By Allgirlsgroup. Topic on : is it right to legalise abortion for unwanted pregnancies

By Allgirlsgroup
Topic on : is it right to legalise abortion for unwanted pregnancies

Abortion had been a very common scenario in our current society. Everyone has their own view when it comes to this topic. Some people think that it is immoral and rather unjust for the aborted baby. Some people think that it is a good aid for women suffering from unwanted pregnancies. No matter what argument you might have, it is almost impossible to end this controversy. Is it purely a form of aid to the mother, or is it just one way of getting rid of an unborn baby? The following are our group’s view towards abortion and its possible consequences.

Starting with legalising abortion, it serves to minimize the cases of backstreet operations. Backstreet operations is usually the only solution for pregnant women if one day, abortion has been banned, and we should know such operations are usually highly dangerous for these women. Tools used might not be properly sterilised and the place is considered unhygienic for operations. Methods used might not be correct too. There are methods such as the wire coat hanger method. This method was a popular back alley abortion procedure which uses the clothes hanger to form a hook and scrap the foetus apart. This method will not only spoil the vagina of the woman but may also cause infection of wounds. According to World Health Organisation (WHO), approximately 68,000 women die annually as a result of complications due to unsafe abortion. There are also between two to seven million women each year sustaining long-term damage or disease after surviving unsafe abortion.

Secondly, abortion can also be seen as a relief of pregnancies resulting from rape, incest of girls below the legal age of consent. Women/girls who got pregnant due to rape cases are considered pitiful as they are bearing a child against their will, like forcing them to swallow the fact that they deserve to be raped. Furthermore, having to take care of the child would bring back painful memories of the rape which they wish to forget. Abortion can give the woman a chance to live a normal life after the unwanted pregnancy.

Thirdly, abortion can also be a safeguard to the psychological and physical health of the woman and the child. First of all, if during the ultrasound scan the foetus is found to be “unhealthy”, the mother can choose to remove the foetus. This can help to prevent the trauma the mother might have to suffer with an “unhealthy” child. For example, if the mother is HIV positive, there are chances that the child will also be infected. If the foetus is diagnosed HIV positive, abortion should be encouraged so as not to let the child suffer.
Next, if the mother is underweight or overweight or too young or old to be pregnant, then they might have a risk of dying giving birth. It would be a better choice to remove the foetus rather than to risk their life. Furthermore, if the mother were to be mentally ill, there are chances that she may pass it on to the child during the pregnancy or delivery process, thus affecting the child and the mother might also not be able to take proper care of the child. All in all, abortion might be a better way out.

In addition, abortion might be a way to minimise number of handicapped people in society who will not be able to enjoy the full quality of life. Since abortion can be approved under certain circumstances mentioned above, we believe that abortion can reduce the number of physically or mentally disabled people in our society. For example, the world actually would hope that cases like Siamese twins would be reduced in order to minimise sufferings brought to them, thus, in this context, abortion is necessary. If the parents know that the child would be physically/mentally disabled, it is presumed that they would not want to see their child suffer yet they cannot do anything to help them. It would also be a burden to the family if the family has low financial support as medical checkups are costly. Moreover, physically/mentally disabled people might be despised and rejected by the society. Abortion might be a choice to mask the cruelty of the world to them.

On the other hand, ending of any life is unjustifiable. Although the mother is supposed to be the one to make the best decision for the foetus, it does not mean that she has the right to end its life due to non-emergency circumstances. Otherwise, it would be like a silent murder yet no punishment would be given. Moreover, cases of pregnancy resulted from rape and incest has been proven to be rare statistically. If abortion is made available anywhere for these victims, we predict that those teenagers or even irresponsible couples might abuse such aid, eventually; the rate of abortion might be at the high ends again. Thus, we feel that if abortion is becoming an option in the society, the number of innocent babies to be sacrificed will rise drastically, and by then, Singapore may be deemed to be a country that is too liberal and without moral considerations.

Furthermore, what kind of guaranteed treatment will be given to these women’s emotions after abortion? In terms of psychological development, there is no such thing as a 100% cure for depressions and other emotionally upset cases. Even with the availability of counsellors around for these women, how many of them can confidently claim that they might be useful to these emotionally hurt women. This might be the huge flaw in legislation of abortion, as we have problems in handling what will happen after the process of abortion. Also, for women who experience the trauma of rape and experience another process of abortion, these two factors would pose a huge blow for them. Imagine a woman who have been forced and ended up with a baby, yet to avoid embarrassment, abortion is the choice; she would have the mentality that she has killed a life unwillingly, and this could be a guilt she might need to live with throughout her entire life. To a certain extent, if abortion is meant to be legalised, we should provide all means to protect these women in terms of their mentality and handling their guilt and fear after the operation.

