Many people can suggest that legislation is the only way to reduce abortions. However, the article will argue out to find out whether there is a way to lower abortion rates without involving legislation. Abortion is the termination of pregnancy that is not only a mere personal choice but also a grave offense against God. Therefore, abortion should not be used as a substitute form of contraception. It is understood that abortion is murder, no one needs a rocket science to comprehend this, and there are no compromises possible. Humankind must shield life whenever possible. The churches have stood on the front line to counter abortion by using church teachings on abortions that have become clear and unequivocal. People do not require legislation to understand that adoption can be a viable alternative to abortion since it accomplishes the same result. In this literature, the paper typically makes several arguments. Morally, as opposed to say whether abortion is medical aspects or political. The questions of the argument over the legislations of abortion remains double-barreled. At what period of fetal development and for what reasons is abortion justified? The questions have received a different answer and have combined in various ways.
Confining abortion is ineffective. Logically, most people do not see this problem. Virtually countries, where abortion is confined, have higher or same abortion rates than the nations with liberal abortions policies. Hence, liberal abortion laws are inversely related to the abortion rate. The problem is established by the negative correlation between the unmet necessity for abortion levels and contraception. Virtually all unsafe abortions take place in developing countries where restrictive abortion laws are frequently the norm and the unmet necessity for contraception remains high (Railsback 415). In developing nations, antiabortion policymakers and advocates fail to admit the facts that abortion's legal status has nothing to do with it occurrence but how safe abortion is and the right way is to diminish the incidence of unplanned pregnancy. Inadequate of professional and qualified medical providers, weak health systems, the humiliation and stigma related to illegal abortion, and oppressive poverty all lead to the high health risks as well as to the social and financial costs of perilous abortions.
It is manifest that many of the nations where abortion is prohibited are located in the sub-regions across the world. These nations are prone to higher poverty rates as well as higher incidence of other social pathologies that intensifies the apparent necessity for abortion. For example, in the United States, the Republican states have pro-life laws that make the states have lower abortion rates than the Democratic states. Therefore, it is evident that greater financial support for Planned Parenthood’s contraception programs helps in reducing abortions. Also, Catholic-influenced nations tend to have more limitations on abortions and this lower abortion rates compared to Scandinavian countries (Wertheimer 68). The combination of economic pressure and government abortion policy can make things worse. Therefore, antiabortion advocates and policymakers should acknowledge that to reduce abortions and eradicate poverty is effective than passing pro-life laws (Railsback 412). The policymakers should enhance on addressing both bad abortion policies and poverty.
In the contemporary world, abortion has become unnoticed war. Many nations are involving themselves in the continuing war on terror, and this has made them forget the most horrible and unnoticed war on abortion. The war is going on in almost every nation’s border, and for instance, in the last 43 years in the United States, abortion has claimed 57 million lives. The issue of abortion is as terrible as any war can fathom. This is because the abortion strikes harder at the very core of humanity as well as the family by abolishing the most fundamental human bond between mother and child. Abortion has dissolved the precious glue that binds many countries together. Therefore, antiabortion policymakers and advocates should acknowledge that people do not need legislation to understand the unnoticed war of abortion (Railsback 418). The problem should be addressed from all perspectives to get to the root of this horrible war.
Abortion is unsafe, and therefore, legislation is not the only way to reduce abortions. When people realize that abortions are unsafe, they do not require any law to confine them. Abortion has become unregulated compared to the other medical procedures. The increased statistics of the number of women dying from botched procedures has become evidence that abortion is unsafe. A study of Cancer Research Center has shown that there is a positive correlation between cancer and abortion. The study revealed that women who have been pregnant at least once and experienced a persuaded abortion had 50 percent risk higher than other women did (Railsback 419).
Pro-life reaction to the decision of abortion is virulent. Pro-life advocates frequently characterize legislation of abortion as a journey down a slippery slope (Railsback 416). The problem makes people fail to understand the perspective of abortion. Yesterday it was contraception. Today it is same-sex marriage and abortion, and this makes it unpredictable whether he issue will be a widespread euthanasia tomorrow. Therefore, the churches and society should enhance and educate people about abortion to prevent the problem from becoming a universally accepted. This will logically stop reduce euthanasia as well as other forms of brutality and murder.
Solutions
In recent years, the problem of the increasing abortion rates has been a core subject of much policy. The best way to prevent abortion is not by making legislation against abortion or making it illegal. The best solution to this problem is by making contraception easily available to the societies. The access to contraceptives in many nations has been a problem, and hence increasing the rate of abortion. According to studies, there more than four million unintentional pregnancies annually. Easier access to contraception is a solution that would solve and prevent hundreds of thousands of unintentional pregnancies and hence, lowers abortions.
The antiabortion policymakers and advocates should give young people a good teaching and experience. Sex education programs is a method that many nations should inherit to solve this horrible war and give a comprehensive understanding of facts. Sexuality education helps in eradicating sexual activities by increasing responsibility and knowledge in youth (Railsback 412). The solution helps in reducing unwanted pregnancies and hence, reducing abortions. Another solution to this problem to increase the involvement of men on abortion-related issues. Men do play an equal part in creating pregnancies. Therefore, they should have an equal role to play in preventing unintended pregnancies. The advocates of anti-abortion should create new birth control methods such sterilization in married couples that offer the best protection against unintentional pregnancies.
In conclusion, abortion is a universal problem that should involve everybody to participate and help in solving the issue. Many women considered that embryo is not part of them, this affirms that they can do whatever they wish with their bodies. However, the article sum up that abortion is murder since it terminates the life of a fetus. Therefore, human life must be respected from the time of conception to the rest of the life’s stages, without exceptions. The article call for everybody, in particular, men, to involve themselves in the fight of eradicating abortion across the world.
Works Cited
Railsback, Celeste Condit. "The contemporary American abortion controversy: Stages in the argument." Quarterly Journal of Speech 70.4 (1984): 410-424.
Wertheimer, Roger. "Understanding the abortion argument." Philosophy & Public Affairs (1971): 67-95.
