So the "enlightened" on here can distinguish between common sense and what their shaman / priest / witch doctor / whatever says.

Congratulations.

Now, address the millions of others who can't access or feel guilty about accessing termination of pregnancy when zika has affected their pregnancy.

As WHO have just declared, this epidemic, presently morphing into a pandemic problem is at risk of exacerbation by religious and cultural objection to solutions.

Saying that life begins at conception just plays into the hands of the ignorant old men who frankly don't give a shit about women or their offspring. I am led to believe that the bible advises it's better to fuck a whore than to have a wank. I assume this is where the subjective statement originates? When I was a young teenager, I must have destroyed millions of lives every time I got into bed, when I woke up...

Jack started this thread to discuss the risks and threats to dealing with this outbreak. Religion and culture are top of every health professional's list. Some of the ignorant crap on here, sadly not confined to Dumbfuckistan, is rather sad. Joe makes points about how many in his church are frustrated by anti abortionists. Well do something about it instead of just carping. I hear there was a man two thousand years ago who challenged the status quo. I know it was only a fairy story but you should read about him and what he allegedly stood up and did.