Most importantly, stating the point on some foetus might grow up to be handicapped and not enjoying the fullest of their life, there is a form of discrimination given to these handicapped ones. We should not be masked by the mentality that the handicapped are unable to perform any duties like the normal people. By stating some good examples such as Singapore’s local superstar, Kelvin Tan, although he is partially blind, he manage to shine in the singing industry with his good vocal skills, and even the Olympic games have decided to implement a segment for the handicapped, all these imply that the disabled are able to stand at the top of the world to gain respect and dignity, thus we should have confidence in them and not discriminate them.

To sum up, abortion has inevitably served some good purposes for some women who are unable to have a healthy baby or hurt in some ways. However, legislation of abortion still need lots of works to be done to fill up the loopholes in this scheme, as these loopholes may become an advantage for those irresponsible ones to perform unnecessary abortion.
Also, respecting of lives should be judged to be a more important priority before abortion, thus, we believe that abortion can be implemented for certain circumstances but it should not be a solution for unwanted pregnancies as we do not want to see any unnecessary loss of innocent babies.

RE: TEH QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG- Singaporeans who quit the country and migrate overseas are disloyal

From allgirlsgroup
By Yongrong
RE: TEH QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG- Singaporeans who quit the country and migrate overseas are disloyal


First of all, I agree with your group that Singaporeans migrating to other countries is due the stress level in our society. No matter in schools or workplaces, tensed competition is created. I feel that this might be a side effect from Singapore moving too fast in the past few years, ending up Singapore has few areas to be continually developed, thus our people will be all concentrated in one area, fighting with one another to get the same post/opportunity.

I also appreciate your point that such causes can lead to high sucide rates in Singapore, and it would be even saddening for our Singapore population.

However, for your point on "Another factor why Singaporeans choose to migrate to other countries might be because they think Singapore is too boring for them as there are limited places to go to", I have some disagreements on that. I believe that having fewer sightful areas in Singapore is not the factor for Singaporeans to be migrating to other countries. This is because Singaporeans could actually go for an overseas holiday easily with their financial ability, not necessarily need to resort to migrating for other countries for the sake of sightful scenery. Perhaps, I would say that the ambience of whole Singapore society is too dull, and forcing our people to change their living environment.

To further add on, I share the same sentimentals with your group that Singapore migrating should not be regarded as disloyal totally. I believe there is a certain level of freedom for these people to practise their wants and don'ts, furthermore, forcing them to stay in a place which serves no meaning to them, they might not be willing to contribute significantly for our society too, so perhaps, in exchange, we invite those foreign talents who are so eager to come to Singapore and fight with us.

Moreover, I feel that this issue can be highlighting to us that our people may not have their roots placed deeply in their hometown. This may have to do with the education system we used to have now, perhaps too much concentration has been given to specialising skills and acquiring knowledge, but too little has been spent to educate our students to be patriotic. Thus, this could be an area for Singapore to look into if we wish to have more future local talents contributing to our own economy.

All in all, I suggest that Singapore has to do more to make our local people feel that they are wanted in their homeland, otherwise, the number of people migrating to overseas may increase significantly with even more reasons.

Re: CReasoningSkills - "Singaporeans who quit the country and migrate overseas are disloyal. "

From: Linda
Group: Allgirlsgroup
Re: CReasoningSkills - "Singaporeans who quit the country and migrate overseas are disloyal. "

I agree with “Creasoningskill” that it is up to each individual person whether they want to choose to migrate or not. Each person has their own decision and perspectives towards migrating. Some people choose to migrate as they want to explore and know other countries’ working environment. Others just want to start a new environment. If a person who is uncomfortable on that country, why not migrate rather than stay at that country?

Even though Singapore is a safe country but we will never know the future whether it is safe. Everyone wants to have a better pay and job, if Singapore provides lower pay than other countries, will Singaporeans still want to work in Singapore? Singaporeans choose to migrate either due to competition or that they find that their pay is little. Thus, they think of migrating.

In addition, if a parent wants their child to be well groomed and have a better career and pay, they either send their child overseas or bring their child with them to migrate. And even though the Singapore government has planned very well to educate every student about moral education and the history of Singapore for us to be devoted and loyal to the country, however not all Singaporeans are devoted and loyal to the country.

In my view, I feel that if Singaporeans want to migrate, Singapore government cannot do anything because it is their choice and their decision. Different people have different perspectives of migrating but as long as they have the heart of Singapore, they should not be deemed as disloyal.

