Abortionitheilegalimurderiorianiescapeifromiunplannedipregnancies?

Abortionihasibeeniaicontroversialitermisinceitheiancientitimes.iLiterally,itheitermiisiuseditoirefe
ritoitheiactiofibringingiaipregnancyitoianiend.iEthical,iStateiandireligiousiviewsioniabortionivar
yieverywhereiandiIniseveraliregions,itheiactiisiallowediinicertainisituationsilikeirape,ibiologicali
problems,iinicaseitheiwoman'silifeiiniendangered,ioriincest.iHowever,iabortionihasiremainediai
debatableiissueimorally,iethicallyiandilegally.
Abortioniexposesiwomenitoiseveralishort-
termihealthirisks.iThereiareinumerousiimmediateirisksithatirangeifromicontinuousibleeding,ibac
terialiinfections,iunfinishediabortion,iclottingiofiblooditoisustainingiinjuriesiinitheibirthicanalior
isurroundingiareasiItimayialsoileaditoiothericomplicationsilikeiheartifailure,idifficultiesiinibreat
hing,icomplicationsiinitheirenaliareas,ishocks,icomplicationsiinitheimetaboliciprocesses,iandiev
eniectopicipregnancies
Bottomilineiisiforiwhateverireasoniaiwomaniwantsitoiconductianiabortionitheyishouldifirsticons
ideritheiaboveipossibleieffectsicoziinitheiendiitiisiaicreationigrowingiinsideithatiwomaniandifori
whateverireasonithatileadsiaiwomanitoiproceediwithiabortion,iitiisievidentithatiabortioniposesim
anyirisksitoitheiwomanithatinotionlyiendangersiherilife,ibutialsoitheilifeiofitheibabyiiniupcomin
gipregnancies.iTheirisksirangeifromiphysical,ipsychologicalitoibiological.iHowever,iitiisiveryiu
nfortunateithatiainumberiofiabortionicases,iimpactsiandievenithoseiwhoitakeipartiinitheiactioniil
legallyigoiunreported.iThereiareialsoimanyimythsigoingiroundiaboutitheipractice.iHowever,ieve
nifromitheireligiousipointiofiviewiabortioniisistilliaisin.
Theidifferenceibetweeniextremeipro-lifeiandimoderateipro-life
Myidiscussionitodayiisigoingitoibeifocusedionitheidifferenceibetweeniextremeipro-
lifeiandimoderateipro-
life.iInicountriesilikeitheiUnitediStatesihaveiseriousireproductiveirightsiandipoliciesiinitheirilaw
s.iPublicidebatesioniabortionirightsiareiheldiandidiscussionsiheldiaboutitheimoraliargumentiinit
heipro-lifeiandipro-
choiceischoolsiofithought.iThisiblogiisigoingitoiputimoreiemphasisionitheipro-
lifeipositions.iIniPro-
lifeidiscussions,ithereiareitwoischoolsiofithoughtiextremeiprolifeischooliofithoughtianditheimod
erateipro-
lifeischooliofithought.iTheifirstibeliefiisithatitheifetusiisiaihumanibeingiiniitsiownientityisinceit
heiprocessioficonceptionibegan.iTheimajoripointifromithisiideaiisithatisinceiaifetusiisihuman,ia
ndihumansihaveitheirightitoilife,itheifetus’ilifeishouldibeipreserved.iTheisecondiunderlyingiclai
miisithatitheirightitoilifeiofitheifetusioutweighsitheimother’sirightitoibodyiautonomy.iTheithirdi
underlyingiclaimiisithatiextremeiinstancesiofirape,ioriwhenitheimother’siorichild’silifeiisiinijeop
ardy,ioriwhenitheicauseiofipregnancyiisiincest,iabortioniisiallowed.iTheiexcuseiinithisiinstanceii
sirape,iwhichitheimoderateipro-
choiceiactivistsibelieveiisianiextremeiviolationiofibodyiautonomy.iTherefore,itheimajoridifferen
ceiisithatimoderateipro-
lifeipositionsigiveiexceptionsiforiinstancesiofirape,iincestioriwhenieitheritheimotheriorichild’sili
feiisiinijeopardy,iwhereasiextremeipro-lifeiholdsinoiexceptionsiforitheiFetus’irightitoilife.
