Abortion

By: Jan Margaux Encallado

Abortion is when the fetus is getting terminated or expulsed. Abortion is a way of killing a fetus inside the womb. There are two types of Abortion: Medical Abortion and Surgical Abortion. The Medical Abortion is more of a natural process of aborting the pregnancy. It uses abortion pills that will lead to miscarriage and it is done without a surgery. The other type of abortion is the Surgical Abortion. The Surgical Abortion it involves a minor surgery to remove the fetus. In doing the surgical abortion they cut and vacuum the fetus out of the womb.

A baby inside their mother’s womb doesn’t deserve death because they are innocent and doesn’t even know a thing in this world. Many people had a debate about this issue and there are people that are in favor and some are not. I am also not in favor of abortion because it is a sin and also an act of murder. I have done my research before about abortion and it is really depressing that a lot of people can kill an innocent child. And sadly many people doesn’t consider a fetus as a living creature they describe it as a “cell”. These are the list why I don’t want abortion to be legal.

Abortion is an issue here in the Philippines; many people want to legalize abortion because of the case of early pregnancy and unintended pregnancy. A lot of teenagers in this generation are experiencing early pregnancy because of their curiosity for sex and because of that curiosity they will eventually try it until they make a mistake because of their lack of knowledge. This unintended pregnancy will lead them to unsafe abortion and depression.  And because of their lack of knowledge when it comes to this kind of stuffs they might think of killing that child that is in their womb or killing their selves. Abortion can also have a bad effect on the mother’s side. She can have damage to her cervix, scarring of the uterine lining, damage to the organs and it can kill her.

Abortion is also not being legalized here in the Philippines it is because we are a catholic country. Abortion is an act of murder that is a sin the bible. It is stated in the bible verse, Exodus 20:13 the sixth commandment that “Thou shall not kill”. In the Catholic Church, murder is the worst sin a person could ever commit in this world. A precious life of a baby shouldn’t be taken away by its mother because it was God who gave life to the baby its mother is just an instrument that is used to develop the baby. Also, taking a child’s life is not right it is like taking away his/her chance to see the beautiful world that God has created and you will never experience the most genuine love that you can receive from your child.

It is sad that many countries today have legalized abortion even though they know it is wrong. They see it as a solution to poverty. They do it to avoid financial problem and responsibilities. It is also sad that they don’t give significance to a life of a child. A child that is a gift from above that we must cherish and love. Those are my top reasons why I don’t want abortion to be legalized here in the Philippines.