Recent debates on abortion and stem cell research have sunk to new lows, with personal religious and personal politics deciding on one's life and health.
It is incredible to think that, in this new millennium, such thoughts can even be contemplated in what is now regarded as living in a modern World.
The Victorian parliament has been debating a new deal for mothers, who may want to abort their foetus, for whatever personal or health reason. New Victorian legislation will allow abortion on demand upto 24 weeks of pregnancy.
Over in the United States Presidential elections, debate is raging between Democrat and Republican candidates, over a re-think by President George Bush, to relent slightly, to allow limited support for using embryonic stem cell research to develop medical therapies.
Democratic Vice-Presidential hopeful, Sen. Joe Biden, has wasted no time in firing a fusillade at Republican Vice-Presidential Sarah Palin, on this issue, due to the effect Rublicans oppose embryonic stem cell research, and also the fact that Sarah Palin gave birth, in April, to a down-syndrome child.
Why is it that our personal health has to be penalised by religious and political tags - health of an individual must be allowed to be free of censure. We are also being made aware of censures placed on Asiatic mothers, due to religious and political fervor. In terms of securing individual health, there is no place for fundamentalism and secularism.
Australia has to be one of the World bodies that sanctions such high degress in health care. Personal health care has to be registered well above religious and political thinking.
We have made it with anti-discrimination; the same should be applied to World Health.! Geoff.
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