Tuesday, March 22, 2011

4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days



The reason that I chose this clip was because I really wanted to highlight the dangerous and unnecessary situations that women endure in order to have an abortion in countries where abortion is illegal. Some context is also necessary, the hotel room that these women are currently in are also where they were raped by the man who performed the abortion. He simply gave them an ultimatum, either have sex or perform the abortion yourself (imagine your doctor asking you for payment in sex before your annual checkup). Also, There are no EMS personnel, there are no doctors, there are no spinal taps with morphine being injected, there is nothing to control the bleeding if she was to bleed out and even the father is not present. If something terrible happened, her friend could not call the cops or emergency services because they would be immediately prosecuted after treatment. While educating the masses about contraception and protective sex is greatly needed in many countries, we must make sure that an environment is not created where a woman must resort to such harsh measures in order to obtain an abortion.

1 comment:

  1. hi Usama,
    I was able to watch this clip on your website and it is very effective. I guess I would like you to offer some comments on it by way of explaining its relevance to your blog, as you did so well in class.
    Perhaps you can point to some recent news items that include riders on health care providers;

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