I was born and bread in a country that abortion and contraception was made illegal in the 60s and as a result of this ban not only that a lot of unwanted children were left in orphanages but you had illegal abortions that resulted sometimes in death or imprisonment. If this wasn't bad enough, the orphanages were so overwhelmed with the new influx of new born babies that they would tie them to the cot. In the 90s this tragedy was uncovered in the news and world charities came to help. Some of the children were put up for adoption and some are still institutionalised today.
All of this could have been avoided if abortions and contraception would have been legal. Why should my choice be in the hands of someone else? Why are people so concerned with the unborn fetus when, there are so many children out there who are not wanted living in orphanages waiting for someone to pick them or to be old enough to runaway from that place.
I strongly and firmly believe that religion and politics shouldn't decide what you choose to do with your body. Handmaid's tale should just be just a fictional story.
Unfortunately, I was disappointed to read that even after what happened in the 90s, the situation is getting reversed because of religious reasons.
Romania’s abortion opponents have become more assertive in recent years and are adding to the increasingly formidable wall for women seeking to obtain the service, writes Borzou Daragahi in Bucharest
www.independent.co.uk