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Life is sacred and is believed that must do all within our reach to protect it. This is a task we give ourselves as humans.
We believe every human life should be protected no matter how little or big the human looks.
This has been the foundation on which society was formed. It was formed to protect life and properties.
A society who failed to do this two major task is considered a failed state.
While the above is crucial, certain lives are still lost on daily basis. These lives are beyond our control. Some are natural and some are accidental.
Whichever one it is, we believe we have no power over them. But the case of terminating the life of fetus is considered killing in most cases.
Let's try and see the arguments for and against abortion.
The arguments center on whether is can be justified morally that a fetus life can be terminated. Questions like is the fetus conscious, can the fetus feel pain and many others form the moral concern.
On the legal aspect, the argument focus on whether fetuses have right to live or can even be considered human yet.
The supporters of abortion argue that unless a child is born into the world, it is irrelevant what happens to the fetus. Termination of a fetus for the supporters of this view has nothing to do with morality because only a being that is born into the world is human.
Other supporters of abortion argue that circumstances surrounding abortion should outweigh the action of aborting.
For this view, a woman who has Prolapsed uterus would need to abort the pregnancy if she didn't have miscarriage already. Prolapsed uterus is a weakened uterus.
If this happens, abortion is imminent. So the supporters of abortion argue that the mother's life is important and not the fetus.
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Some have also argued that in a situation where the mother lose her husband and have no means to survive herself, abortion can be an option. Or when a pregnant woman got involved in an accident that requires saving the life of the mother at the expense of the child. They argue that the mother life is always important and above that of the growing fetus. The mother life outweighs that of the fetus in any way and abortion is contrary to killing, but a life saver.
The above looks plausible because it argues for the 'life' of the mother.
It should be noted that we wouldn't have been born if we were aborted early.
The circumstantial argument looks logical considering the life of a mother compared to a fetus. We need not forget that the life of a fetus is tied to the survival of the mother. So without the mother, the baby might not survive.
Some scholars have however argued against the views discussed above.
Those who are against the legalisation of abortion maintain that to be regarded as human, it starts from the unicellular zygote of the infant and as such abortion is wrong. Abortion according to this view is nothing but homicide.
Like i wrote earlier that we are human and alive today because we were not aborted. Imagine if we were aborted? Would society have benefited from us the way they do now?
Imagine the presidents we have today were aborted, or our music stars or movie stars? Imagine that experts who cure our ailments or those philanthropist who cater for everyone's need were aborted back then? How would it have been?
Abortion for me is nothing but a termination of life. The moment the zygote got there, that moment, life has started.
I admit that there are circumstances like the ones listed above which will require saving the mother. But we need to consider saving the child too, if the fetus have formed to certain level (like 6 months) then incubator can help the growth of the fetus.
Abortion should not be done based on financial instability. That would mean killing. No baby is responsible for you being pregnant of them. In fact, none asked to be brought to life. So if from your action or inaction you got pregnant, you have to take the responsibility to see it through and make sure the baby comes to the world and fulfill reasons it was allowed to be conceived in the first place.
Abortion should not always be the last resort. There should be options to pick from before finally choosing abortion if the the mother's life is at risk.
Thank you.
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