Nurse Raped for Refusing to Perform Abortions!

This is very nearly the ultimate sacrifice for following one's conscience! Some have had to give their lives at times, but this nurse was raped after she refused to perform illegal abortions.

The gang rape of a nurse who refused to perform illegal abortions has outraged Pakistan and intensified calls for the repeal of its rape laws.
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"I was constantly put under pressure over the course of six months to carry out illegal abortions on two women but I refused," said Miss Kousar. "And so revenge was taken."

Miss Kousar's job at the clinic, set among neat squares of cotton and wheat fields bordering Pakistan's western tribal belt, pays her £35 a month. Abortion is illegal in Pakistan except when the mother's life is at risk.

"The family came and harassed me but I never imagined they would do this," she said, weeping and shaking with shock.

Sadly, under the law in Pakistan, she needs four witnesses to prove she is innocent! The three rapists deny the charges (of course!).

And...

The victim can be considered a guilty party.



Thanks to Emily of After Abortion.


Related Tags: Rape Victim, Abortion, Pakistan, Conscience