Abortion: an option or a sin?
Statistics showed that in a worldwide perspective approximately 126,000 and in the US over 3,700 supposed to be newly-born babies are aborted everyday.
Abortion, like any long debated issues in the society, is the willingness or not to remove the fetus or embryo from the lining of uterus which resulted or caused of its loss.
Different countries have diverse opinion about the issue of abortion. Some claimed it as legal while some scrutinize the idea as illegal.
The issue of the death of unborn children brings attention to subjects such as health, society, religion, etc.
However, the focus of the article is to get insights about the two sides of abortion—the pro and against—and the religious sector who are mostly affected by the probblem.
Pro-choice for Abortion
- Most abortion cases showed that Unwanted Pregnancy is the main reason why women chose to meet that end.
- According to pro-choice movement members—a group of people in favor of abortion—they see the method as the last remedy to situations such as health or life problem which may jeopardize the mother and fetus, the woman was raped, the failure of the effect of contraceptive, and the inability of the mother to raise a child.
Against Abortion
- As the pro-life movement – a group protesting for abortion to be demolished– said it “choose life, not death”.
- People against abortion seek to fight for the “rights to live” of the unborn children who are rapidly increasing daily.
- Fetus and embryos are considered human beings by the movement as they fight for the rights of those children.
Religion comes into play
- Religious sector especially in Asian countries reacted violently regarding the issue of abortion.
- Telling their members that abortion is a major “sin” and to be considered killing unborn children.
- They based their beliefs on what is written on the bible (Catholic and Christians), Koran (Islam), etc.
Nobody knows what’s next for the long issue of Abortion but will it be an option to you or considered it as a sinful act?