Summery Chapter 6-8

These chapters had some very horrific stories about women who were sold into slavery and about how others who were pregnant did not get the care that they needed. In chapter 6 a girl by the name of Mahabouba was sold as a "maid" to a man and she was supposed to work hard jobs with long hours for little or no pay. She was also expected to sleep with this man, even though he had a wife. The wife also beat Mahabouba because she was jealous that her husband was more interested in Mahaboua than her. She tried to escape but was caught and beaten close to death. Mahaboua eventually got pregnant by the man and while she was pregnant was able to escape. Unfortunately she was unable to get the medical care she needed and during birth the baby got caught up in her pelvic region and could not be delivered. Mahabouba crawled her way to a hospital where she was finally able to have the [dead] child removed, but the damage done was severe and now has to wear a colostomy bag. In chapter 7 a girl named Prudence went into full labor, but was clearly having difficulty delivering the baby. Instead of giving medical care, the medical assistant started jumping up and down on Prudence's stomach, which eventually led to her death. Chapter 8 discussed how there are various programs that are out there to help women who are in need of medical aid, but can not afford it. Unfortunately, the funding for a lot of these clinics are being cut for political reasons. Due to clinics in China allowing women to have abortions, the Bush administration cut all funding to clinics around the world thus making it even harder for underprivileged women to get the medical care they need.