Re:tehquickbrownfoxjumpsoverthelazydog- "Paper qualifications are not as important or relevant as work experience in the real world"

Posted by YongRong
From Allgirlsgroup
Re:tehquickbrownfoxjumpsoverthelazydog- "Paper qualifications are not as important or relevant as work experience in the real world"


I agree with the point that work experience counts more important than a paper qualification. Work experience can be somethings more valuable than a paper certificate too. This is because work experience usually come from years of practising and training, this is even more beneficial to their occupations and something more practical when the employer looks for an employee.

In the modern era, whereby education is an important issue as it deems to a path for securing a higher paid job. However, because of its importance, everyone works so hard to earn the paper qualifications, thus, it ends up the number of people having it is abundant. With this abundancy, this paper qualification becomes any kind of plain paper found on the floor. From this, I would say that the significance of this paper certificate has dropped.

Moreover, looking at the number of unemployed graduates in Singapore, it is evident that just by education certificates, it does not guarantee you anything in the future.

However, I would suggest that paper qualification is not totally useless. After all, countries like
Singapore have pumped in so much efforts in the education industry, it definitely has its own benefits for educating people.

Although we said work experience is more valuable, we could not neglect the fact that these paper qualifications are the necessities which employers look for during interview. For example, if you flip through any recruitment advertisements, how many jobs are there stating you do not need any paper qualifications. It seems to be a pass for you to obtain before you can even start applying for the job.

Also, paper qualifications come in handy in the later part of your career path. Coming to promotions, these paper certificates may determine how much do your pay raise. Through my personal experience with my mentors, given both workers need to do the same amount of works, but one of them holds a diploma whereas the other has a degree, the one with a degree will have a higher pay than the other. Although it sounds unfair, this is the reality we are facing in the working industry.

To conclude, I feel that paper qualifications and work experiences should come hand in hand to give you a better career path. With paper qualification, it can at least increase the chances of getting selected for an interview, however, if you are someone with zero working experience or purely good at academic stuffs, it might give you a bad light too. Thus, paper qualification can be served to give you a easier starting path, but the rest would depend on your working performance and experiences in order to increase your own value for the company.

RE:Singaporeans who quit the country and migrate overseas are disloyal

After 42 years of independence, Singapore has grown from a backward third world country to a fast developing country. We, Singaporeans, are provided with all the necessities and are prepared for the future. Moreover, given a trustworthy and stable government and a natural disaster-free environment, there should not be much dissatisfaction with our life in Singapore. However, as we developed further, the expectations we need to fulfil are higher, in outcome, the pressure given to our citizens is greater. Hence, migrating to foreign countries becomes an attractive alternative to our people. So, the question lies whether is Singapore losing Her precious manpower an important issue or is it the citizens' rights to do what they want more important?

Firstly, we agree that migrating from Singapore is being disloyal to a certain extent. Being a citizen of a particular country, patriotism and commitment are the two important values his/her country look for. By leaving their own country and moving into other ‘green pastured’ country, it shows Singaporeans may have already forgotten to repay what their homeland has done for them. Thus, in many of us, this motion seems to be a form of disloyalty to Singapore.

What are the reasons for them to leave their own homeland then? To compete with the fast growing countries, Singapore needs to consistently or improve even faster than others. In turn, the expectations for our people has raised dramatically to achieve such improvements. Such expectations eventually become a burden for us, and pushing us to the extreme ends. However, as compared to other countries like USA and UK, given a shorter working duration yet drawing a higher pay, and with lower stress level environment, this can be an attractive incentive for Singaporeans to migrate for a better career path. A stressful working environment is often an issue for the citizens to leave their country for good. This is evident by a recent Hong Kong news survey showing that if a country has high stress level in the working industry, many of them would actually consider migration as a form of relief to them.

As for our current generation, unemployment is a threat to us. Given a small land space with no abundant resources, a small island like Singapore may not been able to guarantee us with a stable and high-paid job. Even with a paper qualification, many of the graduates still are unemployed or unable to get their desired job. Moreover, parents of any child would hope their child to get a good career in the future, thus, if migrating to other countries can be a solution, these parents might be more willingly to forsake Singapore for a better future for themselves and their younger ones. Besides, Singapore's education system has always be criticised to be "lack of creativity" and "memorising" style of learning. Therefore, the scholars we created are often good at paper works yet they are weak in presenting ideas, which in turn causing them to take up the executives' positions than other higher posts which the foreign talents are often found in there. Unlike in other countries like Australia, they provide their students with hands on experiences with the resources they have and promote flexible style of learning, thus, there is the reason why these foreign students are doing better than our local kids. So, being doting parents, if their kids were able to be groomed in such learning environment in foreign countries than the "live less" environment in Singapore, migration become a must for them too.

