Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Realities and Responsibilities
Having taken up GENDERS class, more and more realities set in. My professor mentioned that as a woman gets a complication from induced abortion, usually, no hospital would accept her. It seemed terrible. In ou next session, we watched "If these walls could talk", a movie about three different women's experience about abortion. The first story was the most graphic and realistic, if it were set in the Philippines. A widow was impregnated by her brother-in-law. To save face, she decided to have an abortion. She looked for information secretly, and found a doctor that would come to her house and perform the procedure. I had to cover my ears and eyes during that scene, because it felt terrible as well. Later on, the woman died, because of hemmorhage. Later on, I read this article by Michael Tan entitled, Abortion: Realities and Responsibilities. He stated what women go through in the Philippines when it came to abortion. Wouldn't it be better if they receive treatment for the complications from induced abortion and their punishment to be lessen?
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Abortion is a very complicated issue especially in the Philippines. Women's lives are risked at underground abortion clinics. Irresponsible and accidental pregnancies are brought about by the lack of education and discipline.Majority of the population have no idea on how to properly avoid pregnancies because sex education is still deemed as inappropriate by the government. So in the end, instead of just preventing pregnancies through simple means, we have numerous cases of abortion.
ReplyDeleteIf they'd legalize abortion here in the Philippines then, we'd have lesser cases of death by abortion complications. Then, women wouldn't have to go to shady places, and instead, would go to hospitals to get the procedure done properly. Of course it's a lot more complicated than that especially with our country being Christian and all. Still, they say it's a sin against God to kill unborn children, but isn't it an even graver sin to give birth to a child you can't even take care of? Annoying.
ReplyDeleteI believe legalizing abortion here in the country will be beneficial. For one thing, legalizing it would mean the presence of "professional" abortionist. By doing so, the health and welfare of women will be pretty much ensured. Furthermore, I believe that giving life is a choice, very much the same as ending a life of those who are already suffering.
ReplyDeleteEven if I am against abortion, I still believe that women who have had the procedure should still be treated equally as individuals seeking medical help. However, the problem lies with the other women who would take advantage of this "hospitality" and have their babies aborted as well. I just want to say that I hope people would start valuing life, treating each other the way they want to be treated. Both mother and child have the right to live.
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