ABORTION A DEADLY ACT

Talk to someone today about the effect of abortion. Share this little word with somebody and am sure the person will appreciate it.
ABORTION Ha ABORTION
Unprotected sex can lead to unwanted pregnancy which could result in abortion, unwanted baby and teenage motherhood.
Abortion is the termination of pregnancy before birth, resulting in the death of the fetus. The first case of abortion was in China in 500BC and since then the incidence continues to grow everyday. Many issues have arisen in different parts of the world concerning abortion and till today it is subjected to critical debate. Different cultures have different perspectives about abortion but there are two main schools of thought. The first school consists the Pro-Choice supporters and the other, the Pro-life advocates. The Pro-choice supporters’ believe that the mother has the right to make decision as regards the termination of the pregnancy.
People in this category emphasized much on the right of the mother to be, while the Pro-life advocate believes that the right of the child is more important than that of the mother and that abortion can be allowed in critical cases where the life of the mother and that of the fetus is in danger. Many people in the world associate themselves with either of the two.
The perspective from which people view abortion differs because of peoples’ diverse socio-economic status, but emphasis is being placed here on the ideologies of the three main religions in the country on abortion. There are two types of abortion - Spontaneous and Induced. Spontaneous abortion occurs when the pregnancy is terminated without drugs, deliberate stress or the use of medical instrument. This is referred to as miscarriage and the other is when we inhale, use drugs or medical instrument to deliberately put an end to a pregnancy.
This abortion issues calls for serious attention from well meaning Nigerians, Government and non-governmental organizations because of the rising incidence and the extent of human wastage.