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I'm surprised at how anti-abortion this film is.

posted 11 years ago by BeetJuice
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I've heard abortion is very common in Asia. If abortion was really considered to be killing a real unborn child (as opposed to a fetus but not yet a person) wouldn't there be a strong pro life movement in Korea? But I've never heard of such a thing. Even in the United States where there's a strong pro-life movement, it's mostly the religious Christian evangelicals who are behind it. Scratch the surface of an American anti-abortion rights activist and you'll find a Christian conservative.

Given that there's no hint of religion in this film and it's in Korea, then I'm surprised at how vehemently the housemaid treated her abortion as a murder.

[–] figueroa58 11 years ago

She was forced to have an abortion against her will that's why she takes it so badly. It's not an anti- abortion film at all. That's like saying a film about rape is anti-sex.

[–] spookyrat1 8 years ago

Yes, definitely not anti-abortion, pro-choice if anything. Eun-yi takes her time considering her situation and decides to keep the baby. Unfortunately for her, the baby's fate ends up being decided by others.🐭

[–] Word-Weight 8 years ago

Why is a fetus not a person? O.o; Are we only considered people when we grow limbs...? I mean, I'll bet some people categorize one as a person by having a soul, and I always wonder who knows when that injection comes into play during the babymaking process.

But minus the soul part, I didn't know we weren't considered people/alive despite the stage. That's almost really odd sounding to me...idk.