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Abortion? January 31, 2009

Abortion has been performed for thousands years. The first abortion recorded was 5,000 years ago. It was done by the ancient physicists, using traditional herbs and potions. Abortion is still sought by families which do not want the infants to come, considering the fact that their financial and social conditions aren’t always favourable. However, abortion is still become one of medical FAQs.

Medical world doesn’t always allow this operation. There are many things to be considered before this act is performed, e.g. warning and counselling. Single operation costs large amount of money, thus makes it a big problem. Abortion may cause psychological impacts to the mother, as well. It’s prohibited in most countries like Indonesia, but there are some which legalise this extreme operation. By the way, what causes the rising tendency of dealing with this operation?

Generally, people deal with abortion because they don’t want the baby or the pregnancy. There are many factors that cause one’s pregnancy is unwanted, such as jobs and the baby’s prenatal defects. Incest and the MBA (married by accident) thing are the biggest social problems which demand more from abortionists.

On the one hand, abortion obviously crosses religious values. Bible says not to kill others, and it is prevailed in every conditions. I’m sure other religions and beliefs tell people not to do this. On the other hand, people need to throw away their babies due to the unstable financial condition and social reaction. Those who deal with abortion - female executives, young girls, or old women – are often expelled from the society. People assume them as killers, since it seems like they’ve murdered someone. Society overlooks all the reasons behind one’s decision.

Even though abortion is illegal in Indonesia, huge number of people still sought for this shit. Indonesians have their traditional abortionists (dukun bayi), who often – traditionally - help people to give birth to their children. Chinese invent some concoctions to naturally abort one’s infant. There are many ways to perform abortion in traditional life, but modern medical world does it occassionally. ‘Medical abortion’ can only be done after the parents’ve been informed and given reliable counselling. Modern medical abortion helps saving females’ lives, thus reduces mother’s mortality rate. During the rule of New Regime in Indonesia, a policy called Gerakan Sayang Ibu was done to reduce the mortality rate of pregnant mothers. Unfortunately, current government doesn’t enforce this idea seriously.

Doctors and physicists debate about this topic so frequently. They are still looking for solutions to reduce – or even exterminate – abortion. However, the important thing is to wipe out the root of all. People can think of things to prevent abortion, but I think they’d better to think of the unwanted pregnancy.

Can you think of something to reduce the root of all sins?