Zulema Palma (women in the west)
Dr. Alagia (prosecutor in the trial of the repressors of Olympus. Participated in the bill to decriminalize abortion. Professor of Law at UBA)
Gustavo Katz (Physician, hospital Obtetra Durand)
Silvia Kochen (doctors, neurologists of the Hospital Ramos Mejia)
On Thursday 18 November, the Governing Board of the Faculty of Health Sciences will discuss about a major public health problem, the abortion . The discussion was brought to the board by the minority of teachers with the intention that the power to rule in favor of the draft Law on voluntary interruption Pregnancy driven " National Campaign for the Right to Abortion Legal, Safe and Free" posed by the legalization of abortion and giving women the opportunity to decide on his body as well as ensure that the system contains health and keep all the women in their decision to terminate her pregnancy. It is interesting to note that Superior Council of the UBA, composed of all the faculties, he pronounced it time in favor of the initiative, being the only directors who did not accompany the faculty of health sciences.
In this sense, the day November 12 to 18hrs, in the lobby of medical cs UBA, organize a day we allow those students to discuss and reach our own conclusions. To which share some facts and collective thinking to contribute to this debate which we believe should be respectful and serious.
Some Facts:
Between 13 and 30% of maternal deaths in Latin America are caused by unsafe abortions. "
is estimated that annually 46 million women around the world turn to abortion to end an unwanted pregnancy . While in Latin America and Africa, unsafe abortion rate is 29 per 1000 fertile women in Eastern Europe, where it is not punishable, is 6 and in Asia, 11.
About 800 women die each year in our country because of abortion complications made in unsafe conditions, poor and unhealthy.
In our country, according to the OSSYR (Observatory of sexual and reproductive health), between 2004 and 2008, the leading cause of preventable death in women, were pregnancy-related complications, exceeding 30% of these causes of maternal death. Given that these numbers are underestimates, since there are no formal registration policies of clandestine abortions ... imagine how that number would grow. We also know that 13 of the 24 provinces exceed the MMR (Maternal Mortality Ratio) National, demonstrating the socio-economic inequality prevailing inter districts in our country.
In the province of Buenos Aires The main cause of hospital abortions are ongoing.
This bleak scenario raises the need to recognize a problem exists, though some pretend to ignore it. It needs to be addressed as an integral social problem, where they mix the issues of health, gender, equal opportunities and empowerment of women. From this it follows that must be faced by us / as, in our role as future workers health as a public health problem.
Today, the possibility of a woman or not to continue her pregnancy, safely depends on your financial situation, and this is evident . Women are poor, socially unprotected people are forced to resort to unsafe methods to proceed with its decision. For decide in this society, paid and paid with our lives. Because talk of disruption of pregnancy is that, is to decide, is raising his voice. The central problem lies in not understanding that the free choice of individuals, is a human right. Women, as free beings, have the right to choose how many children to have, when and with whom to have them.
We can not ignore that usually after an abortion are forced pregnancy, lack of access to contraception, sexual violence, lack of access to health and education, situations of poverty, loneliness, marginalization and incompatible with the draft of a woman's life.
This debate also raises questions about the role of the university. How can a public health problem so obvious, is not addressed in undergraduate education in the faculty? This situation seems to repeat with each major debate in society where the university is the main absent at all the major issues. Just remember what happened with the flu where the only discussion was whether to close or not the faculty. Or, for example during the dengue epidemic which highlighted the precariousness of our health system and social services. Another case: the discussion about the 125, where the health of workers and rural populations severely affected by pesticides was not on the table.
So based on that interest in college builds knowledge, if when the people's health is under discussion the university did not intervene? Apparently the school has other interests
We invite you to come closer to your concerns and suggestions so that together we can collectively discuss and build an alternative to a reality that is with us for some time and that needs to be bring it to light. One problem that we address in all its complexity in order to think and build better health and a more just society for all.
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