Independent projects are great ways to avoid this kind of prohibition on education. Plus inevitably the other students talk about what they learned and there is some osmosis or lesson leakage across the class.

I suggested that maybe this “memoirs of genocide” can be an optional independent project for students. That way she’s not responsible for leading discussions on rape in class, but students can still get info. On the other hand, if your kid is signing up for a history class on genocide, you should be fairly aware that…

Oh I understand why it is absolutely radioactive, but the result is another generation of people who are poorly informed about rape as a weapon and an instrument in subjugation.

It’s tough for teachers because they have to worry about both the students getting it and the parents not losing their shit.

Rape is such a non-teachable topic, I get it but on another level all we are doing is ignoring an import lesson in the awfulness of previous armed conflicts.

Yeah, one of my friends is about to start teaching a high school class on genocide and was looking for resources. There are so many books and first hands account, but almost all of them include graphic descriptions of rape, that she probably couldn’t have any of her students read them.

Or we could send one of these pregnant girls to his office every day. We could send a different girl every single day for the next 7 months because there are so many other them.

Together, we can make your dream come true after that fucker dies.

Does anyone have Todd Akin’s email address? Might be nice to send him this story approximately 5000 times a day for the rest of his life.

Nigerians are HIGHLY religious (trust me, I know, I’m one - Nigerian, that is). For many people, it’s not even a consideration, it’s just something they have to deal with. And even if they wanted one, there’s a high chance the decent medical staff here wouldn’t administer it (I’m not sure about the laws about it, the…

Yeah, I’d venture to say those rapes were pretty fucking “legitimate.”

They did mention antenatal care, which indicates that it’s post-birth. In addition, the vast majority of international care organizations only get funding from the US if they swear they won’t use said funding for abortions. Sometimes they have to agree to abstinence-only care, which is obviously unhelpful in these…

Damn. No rape exceptions at all?

...of the 234 women recently rescued by the Nigerian army after being abducted by Boko Haram last year, a staggering number of them—214—are pregnant.

Translation: “We’ll offer some support to carry these rape reminders to term. After that you’re on your own. Raising children in complete poverty in Africa is the pits but you don’t need to think about that now.”

It’s a UN agency and therefore likely adheres to the laws within the country it operates. UNFPA is not opposed to abortions, however.

Abortions are heavily restricted by law in Nigeria. They’re only allowed when the mother’s life is in danger.

Given that they were kidnapped last year, I would think most of them are quite far along in their pregnancies. Additionally, we’d have to know of these girls’ stances on abortion to know whether they’d consider it.

I’m hoping against hope that they offer abortions but that the spokesperson left them out to avoid controversy. :/

That’s a good question. Maybe if the girls are religious, it would never cross their minds. Maybe some/most pregnancies are too advanced for it to be an option. Maybe the aid agencies don’t want to publicize if there have been any. I sure hope any girls who want them can have them.