Bem, depois de uma leitura breve dos acontecimentos de ontem no Público e afins meios de comunicação social, saltou-me à vista o discurso do Louçã. Essa cena de entrarmos no Se. XXI através da liberalização da IGV consome-me os nervos.
Mas que discurso tão redutor e extremista. Claro que depois alguns dos comentários adicionados por leitores do Público on-line que apareceram em sequência dessa notícia me deixaram ainda mais angustiado. A mim chateia-me as pessoas que fazem o discurso da verdade suprema, do eu é que tenho razão, e foi esse tipo de discurso que me parece que a maioria dos partidários dos dois lados fizeram. Felizmente sei que a maioria dos Portugueses, votando sim ou não, votaram com muitas dúvidas e isso sim mostra pessoas evoluídas, conscientes e pertencentes ao Se. XXI.
Mais uma vez, um referendo em Portugal teve uma participação lamentável. Eu não percebo sinceramente, a única ocasião em que poderiam dar a sua opinião sobre um tema, de decidirem eles o que queriam para o seu país, deixa-se ficar em casa, porque está a chover, a fazer o eterno discurso do desgraçadinho e do País não vai para a frente.
Bem, satisfeito com o resultado, mas ainda com mais dúvidas do que antes. Espero que os portugueses não optem pela solução fácil, e que esta lei proporcione às pessoas condições para poderem decidir convenientemente o melhor para elas.
Dear friends, sorry about this long posts about abortion, but I felt necessary to state my opinions about the subject.
I think some of you should have heard in the news about the Portuguese referendum for its liberalization and that
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For me this subject will always be a matter of conscience...
Once you know a new life can be brought to the world and you can stop it, then you're playing God (for the believers, of course!!!). But even for the ones that don't believe in any Supreme creature, the subject is the same: a new life... Stopping it may even be considered as murder, or does not?
From other point of view, if the child is not wanted by some reason , then the parents should have the right to say "No, I don't want this child!". Should they??? Which were the causes that lead them to that unwanted situation? Did they take all the precautions or were they conscientiousness of their actions???
In Portugal the abortion was illegal except for some special conditions. The thing was that it was practiced anyway... From now on, any women can do it under the law and by an authorized entity!
From one point of view it's better that if they want to do it, then they should have a safe place where to do it and with qualified personnel (can you be qualified to kill???)
Unfortunately, in Portugal, democracy is considered to take place in the national elections of the government. There is still the conviction that you voted a politician to make the decisions for you. Maybe we (Portuguese) take this position due to the comfort of saying 'is not my fault! I did not decide this. It is politicians fault'. If we believe in a true democracy, we, citizens, need to be involved in the decision process. This as nothing to do with technical decisions, but with the direction governments should take. If we do not act, we cannot blame the government by what we consider wrong decisions.
Regarding abortion, what surprise me the most, was the declaration of the minister saying that there will be no obligatory psychological advice before the intervention (if before 10 weeks). According to him this would go against what was decided by the referendum. According to me this was the main question of the referendum! Create the appropriate conditions (and support) for a 'wise' decision, with advice about the benefits and support that people may have by having the child.
Otherwise we are just changing the ‘technical aspect’ of the intervention (from illegality to legality!)
It wasn't the minister, was the leader of the socialist tribune (o líder da bancada parlamentar socialista). Unfortunately, one of the people in charge to make the new law. Let’s see what happens, but I’m also not that glad with his speech.
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