Theater 6 Summary

All parts of the world have their "sensitive" subjects, some are the same and some are different. These subjects have affected the ways humans think. One of which is a Spontaneous abortion, also known as a miscarriage. The word abortion has a negative connotation, so we would use a different word to stray away from the negative. There are many different ways, and reasons for women to opt for an abortion, some, unfortunately, have been brought upon unexpectedly. According to Abortion, Sin and the State of Thailand by Andrea Whittaker, Nang Suu decided to get an injection in which, "she had no idea what the medicine was that they used,"(Whittaker 12). At which point do these subjects become law, moreover what will it do to our society, how will it change our way of thinking? In Theater 6 by Sarah Hall, the law comes before people's wellbeing. She uses the law as means of restriction, The plot in this story is strong. However there is not much to be said about the background, but there seems to be a law, Hunter foetal care plan, that was passed to prevent doctors from doing anything other than what the law declares medically necessary. In the story, the law will not allow abortions or anything closely related to it. This, however, becomes a problem when there happens to be a pregnant woman who has become

Theatre 6 takes place at a hospital in the present or near future. Why, because unfortunately, this happens in other countries. In 2007, after a woman had a miscarriage at work, she was arrested and, " sentenced to 30 years for 'aggravated homicide' under El Salvador's total ban on abortions"(Amnesty). Although this, a more extreme version of the law in the short story, is somewhat similar. In the story, the doctor does not believe that the law does any good. This is shown when that main character state's, "We don't all believe in the Hunter foetal care plan," (Hall 3) when referring to the septic