Termination of pregnancy also known as "Abortion" is one of the leading causes of teenage deaths in South Africa. Statistics show that a lot of teenagers die due to illegal arbotions. It is shocking to have such cases when there are so many ways of preventing pregnancy. The question here is why fall pregnant in the first place?
People have different views concerning this matter, most believe that it is killing and should be illegal; but if u get raped and fall pregnant? Would you keep the child and let that child be a reminder of what happened to you? Yes I know, thought provoking. People have different reasons why they decide to terminate the pregnancy, it is unfortunate that some of them end up losing their own lives in the process. It recent occurrences, a University of Johannesburg student who happens to be a classmate of mine was found dead in her residence room on Sunday after allegedly having done an abortion. We don't know why she did what she did though people feel that she should have known better as she was a student at a university.
whether we are for it or against it, arbotion remains a life threatening process, and even if the state decides to make it illegal, there will always be those back door places that will continue to terminate pregnancies and risk losing more than one life. All we can do is think of effective ways of educating our youth about arbotion and the risks that go with it to prevent lives being lost in future.
I am actually struggling to understand what the problem is. I wonder if it's because there are not enough educational programmes on unsafe sex & pregnancy or if we're simply ignorent as people!
ReplyDeletethe government should relook its abortion act
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