On Wednesday September 1st, a law that bans abortion after foetal cardiac activity is recorded (which is around six weeks after pregnancy) came into force in the Southern US state.
This ban is including pregnancy caused by rape, incest and other situations regarding abuse and forceful relationships.
This ban’s termination is very important because this ban only allows abortion right up until the detection of a foetal heart beat which is about the time that people who are pregnant usually find out that they are. This in turn means that people that can become pregnant will have significantly limited rights concerning abortion that may be warranted by their economic situations, their past or their own will.
Regarding the fact that approximately 22 thousand of deaths are due to unsafe abortions. This adds to the fact that women do not have the right to decide for their own since foetal cardiac activity is seen around the sixth week of pregnancy which is the when most people don’t even know they’re pregnant.
This ban of basic human rights limits women as well as other people who can become pregnant about their own decisions by assuming every individual has the convenient economic situation, consent and has the desire of raising children.
Also, according to The World Health Organization, there are so many deaths caused in the process of abortion due to lack of necessary, sufficient skills and medical requirements within the medical environment. This means, besides the fact that so many states and governments are against the right of people deciding for their own about a significant value, people affected by this law are also limited regarding being able to be treated in the right conditions.
The government’s decision demonstrably cuts the rights of women and other people affected by this bill of their own body. This ban is considered to be controversial due to the foetus and embryo forms’ aliveness and if it has a right of life. However, realizing that brain activity which is a duration when the brain takes control and allows the foetus form to function some important parts occur between the 14th and 27th weeks which is a duration that contains approximately 3 weeks after the foetal heartbeat is seen. This time period is also known as the second trimester. Regarding this fact, the knowledge that when the foetus has a ‘soul’ or a ‘life’ still remains as a theory seen in many ideological forms such as the Christian theory which asserts that after the 16-17th week of the pregnancy the foetus acquires a soul. The very question of the existence or form of existence of the soul and/or conscience has several different answers.
In summary, in accordance with the accusations towards people who apply abortions considered to be “murderers” are not particularly right.
The law came into effect on September 1, 2021 and it is the first six-week abortion ban in the United States. The Texas law, known as Senate Bill 8, was not met by people with support. On the day the act went into effect, protesters rallied in the Texas state capital, Austin. Protests occurred in about 600 places nationwide on October 2. They were called the 2021 Women's March.
The abortion ban prevents people from getting the health care they need. Every person should be in charge of her body, it's their decision and theirs alone, not the government. Fighting for basic human rights should not be the case for today’s progressive society. Unfortunately, it is the case now. No matter where people live, we should stand together for what is right and fight for it. If we have to fight for human rights such as people’s rights concerning their bodies, abortion rights, we will until we reach our goal.
Snezhana Bozhenok & Yaprak Gürtunca
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