Abortion is the most controversial topic fraught with lots of myths and misconvictions. Let’s start with the defintion of the terms mentioned here. Murder- an unlawful act, killing someone with a conscious intention. Abortion – is a termination of pregnancy and it usually carried out before 24 weeks so that the fetus in there won’t feel any pain. Well, both don’t scream the same motto.
Even the people who are contradict to abortion, make exceptions for several cases like, Pregnancy from Rape, complication in pregnancy which affects the health of the mother. Well? That’s it? What about woman who’s not ready to face pregnancy? What if the baby is unplanned or an accident? What if the parents are not economically strong enough to raise a baby? What if they choose not to have a baby? What about teen pregnancy? Abortion is the only solution. Don’t you think?
Abortion is a sin. This is the myth that deep rooted in our mind by various system of religious and cultural faiths. Abortion is a forbidden unforgivable sin according to most of the religions. What else do we expect from people who blindly convict and follow everything their religion preach them? So, at this point abortion is pictured as killing a baby formed by two pleasure seeking adults. Who wouldn’t go against them? Here’s where it was misinformed as murder.
Let’s answer the five main anti abortion arguments,
1. Abortion leads to depression and suicide.
This applies to people who encounter miscarriage cause by variety of known and unknown factors. Yes, it do cause serious effects in mental health but not for women who think “it’s the right decision” for them. Abortion Trauma Syndrome is just a myth that convinces people that women considering abortion face serious pyschiatric consequences. But, majority of women tolerate and overcome the abortion without any psychiatric sequelae.
2. Abortion cause cancer
What is it? Another strategy of indoctrinating people to believe “anti abortion” arguments? They insinuating that it mostly cause breast cancer in women due to hormonal changes. Not only the abortion, pregnancy also cause hormonal changes and have a lower risk of causing breast cancer in women under 25. So, is it a sin too? Focusing on Abortion and Cancer, the scientific evidence doesn’t support the notion that abortion raise the risk of causing any type of cancer?
3. Abortion Reduces Fertility
The earlier out-dated method like dilation and curettage (D&C) method lead to some complications. It’s 21st century and please make your mind up for modern world. There are some methods like suction based technique for surgical and using compounds such as mifepritstone are engaging in this process. There’s no evidence that these surgical and medical “termination of pregnancy” processes have any impact on future fertility.
4. The Fetus feel pain
This is the worst and unfounded argument blindly believed by a lot of half boiled in “Team anti- abortion”. Abortion usually performed within 24 weeks, where the fetus doesn’t develop a brain and nervous system. So, it doesn’t feel any pain. It wouldn’t be even aware of it’s surrounding.
5. Abortion is morally and religiously unacceptable
Well, Keep your moral and religious opinions out of an individual’s “personal decision” (vagina). Thank you!
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