Written by Jafreen Alamgir
When my parents used to
give me a present during my childhood for doing well in my exams, it was a
ticket to the place I desire to travel. So, isn’t it exciting when you can
travel the world and explore and learn new things? But such feelings go away
when you are in desperate need to go abroad.
This is what is
happening to the women of Ireland. When they go abroad for abortion, they go in
fear of their image in front of their society and the obstacles they might face
while travelling.Many women in Ireland are unable to get access to abortions. It
has been a significant issue which is less being taken into account by the
government of Ireland. Abortion is the killing of child which is not born yet.
Yes, may be it sounds like taking away a life of an innocent child. But it
becomes crucial when she is suffering from medical problems which give her no
other alternative other than abortion.
The first question is
why women in Ireland aren’t given the opportunity to get access to abortion
facilities as Ireland is one of the developed countries. Moreover, it is a
modern knowledge economy which should have understood the importance of
abortion rights for women. But the case is otherwise. Women in Ireland are not
even made aware of when they should take the decision to abort despite having
regular contact with gynecologists. They expect that the state is going to
provide them with necessary information about abortion facilities. And the
response has been inconsistent and disruptive which explains that the state
barely wants to take into account of its capability for at least the provision
of right information to the women of Ireland.
The
second question is what obstacles women are facing when they have no other
alternative other than abortion to solve the problems of pregnancy. Women might
want to make decisions to abort, perhaps because they want to control the size
of her family, forget the dark secret of a relationship, or when they face
gynecological problems. Whatever is the issue, the matter should be kept
personal since it is a matter of personal privacy and women of a developed
country should not be deprived of that. Otherwise it will be too hard for the
government of developing countries to understand the privilege of women who
belong to their soils.
All
in all, we as women should understand that we are the main contributor to the
change in the way we are viewed in the society. And that is possible when we
are innovative to bring up new ideas for the existence of the feminism around
the world through discussing what changes we can bring to the anti-abortion
movement.
No comments:
Post a Comment