Sunday, 07 October 2007
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Hi online world,
I felt really connected to this weeks chapter about women and their reproductive rights in healthcare. For me it was personal since I have struggled with a problem in that field for many years. There are about 90 million women in the world suffering from endometriosis and I am one of them. Although I still have pain, thankfully there are many ways of helping relieve the symptoms at least in countries with good healthcare and individuals who can afford it. I had never thought about how lucky I am to be living in the U.S. For a long time, I just felt bad for myself, but after reading the disadvantages to women in other, poorer countries I know how blessed I am. When reading the statistics in the Penguin Atlas about countries that don't have contraceptives, I realized how other countries might view them as just pregnancy prevention. There are many reproductive problems women have throughout the world that can benefit from birth control pills. A better name would be hormone therapy, but apparently many governments don't see it that way. I couldn't believe that only in 1999 Japan legalized birth control pills. I thought countries had become more advanced in medical treatments. I understand that in certain countries where government and religion are not separated how certain things like abortion and birth control are banned. Unfortunately government doesn't always see how certain medical advancements can help women and not always go against religion. I would hope that other countries governments can come to conclusions that helping women in pain and giving them better healthcare opportunities doesn't mean they love their god or gods any less.
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