La Puerta del Sol Hi-land Subd. San Sebastian, Tarlac City
A Commentary on Moral and Social Issues
Presented by:
Patricia Nicole C. Plopinio
IV- St. Pio
Presented to:
Sir Kroy Ruiz M. Sonz There has been a very heated debate concerning abortion in the current world we live in. Do we or do we not kill a human being, an organism? That is basically the question everyone asks and each person has their own answer. Personally, I think abortion is tantamount to murder. Once a sperm and an egg cell unite, an organism is formed and its DNA fuses and its entire genetic make-up is written for the organism, in this case, the human zygote to live out. In that short amount of time, an organism is made and is considered alive, an identity is synthesized and, in the future, an entity will be embodied. In the news article, a young couple illegally went through the process of abortion without a registered physician and proper materials and tools. They bought a drug that is not safe for pregnant women to use for the girl to take and that ended up killing their 4-month old child. Her boyfriend had to physically extract the body of the dead child out of the mother. After the procedure, the girl had some complications and was brought to the hospital for doctors and police to find out. This tells me that only God has the power to create and destroy life and as human beings, we are in no power to play the role of God and choose who lives and who dies. Once we try to tamper with life, our life takes the toll. The second article is about an investigation by Malacanang on the recent “Sex-for-Flight” scandal where some Philippine officials in Philippine embassies around different parts of the world have been forcing female OFWs to partake in sexual activities and pay the officials sexual favors before they are given pardon to return to our country. I shall get straight to the point by saying that this disgusts