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(approximately 80.000 abortions were not recorded in the health statistics, in 2001).
The great number of abortions implies a high mortality rate, and Romania held the
first position in Europe for abortion related death rates in 2000 (16 per 100,000 live
births).
Romania continues to be a special case on the world level, and this situation
was encouraged by the liberal legislation passed at the end of 1989 and by corrupted
by communism mentalities. The positions of the government, political parties and
different medical organizations are given, taking into account changing mentalities.
The authors present briefly the positive development in Poland, after the ban on
abortion, which might serve as a model for Romania.
Since 1990, both the official institutions and many non-governmental
organizations, internal and international, have aggressively promoted contraception,
as a method of diminishing the number of abortions. As it is shown in the chapter
“Contraception”, the fatal consequences have been overlooked. The increase in use
of contraception, especially among teenagers, escalates the number of abortions,
because of more sexual activity in consequence.
In the chapter “Artificial Fertilization”, the ethical issues implied by the use of
artificial fertilization are described. The development of legislation, which permits
embryo experimentation, is examined. The openness towards the European Union
tends to extend the culture of death. The use of the new technologies in developing
countries for genetic prenatal diagnosis to detect deficiencies in unborn babies and,
consequently to abort the handicapped, proves the eugenic mentality is easily
accepted. More information and ideas should be spread in Romania in order to
change the eugenic mentalities and the negativistic views on life.
The chapter “Religious perspectives” presents the positions of the Christian
churches and of other religions from Romania. The 6th chapter describes how
abortion legislation has developed in the world and in Romania. The authors have
tried to underline the way different manipulations take place in the name of
“medical” and “back-street abortions”.
Romanian society is particularly vulnerable to the culture of death. In the 7 th
chapter, “Failure of the communist policies”, the authors show why the restrictions
in law have no positive effect. All communist policies have ignored the real
problems of the human being, in trying to remove all Christian concepts of life in
favour of a materialistic one. The value of a child had been appreciated as labour,
which could assure economic and social progress. The failure of the utopian
programmes could be seen in the human and material degradation of the status of
human beings. The policies of children in institutions ended in the explosion of
“street children” and epidemics of HIV/AIDS. The 8 th chapter gives a retrospective
view on the traditional Romanian family and a short analysis of the present situation.
“The consequences of abortion”, the largest chapter of the book, explains
women’s ignorance regarding abortion and its upshot on their physical and mental
health. The authors stipulate the need to inform women and adolescents. Details