JULY 9 ― The effect of the publicity resulting from the heated abortion controversy in the US is probably a good thing by opening up the issue for more public discussion on a taboo topic as raised in your exhaustive
. . In the US, pro-choice advocates are seeing this as a national health crisis which will no doubt be be borne out by the facts in due course.I am concerned over how discussions over our penal code continue to emphasise its “illegality” rather its “conditional legality”. I have likened this is to saying that driving a car is “illegal.
Although Penal code Act 574 section 312 has not been challenged in court, I feel the wording of the exception clause is quite clear and not, as is often said, to be 'vague and equivocal'.The requirement for the terminations has to be provided by a duly qualified medical practitioner is actually redundant as ALL medical procedures MUST, by law, be performed by them.
A woman pictured looking at a pregnancy test kit showing a positive result. — Picture by Sayuti ZainudinThe doctor's opinion has to be “made in good faith”. That clearly means it can only be rejected if it can be proven that the doctor has an ulterior motive rather than the client's welfare in mind eg. for financial gain or to satisfy a third party's request. This can be covered if the client gives her written consent without any outside coercion.
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