Name: CHAN, Sin Fong
Subject: RU486
Visit Time: 17/02/2006 1:03 AM
Remark:
If cloning of human is morally and ethically wrong; euthanasia or assisted suicide considered a murder and illegal, why is abortion by using RU486 acceptable and legal?
Many female Parliamentarians passionately argued that the right of a woman to abort simply because the foetus is carried in her body are nonsensical and gender biased. The foetus is the result of the fertilisation of a female egg by a male sperm. Doesn't the contributor of the sperm have any say in the abortion? Is this self-centredness or arrogance? Are females becoming too macho?
Most men do not have any idea about the menstrual cycle of their wives or female partners. If the abortion process were so simple, namely by swallowing a tablet or two, a husband or male partner would have no clue that his spouse has terminated the life of his child without his consent. Is this fair?
Whether the Minister of Health has the medical expertise to veto the approval of RU486 should not the issue. No universities in the world offer academic courses on how to become a Queen or a Prime Minister. That does not mean that Queen Elizabeth II or the many Prime Ministers in the world are not doing a great job. TGA is no different from many other organisations - operated by humans. Unfortunately, despite all good intentions and purposes, humans can make mistakes.
I hope RU486 is not another Thalidomide.
