First of all, I want to be completely clear about my stand about this subject: I am in favor that abortion shouldn’t be considered a crime.
After this statement, let me talk about the abortion contextualized with the Portuguese reality. Last February there was a referendum to find out what was the Portuguese people’s opinion about the Portuguese law about abortion. The result was that the majority of the people who went voting wanted to end with the criminalization of the abortion.
What I do not agree is that the Portuguese government legislated on the subject. It was only a matter of taking out the law that makes abortion be considered a crime. Instead, the government legislated and gave priority to the abortion. This means, for example, that in a hospital where there is a free room and it is scheduled an abortion, if appears for the same time a pregnant women giving to birth, the pregnant women can’t go to that room. Or the hospital has other available rooms, or the pregnant women will give birth probably in the ambulance because the ambulance won’t reach on time other hospital. I consider the idea wrong. I also disagree that abortion is completely free, when a pregnant women has to pay her stay in the hospital for and after the birth. To be fair or it is free for everyone or everyone pays.
One last point is that since the Portuguese people is getting aged and the number of births is decreasing over the years, why not investing on supporting the women who do not desire the child to carry to the end the pregnancy and then the child would be given to adoption. Also the adoption process had to be quicker and bureaucracy decreased. That way we would invest in increasing births while fighting unwanted pregnancies.
Can I hear other opinions please :P
After this statement, let me talk about the abortion contextualized with the Portuguese reality. Last February there was a referendum to find out what was the Portuguese people’s opinion about the Portuguese law about abortion. The result was that the majority of the people who went voting wanted to end with the criminalization of the abortion.
What I do not agree is that the Portuguese government legislated on the subject. It was only a matter of taking out the law that makes abortion be considered a crime. Instead, the government legislated and gave priority to the abortion. This means, for example, that in a hospital where there is a free room and it is scheduled an abortion, if appears for the same time a pregnant women giving to birth, the pregnant women can’t go to that room. Or the hospital has other available rooms, or the pregnant women will give birth probably in the ambulance because the ambulance won’t reach on time other hospital. I consider the idea wrong. I also disagree that abortion is completely free, when a pregnant women has to pay her stay in the hospital for and after the birth. To be fair or it is free for everyone or everyone pays.
One last point is that since the Portuguese people is getting aged and the number of births is decreasing over the years, why not investing on supporting the women who do not desire the child to carry to the end the pregnancy and then the child would be given to adoption. Also the adoption process had to be quicker and bureaucracy decreased. That way we would invest in increasing births while fighting unwanted pregnancies.
Can I hear other opinions please :P
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