BEYOND HEALTH CARE

TO HEALTH

ABORTION
ABORTION
• EXPULSION OF LIVING FETUS FROM A MOTHER'S WOMB BEFORE IT IS
VIABLE

• INTERRUPTION OF HUMAN PREGNANCY PRIOR TO THE 28TH WEEK OF

GESTATION OR THE DELIVERY OF A FETUS WEIGHING LESS THAN 500
GRAMS

• Done trough the removal of the fetus or embryo from the females uterus
either chemically, with pharmaceutical drugs or surgically.
“ □ Abortion is the termination of
pregnancy simultaneously or by
induction prior to viability.
Thereafter, termination of
pregnancy is called delivery.
- Dr. Andre Hellegers
 In Ancient Greece, Plato and Aristotle
recommended abortion in order to
avoid excess population in the small
Greek city states.

HISTORICAL
BACKGROUD
• The Stoics' belief that abortion should be allowed up to the
moment of birth was vigorously opposed by the Pythagoreans who
believed that the soul was infused into the body at conception and
that to abort a fetus would be to commit murder.
• Abortion induced by herbs or manipulation was used as a form of
birth control in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome and probably
earlier.
• Chinese folklore dates back to 3000 BC where Emperor Shennong
prescribed mercury to induce an abortion.
• In the eight century Sanskrit text instructed women wishing to
induce an abortion to sit over a pot of steam or stewed onions.
• In 1803, Britain first passed antiabortion laws, which then became
stricter throughout the century.
• In 1869 the Roman Catholic Church prohibited abortion under any
circumstances.
 It shall equally protect the life of the mother and the life
of the unborn from conception." The act is criminalized
by Philippine law. Articles 256, 258 and 259 of the
Revised Penal Code of the Philippines mandate
imprisonment for women who undergo abortion, as well
as for any person who assists in the procedure

LAW OF ABORTION
IN THE PHILIPPINES
REASONS

• ECONOMIC COST
• FAMILY PLANNING
• HEALTH
• RAPE INCEST
• AGE
• SOCIETY'S MORALISM
 PRACTICES IN THE
PHILIPPINES

FOLK MEDICINE
Hilots are usually rural or small_x0002_chiropractors. Hilots herbology,
just like the albularyos pre-natal and post-natal techniques such as suob
a hilot pagbubuhos midwife immerses the baby in water.
town individuals who come from a long line of local have basic
knowledge of Filipino
, and use various. Traditionally, infants who were delivered byusually
undergo , wherein the midwife immerses the baby in water.
Surgery
Abortion surgeries are uncommon in the Philippines due to the public's
view of morality. However, many hospitals and medical centers can
perform post-abortion care for mothers with very few complication.

Modern Medicine