Friday, February 3, 2017

After Tiller

I  watched the Film After tiller by Greg O' Toole. I was pro-choice before I started watching this film, but I am very open to all opinions about the subject of abortion, which is a hard, conversational topic all in itself. As I said I am pro-choice, but was not open  to third trimester abortions. After hearing the ladies story of how her child could not have a quality of live i really sympathized with her. It was really sad hearing them cry about having to abort their babies because of their medical conditions. For example one baby would not get part of its brain, and another one would basically be a vegetable, The women even explained how they already picked out the decor for their babies room. This really made me sad. Either they bring the baby into the world and struggle emotionally, and finanically and not even being able to spend time with their kids for more than 3 years, r let the child be free now. It also really pissed e off that the protesters were outside during the same time, and trying to make the women feel guilty. This really shows how close minded people really are, and how judgmental people are. They have no idea whats going on in that women's life and have the nerve to tell her what to do about their baby.
One scene that surprised me was that their was a woman all the way from France, trying to get an abortion and at 32 weeks at that. I was also surprised at how many people protest Dr.Carhart, more than the other Doctors.
A question I still have is why the film didn't really specify why the teenagers, 16 and 19 didn't try to have an abortion earlier, if they knew they did not want the child. Some concepts that i seen to be problematic is the Laws on abortion, and if the fetus could actually feel pain after 20 weeks, Many people believe, it does but Doctors say theres not real proof. The protestors were problematic, considering it ultimately led to the death of one of the doctors. Overall the safety of the Doctors is very problematic considering abortion, especially after the third trimester r is a very touchy subject, and many people feel strongly about it. One doctor was already killed, how many more?

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