ABORTION NOT A TROUBLE FREE SOLUTION

Written by Faith Benjamin

In 2007 global study reported that in 2003 there were an estimated 42 million induced abortions worldwide. Women who have abortion come from every race and nationality, from a variety of religious background and from every level of income, education and age between puberty and menopause.

Today women seek abortions for a variety of reasons, ranging from financial problems or to failed, perhaps abusive relationships that results in their not wanting any further tie with the man or the pregnancy may simply not fit into the plans of the woman or couple.

Regardless of the situation, usually the decision to terminate a pregnancy deliberately is not an easy one. It is often intensely painful but the question comes, is abortion a trouble free solution?

Research study shows that 331 Russian and 217 American women who did abortion revealed that about half of both groups felt bad after the abortion. Since guilt is such a pervasive problem even among those who do not consider themselves religious why do so many young women still have abortions?

The answer is many young women often come under intense pressure to have an abortion. Pressure from parents, a mate, or well meaning friends may encourage abortion as a lesser of two evils which can lead to hasty, ill informed decision.

An expert on the mental-health risk of abortion said “Women’s cognitive abilities return to normal after an abortion often ushering in feelings of pronounced guilt, sadness and regret.

This regard often centers on the question: Did the abortion terminate a life that already existed?

A report by the South Dakota task force to study abortion concluded that many pregnant women considering an abortion “were mislead into thinking that nothing but ‘tissue’ was being removed and relate that they would not have had an abortion if they were told the truth. Many women are angered by grief at the loss of a child they were told never existed” the psychological harm of knowing she killed her child is often devastating. Making the women live in guilt and pain. This shows that abortion is not a trouble free solution. Many people ask questions like does an abortion merely remove some tissue from a pregnant woman’s body? Is an unborn child actually a living person while in the womb? 

These questions are food for thought to answer, these questions will be dealt with in my next article; Human Life.