Abortion Debate

The situation in the Philippines, after a year the Reproductive Health Bill was passed into Law, seems to be at an impasse. On an international view, it’s already decades since the United States of America legalized abortion and there’s not much difference. One thing that is completely obvious is that the issue will not go away. The other obvious fact is that the two sides remain polarized. There is no middle ground and no chance for compromise. When one strips the issue to its bare bones, there is more reason to believe that there is no middle ground. This either is or not a living human from conception. This living human either continues to live or be killed. It is obvious that this being can’t be just a little human, or perhaps not

Abortion is already legal in the Philippines whether directly or indirectly stated in the law. Even when it is still illegal, many women still undergo the process for social and economic reasons. What pro-abortion forces have not achieved yet is to integrate this procedure into day-to-day practice of medicine. On the other hand, it is being deflected by the pro-life forces. Its ultimate goal is quite direct and very simple; it is to have an amendment in the Constitution that that will give equal protection under the law, to all living humans from the time of fertilization until natural death. Understanding this, it is a Constitutional amendment returning the right to make decisions about abortion and thus providing the necessary healthcare services needed. These includes parental notification and consent for abortion for minor daughters; specific public health regulations for free-standing abortion facilities; informed consent laws; forbidding certain types of abortions; forbidding of abortions for certain reasons, such as sex selection and after a certain age of fetal

On March 6, 1857, U.S. Supreme Court finally decided a very vexing question which has troubled the citizens for many years. The court ruled once and for all that all “Black People” were not legal “persons” according the U.S. Constitution. A slave was the property of the owner and could be bought, sold, used, or even killed by the owner at the owner’s discretion and the ruling was final. The same thing happened on January 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court finally decided a very vexing question that troubled the citizens for many years. The court ruled, once and for all, that “unborn humans” were not legal “persons” according to the U.S. Constitution. An unborn baby was the property of the owner (mother), and she could have the baby killed at her request because of her “health”. This could be done any time until birth and the ruling was