Reproductive Function" U. of Hawaii, Honolulu, 1981--Wilke p. 109) This is not to say that every woman who experiences tubal pregnancy has had an abortion.

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Since the moral and ethical arguments opposing abortion are largely dismissed by the irrantional assumption that there are no moral absolutes, I thought to present the Empirical data that illustrates the high rate of danger, both physical, emotional and psychological, inherent in the D&C procedure, abortion.

Amicus

 

[amicus]

I think I am fortunate in being a man. I don't have the dichotomy of moral, religious or legal stance. I'll support any family member who has to have it done (given the medical requirements). Other than that; "it's her choice".[/QUOTE]

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I suggest that the male of the species who foregoes making a moral decision, as it takes two to tango...is the primary cause of women choosing to avoid and evade the moral dilemma that taking an innocent human life involves.

Were the male experience the pride in fathering a child and took a firm moral stance supporting the life of that child, that many women would follow his lead and carry the child to term for him and herself.

Not emphasized in the article I am referencing is the disastrous mental and psychological trauma of the female body when a current pregnancy is suddenly terminated. Even in miscarriages or spontaneous abortions, the emotional pain is intense and long lasting. The physical trauma can be even worse as the entire physiology and biology of the female reproductive system, in full concurrence with the physical state, is suddenly termnated. The body reacts violently and emotionally and some neve recover and continue for a life time to regret the decision to abort.

Childbirth, bearing a child, the expectations, learning of the pregnancy for the first time....

The Unspoken Fear




The joy of a woman
and a family
discovering…
pregnancy.

A gathering of womenfolk;
the pride and jeers
of attendant males.

That gracious glow
of expectant
motherhood;
the ills, the joys
the vacillating moods.

The dragging months
of heavy burden;
the always present
fears.

The hard labor comes;
all gather
and hear
the screams
the tears.

Then silence quells
and faces avoid.

A boy…

Stillborn.​

copyright Amicus

~~~

Because this subject is so deeply ingrained from such an early age, affecting not just the couple, but the family and the extended family; to dismiss it so lightly is unthinkable...

Amicus