50 million. Do you know what this number means? This number indicates the estimated total abortion took place in U.S. from 1973 through 2008. Average number of abortion took place per year is over 1 million. only in U.S. Why so many? Why abortion? Well, first of all, what is abortion? Abortion is an act of terminating pregnancy; this means to give up a child's life before giving birth.
So, why people choose to do abortion? First of all what makes people choose to abort? What information or news? I believe that the answer to this question would be the improvement in our technology. Technology improves our lives but not always in a good way. For example, there is a technology called prenatal screening which could show a child’s health status before his/her birth. With prenatal screening, people are now able to see if their child has any disabilities, genetic disease or diseases that are inherited from the parents. Isn’t it very easy to see what will happen if the child has any bad disease? Yes, usually people just take abortion. Abortion also takes place when a child’s sex is not the one his/her parents want, when parents simply don’t want a child, and so on. Lots of people do it and consequently the number of abortion is increasing rapidly these days.
Abortion is a controversial issue I believe. Some people, especially those who have experienced ending a pregnancy, would say it is a right decision to abort if their children would be born with unwanted disorders even though they were previously against abortion. But, on the other hand, other people would blame on them for aborting because they believe that terminating a pregnancy is a really bad idea for the unborn babies. People who faced abortion previously believe in their choice because they think that it will be too hard for the babies to live their lives with disabilities, and will cost lots of money to support their lives. But, other people don’t think in that way; they just say that those parents have no sense of responsibility because they gave up their new children. They claim that terminating pregnancy directly means taking away lives from babies. Because of this difference in opinions, parents who have chosen to abort their children sometimes keep it a secret to other people in order not to be criticized. Also, considering the feeling of a baby who was supposed to be born if his/her parents did not find out he has some problems, abortion is a really harsh thing.
This is a big issue. Although all of the people know that abortion is against natural law and is bad for their babies, there are some circumstances where parents don’t want babies. The solution that would solve this problem, for me, is to terminate all the prenatal screening and other related technology. If there isn’t technology like this, people won’t have to choose to abort babies. Because I believe that facing this decision is as hard as facing a child born with undesired properties, so we don’t need to know in advance if our babies have any problems. I know this might be an extreme answer with no sense, but this is my opinion.
Abortion has over the years, proven to be an argument of moral rather than a policy. Constitutionally, the government nor does the state (Vatican) have no power in the establishment of abortion practices. Roe Vs. Wade made the practice of abortion legal. But now, the conversation of abortion have moved on from being political to moral.
ReplyDeleteI believe that abortions shouldn't be taken place and a medical doctors purpose is to preserve life rather than destroying life.
America's in its hype of hypocrisy because Pro-Life individuals are so often Pro-Middle East War that kill over thousands and thousands of lives. I say that you are up to decide whatever you want but remember to not contradict yourself, as a human being. If you are pro-life, then be pro-life throughout all scenarios.