While societies have been divided over issue of abortion for various reasons. There is no doubt that these reasons are moral, health ground and religious.
For religious sects, it is abominable to raise the issue of abortion. They simply believe that abortion is not different from murder. They further argue that it is as ungodly as it is callous to think of it for whatever reason. Of course, 19th century had been dominated by core morally based principles, which also guided the policies of the then political class.
In the recent times, such views don’t seem to hold firmly any more. This is so because of the high rate of crimes. Some people have taken a position against hard line stance of government is this area, making references to cases of rapes. In such scenario, it is against the will of the woman because the criminal is totally a strange individual and even it is a known guy from the neighbourhood, it is not a consensual product.
More so, some have given health reasons where their life might be at risk if there is insistence that they keep a pregnancy. This has nonetheless created room for controlled abortion in some countries where Doctors would have to certify that the risk level is high.
For pro life groups, they have maintained that it is inhuman for another to willingly terminate another life. They have embarked on massive crusade against abortion in whatever guise.
In the United State, the same controversy is ravaging some states. The orthodox churches are leading the campaign against abortion while the x generations are of the view that it should be a matter of choice.
Interestingly, promiscuous women and sex workers are canvassing for abortion. This is to enable them continue in their promiscuity. they have even gone a step further by going for family planning, whereby issue of abortion may never arise.
NewsTrack investigation shows that unmarried ladies and much younger women in their early 20s are all involved in the race for family planning.
Some girls say they don’t enjoy sex with condoms and therefore would want to be having unprotected sex with their boy friends. This practice has created room for another line of crises waiting to ravage societies. How about the dangers of contacting dangerous infections.
For sex workers, they say it will give them the opportunity of serving those who would want skin-to-skin sex, a situation that presents blank cheque for astronomical increase of infectious diseases, especially sexually transmitted diseases. I hope that those concerned are reading.
Recently, lawmakers in Sydney have voted in favour of pro-abortion campaigners, thereby decriminalizing the acts in so far as it is done withing 22 weeks into pregnancy.
Paolo Zialcita reporting for NPR Daily Newsletter tells the story:
PAOLO ZIALCITA
Lawmakers in Sydney have voted to decriminalize abortion in the country’s most populous state, overturning legal restrictions that have been in place since the start of the 20th century.
On Thursday, lawmakers in New South Wales voted to pass the Abortion Law Reform Act 2019. The bill will allow women to get abortions up to 22 weeks into a pregnancy and will abolish any common law rules relating to abortion.
“Unlawful abortion” has been in the state’s criminal code since 1900. Women were allowed to terminate pregnancies only if a medical practitioner agreed that her physical or mental health was at risk.
According to Parliament members, the bill was debated for nearly 70 hours in both houses and went through several amendments.
Alex Greenwich, an independent member of Parliament, drafted the bill. He spoke on the house floor as the bill was read.
“It follows decades of work from women’s rights campaigners, activists and people in the Parliament,” said Greenwich.
The abortion-rights bill passed in the face of massive anti-abortion protests in New South Wales. In the weeks leading up to the historic vote, Australian abortion opponents organized public rallies featuring prominent conservative voices, such as former Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
“It is a license for sex-selection abortions. It is a license for late-term abortion,” said Abbott. “It is effectively infanticide on demand.”
Jenny Leong, a representative for the Greens party, applauded the bill and spoke about what the passage means for women’s rights.
“Today we have moved closer to the idea of realizing gender equality for all in this state,” said Leong.
New South Wales was one of only two states in Australia with abortion restrictions on the books. The state of South Australia still requires that two doctors agree that a woman’s pregnancy endangers their mental or physical health and that unlawful abortion is punishable by law, according to Children By Choice Australia.
