It is a poverty to
decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish – Mother Teresa -
What is abortion? According to dictionary.com, abortion is
the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy.
In simple words, it a process of killing a baby before its birth. Abortion
happens for some reasons. It might be due to some health considerations,
government policies or by choice. Sometimes, the fetus may harm the mother’s
health condition or the fetus itself may have some problem which create a need
to an abortion. By choice here, we refer to women who did abortion for some
reasons including to avoid being an unmarried mother. In some countries, abortion is legal while
some others don’t allow it.
www.whichcountry.co has released the top five countries with the highest total
number of abortions in the world.
Rank
|
Country
|
Number of abortion
|
1
|
China
|
7,930,000
|
2
|
Russian Federation
|
2,287,300
|
3
|
Vietnam
|
1,520,000
|
4
|
United States
|
1,365,700
|
5
|
Ukraine
|
635,600
|
Based on the table above which was collected in 2009, China
hold the first rank. Being the most populated nation in the world, it creates a
significant problem for them. China’s population represents about 20% of the
world’s population. To overcome potential problems in the future as a result of
high population, this country came up with one-child policy since 1979. This
policy restricts the majority of Chinese families to one child each. However,
rural families may have a second child if the first child is a girl or
disabled. For those who fail to obey, they have to face fines, pressures to
abort a pregnancy and even forced sterilization. Thus, it’s not a big surprise
to see China in the first rank and it’s more like their lifestyle now.
So, what do you think about such policy? What’s the
rationality? Is it appropriate? From a point of view, it is considered as an
immense human slaughter which violates the humanity values besides being an
offense against God and His creation. But on the other side, China has its own reasons
as reflected in the government’s sign around the town: “For a prosperous,
powerful nation and a happy family, please practice family planning.” It looks
like China is proving that they’re not wrong as they are growing tremendously. China
is expected to be the next superpower and conquer the world’s economy by
overtaking U.S. Thus, the policy is likely to go in line with their mission. Well,
to have a country with the poor citizens is not favorable of course, but to
kill them is never an ideal solution. The arguments continue.
