Legalization of Abortion in the Philippines

Abortion has been a controversial problem for years, both legally and morally. Numerous
governments, notably those from the West, have allowed it to guarantee that only proven safe
treatments are being used and respond to abuses like rape. Surprisingly, these Western
governments are usually more economically powerful than governments with a more rational
approach, like our own country, the Philippines. However, no international disagreements have
been recorded due to this issue simply because other countries favor this issue. Here in the
Philippines, there are various opinion on this issue: one hoping to prove that abortion is
necessary, in fact, requisite for a developing economy, and the other speaking of unspeakable
suffering to humanity that abortion is capable of if legalized and others are not approve with this
issue because it is not morally rights. To discuss abortions as a leading cause of maternal death
and findings of discrimination and prejudice by medical providers against women who had
illegal abortions, a Philippine policy specifying the validity of medical rights for patients with
post-abortion complications was initiated in 2000. Despite its recent effectiveness as a test
program, the application and growth of the program were not emphasized. The frequency of
unsafe abortions has grown over time. While the right to post-abortion treatment was established
in law in 2009, women have remained mistreated and abused in violation of bioethics and the
law. In 2016, the government introduced a new rule to enhance the strategic plan for postabortion
care, simply stating the moral and constitutional obligations of healthcare professionals and
providing women with formal possibilities for compensation against abuse, in response to claims
to support' demands and suggestions from international and regional human rights bodies. This
new law provides essential information for nations considering innovative approaches to increase
the quality of the post-abortion care system following acknowledged bioethics and ethical
standards.
There are three counter-arguments to provided. The first asserts that full humanity begins when a
sperm fertilizes an egg and that abortion is a crime against humanity. This argument is often
presented in the Christian tradition through a theological concept in such a personal faith that has
predicted each element of our unique existence. There are differing degrees of protection under
this ideology for women whose health is endangered by bringing pregnancies to term. In
addition, Catholic Church's viewpoint on abortion is that life starts at conception and that
voluntary abortion kills an innocent person. Because all sin, even killing, might be forgiven due
to Jesus Christ's genuine repentance, church message to individuals who have had abortions
highlights the severity of sin and the possibility of God's forgiveness to everyone. The second
claims that abortions are unacceptable in a free society. This school of thought wants to develop
with extraordinarily high levels of care and well-being, most briefly summarised in the tired
argument that abortion must be safe, legal, and rare. All pregnancies would be desired in such a
world, where women would not experience sexual pressure or sexual assault, where everyone
would have exceptional health and treatment, and where no families would remain poor.

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 Abortion would only be performed in extreme circumstances of medically necessary. And that
there's a third viewpoint based on scientific evidence that induced abortion is harmful to
women's reproductive health. It is a school of thought that has evolved as state lawmakers strive
to adopt legislation to control access to abortion. Besides the first two reasons, which are ethical,
the third argument is exploratory. The issue is that it is not based on facts.
Abortion rights based on the women's liberation movement are critical for gender equality. Some
claim that if a woman is not permitted to have an abortion, she is not only compelled to carry the
pregnancy to term but she's still required to support and to understand by the community for the
consequent children for many years unless she can get someone else to do so. Others claim that
only by letting women choose whether or not to bear children will they attain equal rights to
men: males do not get pregnant and therefore are not constrained in the same manner. Moreover,
many claims that having children and the prejudices, societal conventions, and coercive tasks
that come with it restrict women's independence and personal decisions. Some also consider the
freedom to govern one's own body to be a crucial moral responsibility, one that women could
only attain if they were allowed to abort an undesired child. Abortion should be legalized, and
abortion would subsequently occur in clinical settings, assuring the mother's health. It also
emphasizes rape victims. Incest and sexual trafficking victims who become pregnant due to the
assault should be allowed to have abortions since they did not intend to have a child in the first
place. Unfortunately, pregnancy can result from rape, incest, or sexual trafficking in certain
situations. Because the donor is the fetus's father, it is difficult for the mother to build
unconditional love. Most people assume that having an abortion will alleviate the misery and
anguish these women must have endured.
Furthermore, if anybody should be punished due to the assault, that must be the offender.
Because the unborn child did not choose to be born, this must not be harmed. It never caused
anguish to its mother. In actuality, the argument for abortion due to economic considerations is
horrible. Sad to say, this is the situation for many people. The mother/couple does not have the
financial means to raise a kid independently and view abortion as an option. Although this final
sentence might appear to be on the pro-life side of abortion, I am absolutely on the pro-choice
side of abortion from a depressed realism perspective. Abortion is a dreadful thing, yet when
people are desperate, they tend to do insane things. The unfortunate reality is that the Philippines
must have abortion legal. If abortion were not authorized, the number of abortions conducting at
home would increase, as would the percentage of unintentional fatalities from executing these
abortions wrongly. I wish abortion won't happen, yet it does, almost ironically, to save lives.

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