Abortion
Complied by Barrington H. Brennen
October 5, 2011, 2017
Abortion Survey
Abortion Article
In 2000, cases of rape or incest accounted for 1% of abortions.
Another study, in 1998, revealed that in 1987-1988 women
reported the following reasons for choosing an abortion:
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25.5% Want to postpone childbearing
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21.3% Cannot afford a baby
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14.1% Has relationship problem or partner does not want
pregnancy
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12.2% Too young; parent(s) or other(s) object to pregnancy
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10.8% Having a child will disrupt education or job
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7.9% Want no (more) children
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3.3% Risk to fetal health
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2.8% Risk to maternal health
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2.1% Other
According to many studies the primary reasons for choosing an
abortion are:
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pregnancy was not planned or wanted
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not ready to have a baby yet
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inconvenient time of life or the child interferes with goals
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financial concerns
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pressure by parents or other family members
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fear of people finding out about the pregnancy
But, the number one reason that women choose abortionist that
their partner, the father of the child, either passively or
aggressively, refused to support the women in carrying the child
to birth.
In other words, the woman believes that she will be abandoned by
the most important person in her life if she continues the
pregnancy.
Yet 70% of Relationships End Anyway!
It has been reported that an estimated 70% of relationships end
within the first year following an abortion. If you are thinking
that having an abortion will help you keep your lover, think
again.
Why do the men leave?
Often, the men who refuse to live up to their responsibilities
resent the women that they have let down: the mother of the
child that they did not support.
And, when a woman realizes the pain abortion has caused, she
will resent the man who got them pregnant and did not fulfill
his obligations as a father.
Other factors such as guilt, shame, anger, and fear are other
reasons why the relationship may end.
Please realize that abortion not only destroys your child, it
can also ruin the very relationship that you most hoped would
last.
Types of Abortion
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Therapeutic abortion
(Mother’s health) There are more than 50 surgeries
which can be performed inside the uterus. If this is
possible, the fetus, even inside the uterus of the mother,
is already considered a patient, in other words, a person;
and, if it is a person, it has the right to live.
However, early decision about abortion is key here.
The mother's health must be considered.
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Eugenic abortion
Imperfection (defect): Perfection does not mean
having the right to live. People do not pass a quality
control. A person can be “defective” (physically imperfect)
yet still wonderful human being… or be physically complete,
“perfect”, but a human monster or a despicable person. This
is not a reason to abort. The kindness of a human heart does
no need a perfect body to develop itself completely.
However, it is my view that if a fetus has a
life-threatening defect (so to speak) therapeutic can be an
option. I am talking about babies born blind or with
not hands, etc. Many of these live to have very
productive lives.
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Abortion for ignorance
It is not a life. One would have to hide tons of
scientific information which confirms that it is a life by
looking at the
stages of
gestation. The majority of women who have an
abortion really do not know what they are doing. If they
knew, they would not do it.
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Social abortion
Overpopulation: As an example: China, with its policy
of having just one child, avoided the birth of at least 2
million children from 1970 to the present…and as a
consequence, in the near future will see increase of aged
people, the aging of its population. (AICA December 1,
1999). The aging of the population, not the in population
lives, the fertility rate is under the 2.1 necessary to
assure the replacement of generations.
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Emotional abortion
Rape: Rape is a violent act. It is
my view that a woman can have the option to abort due to
rape. It will be best this is done early (within the
first trimester). The problem for me is when
there is a later-term abortion. This is a personal
choice. There are countless persons who were born out
of rape and have become outstand citizens. It is
not just an automatic abortion. Is abortion the best option that society can offer a
woman who has been raped? A woman is a victim of a rape and
not of a pregnancy. She must receive psychological therapy,
and perhaps physical therapy too, but not through an
abortion. This will not release her from any of the pain
(physical nor psychological produced by a rape.
Psychological Effects of Abortion
In the last 18 months (2003 report) alone, seven new studies
have been published in major medical journals showing that
abortion is associated with elevated rates of suicide, death
from other causes, substance abuse, clinical depression, and
psychiatric hospitalization.
It
has been discovered that there are many emotional aspects that
can effect the psychological well being of women who undergo an
abortion. These emotions include guilty feelings, anxiety,
depression, loss, anger, and even suicide. Clinical research has
found that when women are in trusting, sharing relationships,
they report deep seated feelings of exploitation over their
abortion experience.
Symptoms of Post-Abortion-Syndrome Disorder
There is a large spectrum of symptoms of this disorder. In order
to diagnose that a woman has Post-Abortion-Syndrome she must be
completely honest with herself, and with the feelings that she
has. Many women report strong feelings of guilt and confusion,
as well as loss and many other emotions. In Canadian study by
Dr. Ian Kent, many women feel deep loss and pain for the child
that "should have been". (Kent 1989, 6) One woman reports the
wave and confusion she went through, " I felt an incredible
sense of loss that plunged me deeper into a state of confusion."
(Hutchison 1997, 23) There are extreme cases, in which the
diagnosis is very easy. Such cases include a seventeen-year-old
girl who developed lethargy, malaise, and vomiting. Doctors were
unable to reach any conclusion about condition, then on the
anniversary of her abortion she experienced overt psychosis.
Mental examination revealed hallucinations, as well as psychotic
thought processes. Guilt is probably the most common symptom of
a Post-Abortion-Syndrome, which can lead to depression,
complexes, or fear of infertility and of sex. (Alliance Action
Inc. 1996, 1)
Many women recognize that they have been misled about the
abortion procedure itself and by assurances that abortion is the
right choice so they can get on with their life. They often find
that they cannot get on with their life, instead experiencing
the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder. Students stop
studying or drop out. Career women lose incentive or change
jobs. Relationships with men and with other family members are
often destroyed or seriously compromised. One women observed,
“The destruction of a precious, sweet child totally destroys the
beauty of the sexual union that created it.”