Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 398 views

    Legalization of Abortion

    Uploaded by

    Reyrhye Ropa
    The document discusses abortion laws in the Philippines. Abortion is illegal in the Philippines under any circumstance, as mandated by the Revised Penal Code from 1930. The Catholic Church, which has significant influence in the predominantly Catholic country, opposes proposals to liberalize abortion laws. While the constitutionality of restrictions has yet to be challenged, the 1987 Constitution recognizes the right to life from conception and requires the state to protect the life of both the mother and unborn child. The document expresses a personal belief that abortion hurts both the mother and baby and that legalizing it would cause pain by preventing unborn children from experiencing life.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Legalization of Abortion

    Uploaded by

    Reyrhye Ropa
    398 views3 pages
    The document discusses abortion laws in the Philippines. Abortion is illegal in the Philippines under any circumstance, as mandated by the Revised Penal Code from 1930. The Catholic Church, which has significant influence in the predominantly Catholic country, opposes proposals to liberalize abortion laws. While the constitutionality of restrictions has yet to be challenged, the 1987 Constitution recognizes the right to life from conception and requires the state to protect the life of both the mother and unborn child. The document expresses a personal belief that abortion hurts both the mother and baby and that legalizing it would cause pain by preventing unborn children from experiencing life.

    Original Description:

    oihio

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    The document discusses abortion laws in the Philippines. Abortion is illegal in the Philippines under any circumstance, as mandated by the Revised Penal Code from 1930. The Catholic Church, which has significant influence in the predominantly Catholic country, opposes proposals to liberalize abortion laws. While the constitutionality of restrictions has yet to be challenged, the 1987 Constitution recognizes the right to life from conception and requires the state to protect the life of both the mother and unborn child. The document expresses a personal belief that abortion hurts both the mother and baby and that legalizing it would cause pain by preventing unborn children from experiencing life.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    398 views3 pages

    Legalization of Abortion

    Uploaded by

    Reyrhye Ropa
    The document discusses abortion laws in the Philippines. Abortion is illegal in the Philippines under any circumstance, as mandated by the Revised Penal Code from 1930. The Catholic Church, which has significant influence in the predominantly Catholic country, opposes proposals to liberalize abortion laws. While the constitutionality of restrictions has yet to be challenged, the 1987 Constitution recognizes the right to life from conception and requires the state to protect the life of both the mother and unborn child. The document expresses a personal belief that abortion hurts both the mother and baby and that legalizing it would cause pain by preventing unborn children from experiencing life.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    You are on page 1of 3

    LEGALIZATION OF ABORTION

    The struggle to defend human life continues throughout the


    world, as does the push for pro-choice laws. Recent news out of the
    Philippines highlights how the gift of life is viewed by the political and
    religious leaders in that country, but at the same time should remind
    those on the life side of the battle to be ever vigilant for the
    encroachment of pro-choice ideology from those who will stop at
    nothing to impose their mandate of reproductive rights against the
    will of a people.
    Abortion is when a pregnancy is ended so that it doesn't result in
    the birth of a child. Sometimes it is called 'termination of pregnancy'.
    Proposals to liberalize Philippine abortion laws have been opposed by
    the Catholic Church, and its opposition has considerable influence in
    the predominantly Catholic country. However, the constitutionality of
    abortion restrictions has yet to be challenged before the Philippine
    Supreme Court. Abortion is illegal in the Philippines and is not
    permitted under any circumstance. The act is criminalized by
    the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines, which was enacted in 1930
    and remains in effect today. Articles 256, 258 and 259 of the Code
    mandate imprisonment for the woman who undergoes the abortion, as
    well as for any person who assists in the procedure, even if they be the
    woman's parents, a physician or midwife. Article 258 further imposes a
    higher prison term on the woman or her parents if the abortion is
    undertaken "in order to conceal the woman's dishonor".
    I personally believe the baby doesn't get a chance at life. The
    mother often suffers from depression caused by losing the fetus. The
    mother can get an infection caused by the abortion resulting in
    infertility later in life, so the baby she aborted could have been the
    only chance she got. It is painful for the mother and the baby. There is
    enough evidence to show that abortion hurts a baby, even though
    some people say the baby cannot feel anything.
    The State recognizes the sanctity of family life and shall protect
    and strengthen the family as a basic autonomous social institution;
    (Art. 11, Sec. 12, and Constitution); The State shall equally protect the
    life of the mother and the life of the unborn child from conception; The
    State recognizes the Filipino family including the unborn child as the

    foundation of the nation and is pledged to strengthen its solidarity and


    actively promote its total development; The Filipino familys most
    vulnerable members are their children, including those who are
    unborn; The State recognizes the right to life as the most fundamental
    right of all without and from which all other rights become
    meaningless
    Furthermore, legalizing abortion would give so much pain to
    those unborn child. For they did not experience what life could offer,
    how to be loved, how to love and how to experience both happiness
    and sadness. We value life more than anything else; thus, people dont
    have the right to take it away from anyone else.

    SOURCES (LEGALIZATION OF ABORTION ):


    JAY VANKIRK. (August 24, 2010). THE PHILIPPINES SAYS NO TO
    ABORTION. RETRIEVED FROM http://liveaction.org/blog/the-philippinessays-no-to-abortion/
    Clara Rita Padilla. (September 13, 2015). The reality of abortion in the
    Philippines. Retrieved from http://www.rappler.com/moveph/ispeak/105680-reality-abortion-philippines

    http://www.gov.ph/constitutions/the-1987-constitution-of-the-republicof-the-philippines/the-1987-constitution-of-the-republic-of-thephilippines-article-xii/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_the_Philippines

    https://www.bpas.org/abortion-care/considering-abortion/what-isabortion/

    You might also like