Decades after, the fight regarding whether abortion should be legalized continues to have us on our toes. The case of “Roe v. Wade” is one may have predicted would resurface because, as far as society is concerned, the issue with abortion is going to be a continuous debate with opposing yet somehow reasonable views. Telemedicine abortion, seemingly an aid heavily backed by Dutch Physician Rebecca Gomperts serves to provide services to women/ girls who are been denied the access to legally rid themselves of unborn babies that are mostly unwanted. In the documentary, “Vessel”, we observe some chaos as a number of people protest to have women abort their babies at their will and most importantly safely. It is described as a symbol of freedom and human rights to have women take these actions.

From the times of our forefathers, abortion has always been branded as a sin/ a taboo and illegal. I am not trying to be condescending but both sides have truths to their story and will be considered as one of the many reasons why this debate is still ongoing and will for a long time be. People say abortion is bad because it is seen as a crime, as lives of fetuses are being taken. It is said that a viable fetal starts from 24 weeks, which is equivalent to 6 months. Some even state that a fetus may survive at 22 or 23 weeks. “Having an abortion is the same as committing murder”, especially if the fetus exceeds 20 weeks. The other side also have very valid points as to why they would support abortion. Every individual knows what is best for their bodies and would go extra miles to see to that expectation. If an individual has a sexual intercourse but did not have any plans of having a child, she might want to have an abortion, that’s if she gets pregnant as a result – to rid herself of the pain of having to change or even ruin the plans she must have set for herself. 

Daily, women are seeking help to have access to medical procedures to safely remove fetus from their wombs because as we observe from the documentary, the women are broken and are still trying to find themselves, their situations do not favor them having kids. The Hyde Amendment has caused a lot of disadvantages, in the sense that enough funding is not put in place to help these women who are in desperate need of financial support, they are fully certain of. The Abortion Helpline, “This is Lisa” sought to provide as much funding as possible to women who would like to have abortions. Women who holding onto their sad stories and unfortunate situations.