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An Analysis Of The Increase In Mortality Rate As A Result Of Abortion Among Young Women Of Childbearing Age
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The above reasons did not stop the practise of abortion among primitive
people. Women in the olden days would rather have their pregnancy
terminated than to have the child to be raised in slavery. Pregnancies
involving members of the same family were aborted because it was seen as
a taboo. Lactating women who become pregnant had the pregnancies
aborted to ensure the flow of milk for the living child. Primitive men
used crude, traumatic and often ineffective means to terminate pregnancy
which led to the deaths of the victims. Today, abortion continues to be
practised whether forbidden or accepted for a variety of social,
political, economic and religious reason that are not completely
different from those given by primitive men (Boyd, 2006).
Over the
years, due to advanced science and technology, man has been able to
tackle problems more effectively than primitive men. Modern man has been
able to eradicate lots of diseases from the face of the earth and
invented easier and faster means of cooking and transportation which is
seen as less primitive, why is he still very primitive in the way he
solves the problem of unwanted pregnancies? Abortion is seen by many in
the world today as immoral and ungodly, an act that calls for a
punishment from both God and man. Many others still see abortion as a
means of regulating the population and balancing the socio economic
needs of the family. For this above reason, abortion has been the centre
of many legal, social, political and religious debates in the countries
all over the world (Jones, 2004).
Abortion is a life threatening
issue, one that has claimed the lives of thousands of young women and
girls all over the world, therefore, it is an issue that concerns
everyone in the society no matter what your stand is on abortion.
Consider a young girl of fourteen who gets pregnant and is desperate for
a solution. Since she is unable to face the consequences of pregnancy
at this age, she may not even know who is responsible for her pregnancy
after realising she is pregnant due to obvious signs of pregnancy
(nausea, insomnia, etc). She may decide to procure an abortion either on
her own or with the aid of someone in order to cover shame. The image
is frightening that a young girl of such a tender age, both physically,
psychologically, and emotionally immature finds herself on an operating
table where she gives her body and life to the sharp instrument of an
abortionist.
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