Morality in Abortion.
Moral Justification of Abortion
Abortion has acquired the status
of a perennial moral problem on which scholars have formed different and, at times, conflicting opinions. In layman’s
understanding, Abortion is just the
act of removing or terminating pregnancy. Put differently, it is the expulsion of
the foetus from the womb before it is viable, that is before it can live
outside the mother. Abortion is derived from the Latin word aboriri
which mean to perish. Pro-lifers see abortion simply as murder or worst still,
direct killing.
Classifying abortion into two
major ways may not be a mistake for some abortions happen without human aid. The
two kinds of abortion are:
natural and artificial abortion. Natural abortion can be termed Miscarriage. Natural abortion
happens spontaneously without any medical application or the aid of anyone. This happens
involuntary or unexpectedly. This type of abortion is not sinful in
anyway because it is not caused by anyone, it is rather a
natural occurrence. Artificial abortion on the other hand, is any type or way
followed to terminate pregnancy. It may be done by medical practitioners or
even through many other ways by the pregnant woman or lady. It is this type of
abortion that every rational and God fearing person consider as sin. We have
many types of this artificial abortion and they include: Therapeutic abortion, which the
aim is to save the mother of the child in the womb. For example, if the woman
has cancer of the womb, abortion has to take place so that the woman may be
cured. Another is criminal abortion, this is the one that are rampart
everywhere. Criminal Abortion: This is the kind of abortion done by both
married and unmarried women who term their pregnancy unwanted one. They try to
save themselves the shame of giving birth to a child either out of wedlock (a lady) or that it will be a
shameful thing to them.
Arguments for Abortion.
Some said that women have the right to control their bodies: They
have the right of choosing the child that will live and the one to die. They
said that, women’s shape disfigures after every birth and any woman who wishes
to maintain her shape and mistakenly gets pregnant has the right to terminate the child in other to
maintain her shape.
Abortion as a sign of maturity: This group of people argues that abortion shows
that one is now matured
enough to determine what happens to her body. That the person has grown to
maturity and no one controls her again. She can take any decision she wishes to
take without anyone questioning her. Once you abort a child and no one
questions you, then you have grown to maturity.
Abortion as a means of population control: Some families at their
early days of marriage concluded a number of kids they will be needing, but due
to mistake the woman takes in again, then the best way to control over
population in the family is to terminate that child gotten by mistake. Some
countries regulates the number
of children each family is
expected to give birth to, so that their population will be checked. Any family or any girl that
gets pregnant after that number has been attained is expected to abort the baby.
Abortion as a means of eliminating crime: Some are of the opinion that over population
without enough resources causes different types of criminal act in a locality. When
there are many people without food, then the next thing is to go stealing in
other to survive.
Rape as a reason for abortion: Some also argues that if a girl gets pregnant as a result of rape, she should abort
the baby to prevent giving birth to another rapist through blood. Another
reason is to save the girl from emotional trauma. Also to save the girl the
humiliation of giving birth out
of wedlock.
All these and many other reasons
are people’s arguments for
abortion. They show their views which are subjective to them about the life of
an unborn child and the mother of the child.
Arguments against abortion.
Mother’s life is put in danger: Many have reported about the death
of many women during or after abortion. A woman who engages in abortion may experiences complication such as
unstoppable bleeding which is life threatening and as such may bring an end to the life of both the child and the mother.
Some women are said to be barren today as a result of abortion. And this breaks many marriages these days. When a man notices
that the wife is barren because of series of abortions she did when she was young, the man will
just say that he is no more interested in the marriage and this may cause the
man and the woman emotional or psychological problem.
Need to be responsible: People should bear in mind that every
sexual intercourse done has greater percentage of resulting to pregnancy and if
so, anyone who wants to indulge in sexual activity should also be responsible
for anything that will come out of it. It is on this ground that I say, that no pregnancy is unwanted. In
as much as you want sex you also want pregnancy. How can you love exams and
hate good results. Once you love to have sex,
remember that you are invariably loving pregnancy.
Good alternatives available: if a woman was raped and she finds it
difficult to have and nurse
a child whose father is
a criminal, she should
keep the pregnancy. And after birth
she can give the child
out to the motherless baby home for possible adoption by one of those families who
are in agony of childlessness and are ready to adopt any child at their
disposal. Also, a mother
who thinks that she has given birth to the number she needs can also do the
same.
Morality in Abortion.
Every child is a gift from God
and men have no right to do away with God’s gift. Artificial abortion has no
morality in it. Or in another way, Abortion has no moral justification. Man is
created in the image of God. If someone comes to your house and sees the
picture of your father hanging on the wall and asks you. Who is this? You will likely reply, He is my father. Which means that the picture represents your
father, or more still the picture projects your father, so that anyone who sees
that picture has seen how your father is. Coming to man. We are images of God.
So anyone who sees us sees God. If we are representing God, anyone who kills a
man has invariably killed small God. Some will argue that there are stages that
life start, but I tell you from the teaching of the church that life starts
during mating not even after mating. Once sexual intercourse is going on, life
is taking place. So anything you do to prevent pregnancy is murder. There is no
justification in Abortion. There is no Morality in Abortion. Abortion is a
mortal sin no two ways about it. Come to think of it, if you were aborted? If
your mother or father were aborted? It has been even noticed that many children
termed unwanted are those who at last will be the life of the families they are
into. Many have
recorded many prominent and good people on earth as children termed unwanted. Some kill the Messiah sent to
them through abortion. We should bear in mind that every disappointment is a
blessing if we accept it with and in good faith. Welcome every situation you
find yourself and God will bless you from there. The deed has been done so
forget about it carry on and promise never to repeat it again and work towards
it and life will even be better for you. In abortion, you commit many sins,
first sin of fornication or adultery, second sin of murder and sin of involving
others in your own sin. Lastly, many lies you will tell to cover up. Sin begets
sin. So accept your mistakes
and carry on with your
life, abortion will not solve it, it rather makes it worse because you
have no justification in committing abortion.
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