Cause of Abortion

When my mother was pregnant of me, her doctor told her to abort me because I may risk her life.. But my dad angrily said to him ‘who are you? Are you God? Who are you to tell my wife to kill my child?’ So, my mom did not abort me and here I am today,alive,well and cute as ever..

Of course I am here not to tell about me but to share my thoughts on abortion following my own nearly aborted situation if my hero a.k.a my dad haven't prevented it.

So, what is abortion? Abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability. It can occur spontaneously which commonly known as miscarriage or it can occur on purpose which we called it as induced.   Abortion occur worldwide with 42 million cases per year which brings about 115 000 cases per day. In Malaysia alone, there is one abortion in every 5 pregnancies.

So what causes abortion to be done by the parents? Don’t they love their gift from God? Well, from my recent research, it shows that 93% of all abortions were due to social reasons. While the other reasons are 6% due to health reason and 1% due to rape or incest. Abortion  for social reasons are because of poverty.  More women abort their pregnancy because they could not afford to raise a child or another child.  In India alone, 13 million abortions take place because abortion is advertised as a method of birth control and a means of guaranteeing greater economic development in families. Another social reason is the mother are too young to have a child. As we all know, lots of teenagers nowadays are involved actively in sex before marriage. Some are as young as 14 years old. So, when they become pregnant, they abort their babies to hide their shame.

Poverty and age are not a good reason for abortion. If you know that you are too poor or  too young to have a child, wear protection during sex. Condom alone has 97% of effectiveness to prevent pregnancy and Happy Brand only cost as low as RM5 for 3 condoms. 

So why waste money for abortion when you can prevent it? Or better, don’t do sex at because that is the best birth control ever.

Health reason can also lead to abortion. 90% of all babies with Down Syndrome are aborted. The parents believes that it is cruel to force a living being to live a life destined for pain and loneliness. Besides that , Pregnant women with cancers has to abort their child so they can do the treatment to save their lives such as chemotherapy. Some also terminate their child because they thought having too many children can effect their health such as prolapsed internal organs. Usually the doctor will advised the mother to abort the child just like what the doctor said to my mom. Health reason may be acceptable for abortion but abortion because the baby is deformed is not acceptable. It shows that their lives, are less worthwhile than the lives of 'normal' people. 

Other reason for abortion is because the pregnancy happened because they were raped. So they do not want the baby of the person who raped them. They hated the baby just like they hated the raper. So they abort the baby to let go their anger. However this act is not good. It is not the child’s fault. The baby did not ask to be conceive in such a way. I believe that all the unborn baby wish to be conceive with love but what can they do if they are conceive through force. Learn to forgive and forget. God will eventually punish those who do wrong.

In conclusion, Everyone has the rights to be born into this world.Abortion may be legal in some ways such as in Malaysia, abortion is Legal during 1st trimester only if to protect the women’s life, physical health and mental health. However abortion is still murder and under whatsoever circumstances should not be done. So, if you know you are sick,or unable to have a child then prevent it. So that you wont have to do abortion. The next time you are thinking of abortion,remember the baby that you carrying may be the next Einstein or the next Tom Cruise or whoever great people that you can think of. Please,don't do abortion.