"X is for Anonymous"- A must-see documentary about the Irish abortion debate

Here we go with a highly recommended, long overdue Irish documentary on women rights

That the abortion is largely a matter of economic means, stats and women stories are there to show.

"X is for Anonymous"

X is for Anonymous is a thirty-minute documentary addressing the Irish abortion debate created by three Dublin students -- Heather Browning, Kerry Guinan and Rosi Leonard. Quoting the producers:

"...The documentary also hopes to describe in some way a particular sense of national identity rooted in religion, and how that identity is often perpetuated at the cost of women's rights." 

You can watch it here. 

The topic comes specially at centre of the spotlight after the sentence handed down in Ireland where the Court decided the fate of thousand of women that may find themselves in need of medical care.

Comments on the High Court ruling can be found at this link:  Education for choice.

Whilst my goal at this post is not advocate for indiscriminate recurrence to abortion, there is an undeniable need to work on a more honest approach towards it. When society does not treat the most vulnerable right, the whole of it get affected. These three filmmakers were courageous enough to take a stand.

I am proud to echo their efforts to put this documentary together, since speaking out in defense of a lay and secular legislation framework on as such subjective matters as it can be - sexual & reproductive health and family planning - is the least that us as part of an organised civil society can do.

Wishing every success to this documentary as a vehicle of awareness and likewise their producers.

Ps. This post was written an year ago, in May 2014, and now, in June 2015, the people of Ireland has chosen by referendum to say "yes" to equal marriage, signalling strongly towards a secular country where the minorities are entitled to more and more civil rights.