Furthermore, we feel that this phenomenon of Singaporeans migrating to other countries can be a side effect of the influx of foreign talents into Singapore. In the past, our government has been invited foreign talents to our country as we lack of these professionals and labour to boost our economy. However, the presence of these foreign talents has become too significant in our life, many local talents probably have been neglected. Also, it has always been a controversial issue that because of these foreigners, many local people has lost their "rice bowls", and this upsets our people. Thus, being feared of taking over by the foreign talent, or even the sense of neglecting by the government on our local work pool, these may somehow encourage our people to migrate to other countries to seek for a better life.

On the other hand, when Singaporean migrates, Singapore’s talent pool gradually moves into countries like USA, UK and Australia. Thus, this has caused the most talented people of Singapore to chip in all of their skills to countries which are not their own, contributing to the country’s economic gains. This is somehow a disadvantage to Singapore as in the long run, it would lack the manpower needed for economic boost.

Moreover, Singapore has always be a cosmopolitan society, and because of this welcome of foreigners to our country, Singapore is able to climb up so far now and still being a relative strong opponent to other countries. Singaporeans should not deem this action as a form of bias act by the government, after all, Singapore government is trying to boost the economy so that our people can enjoy higher standards of living. And due to these foreign talents, we open new opportunities for our people to expose themselves to new skills, new working environment and larger social circle. Also, would any government want to chase off their local people and replace with foreigners? Our government would welcome foreign talents as the benefits outweigh the negative impacts, and Singaporeans would need to adjust their attitudes towards this issue and hopefully not to use this excuse for migration.

Most importantly, in the near future, Singapore would be facing a fast growing ageing population. We need almost of all our young talents and workforce to support the economy, if most of them have left Singapore in lurch, Singapore would only slowly degenerate and become like any developed countries facing pension and welfare problems. In terms of moral values, Singapore has contributed so much to groom every one of us and hoped to see us running the country well in the future, it is our responsibility to repay them with our contributions to the society too.

To conclude, we feel that Singaporeans migrating to other countries should not be deemed as a form of disloyalty to Singapore. With the reasons discussed above, it is also their freedom of choice to choose a lifestyle which serves to make them better, and they possess the freedom of movement too. With the difficulties they might face in Singapore, living in here may be a torture. However, before they leave their hometown, they should think about how much the country has done for them, and probably Singapore has more attention for them than the other foreign country does. All in all, I think Singapore government perhaps needs to do more in striking a balance between foreign talents and local talents, and most importantly convinces to our people that the citizens of this republic are highly significant. Thus, this may help to keep the hearts of our people in Singapore. Our pledge also stated "Pledge ourselves as one united people", it reminds us we should always place serving our country as the top priority mission in us.

Introduction of US

Hi everyone.
Welcome to our Allgirlsgroup blog.

I like to introduce my deary group members and see how invincible they are. hahahaha..
Firstly,

Our Iron Lady- Linda....
she is our no1 idol in our class...we called her "da jie da" hahaha
reasons are she got the look..hahahaha...lalalal

Secondly,
My BEST buddy(victim) in our class- ANG jing...shi...hahaha
Purple girl and her nick is octopus..
so she can work very fast..cuz of her 8 legs...rofl....

Thirdly,
Our princess in our class - Celeste...
haha..she is like our xiao meimei..so we treat her like princess...
we waiting for her knight to appear...(opps, where is the pencil....)

Lastly,
Our smart girl in our class - Abimae
Serious learner...people learn from her ..haha

Finally me...
Yongrong - The insane and adnormal girl
Emo and happy at the same times..
hahaa...bipolar if u all noe wat does it mean...
bio-tok all the times....

Hope everyone enjoy your holiday with all the homeworks...i noe it feels great...lalalalala

Regarding Reality Tv shows in Asia

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Regarding Reality Tv shows in Asia

Our Comment:

We disagree that introducing reality tv shows in Asia is beneficial to our society. The reason is that, reality Tv shows originated from western countries, if Asia is following this trend, we are giving an impression that Asia has no creativity for its own entertainment.

Furthermore, Asia has been a conservative continent, by filming their own personal life and displaying to the public, it seems to be an invasion of their own privacy. Thus, we find that this might be offensive to our tradtional ways of behaviour.

However, country like Singapore need such entertainment tv shows to boost its economy. Reality tv shows have always been clinching the high viewing rates, thus, we predict that this phenomenon may apply in Singapore too.

Also, we are providing our conservative citizens with opportunities to experience the whole ambience in shows such as Survivor and the Apprentice. It may be a huge leap for Asia's entertainment industry.

All in all, we still disagree that reality shows in Asia is largely beneficial. Afterall, Asia should retain its own conservative image and should not be affected by western influences or things that are on the trend. Thus, if we are really going to have reality tv in Asia, we should weigh all the consequences which might arise and whether we can cope with them.