Legalizing of abortion doesn’t have significant effect In the number. However, It has tremendous effect in decreasing the mortality rate of mothers and reducing health complications due to unsafe abortion. First, legalizing abortion decreases the mortality rate of mothers. There might be different reasons why women are forced to take the decision. Nevertheless, they made the decision because they couldn’t get alternative. Had there been an alternative to their decision for abortion, they wouldn’t carryout unsafe abortion in the countries where abortion is illegal.
Worldwide 46 lion abortions occur, and 20 million takes place in a country where abortion is illegal. (Facts in Brief: Induced Abortion Worldwide, 2003, Alan Gatherers Institute). According to W. H. O the leading cause of maternal mortality in countries where abortion is illegal is unsafe abortion. A person who really cares about our mothers, sisters or/and daughters could easily understand how much it benefits women legalize abortion. Why should we lose our beloved ones, who have a bright future just because we couldn’t understand and mediate the facts.
Second, legalization of abortion has a tremendous impact in reducing health complications due to unsafe procedures. Women who escape death due to unsafe abortion have a great chance to face health complications because most procedures endanger their safety and health. According to the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPP), the immediate complication from unsafe abortion include severe bleeding, uterine perforation, tearing of the cervix, severe damage to the genitals and abdomen, Internal infection of the abdomen and blood poisoning. Moreover, long term complications could expose a woman to infertility.
Family care International website states that 95% of 19 million unsafe abortions take place in developing countries and 68,000 women were killed due to Its complications. The above listed facts show us once a woman decides to terminate her pregnancy; there Is nothing that can stop her. So why don’t we give a safe ground In order to get a healthy population. There are different alternative solutions that are claimed by anta-abortionist. But I would say, It Is the mother’s well-being should be put In priority. Once a mother decides to terminate her pregnancy, she will do It legally or Illegally.
So, Instead of touting alternatives, we should respect the mother’s decision to avoid the consequences of unsafe abortions. In conclusion, legalizing of abortion decreases mortality of mothers, and health complications. It Is always better to use contraceptives in order to avoid pregnancy. But if it happened, a woman should be role in awarding women to use contraceptives instead banning abortion. Different governmental and non-governmental organizations are struggling against incurable disease like cancer and HIVE/AIDS. But unsafe abortion was not given enough attention in the countries where abortion is illegal.