Whatidoesiitimeanitoibeiaifull-fledgedimemberiofitheihumanicommunity?
Full-
fledgedihumaniisibasicallyiaitermithatiisiusediinitheimoraliperspectiveiofirightitoihumanilifeian
diexistence.iTheidiscussioniofifull-
fledgedihumansiandithoseiwhoiareinotifullyifledgediisibasicallyitoifindioutitheimoralityiofiunco
ercedihumaniabortion.iIiamigoingitoisupportianiextremelyipermissiveiviewionitheiactiofiabortio
niwherebyitheiactiofiabortioniisipermissibleibyimoralistandardsiinian=yipregnancyistageioriund
erianyigivenicircumstances.iTheimoralicommunityiisiaisetupithatiisimadeiupiofilivingibeingsiw
hoihaveifullimoralirights,iandiareistrictlyimadeiupiofipeople.iInitheidiscussioniaboutihumanityii
nitheimoralisense,iforiaihumanitoibeifullyiconsidereditoibeifullyifledgediinitheisocietyitoday,iail
istioficharacteristicsihasitoibeifollowed.iInitheimoralisense,iaihumanibeingiisisupposeditoihavei
consicousnessi(internalioriexternal)iandiisialsoisupposeditoihaveitheicapacityitoifeeliemotionian
dipain,iaihumanibeingiisialsoisupposeditoihaveiaireasoningicapacity,ianiabilityitoisolveiproblem
siandicomeiupiwithisolutionsitoiemergingichallenges,iaihumaniisialsoisupposeditoibeiself-
motivated,ithatiisishouldibeiableitoiexerciseidirecticontrolioriindependentidomainionitheiriwell-
being,itheiabilityitoimaintainicommunicationiwithianiindefiniteinumberiofipeopleidiscussingiasi
anyitopicsiasipossible,itheicapacityitoimaintainiself-
awareness.iTherefore,iinitheiaspectiofitheifetus,iinitheimoralisenseiisinotihumanisinceianyibeing
iwhoidoinotipossessitheitraitsidiscussediaboveiisinotihuman,itheimoreihumaniformiaibeingitake
sioriresemblesihumaniform,itheimoreitheiweightiinidiscussingitheirirightitoihaveitheirightsitoilif
e,itherefore,iinitheistagesiofidevelopmentiofitheifetus,ithereiisinoiparticularistageithatitheifetusio
btainsitheishapeioriformiofiaihumanisoimorally,itheyilackisignificantistrengthiinirightsitoilife.iT
herefore,isinceitheifetusihasitheipotentialibecomingiaihumaniandimightibeientitleitoihumanilife,
itheirightsidoinotioutweighitheirightsiofianiactualihuman.
Womenirightsiargumentsiagainstiabortion
Notieverybodyisupportsitheirightsitoiabortion.iMostiofitheipeopleiwhoidon’tisupportitheiabortio
nitheoryitryitoifindioutiotherimoreipracticalimeansiasitoiwhyiwomenisupportiabortionipractices.
iMostiofitheseiwhoiareiagainstiabortionisupportitheiideaithatitheirightitoilifeioverweighsitheiind
ividual’sirightitoicontrolitheiriownibody.iMostiofitheipeopleiargueithatisupportiforiabortionidoe
sinotiliberateitheiwomen,iiniturnidoesinotiallowitheisocietyinotitoicateriforitheirineeds.iTheiriid
eologyiisithatiwhatitheiwomenineediisinotirightsitoicommitiabortioniservicesibutiofferingithemi
betterimeansiofisurvivaliandiconduciveienvironmentsiforibringingiupichildrenilikeiinexpensivei
childcareisystemsiwhichiareireadilyiavailable,iworkistationsithatiunderstandimotherlyineedsilike
iflexibleischedulesitoiallowitheimothersitoisupportitheirichildren,ifinancialisupportifromitheistat
e.iOtheriargumentsiagainstiabortioniareibecauseiitigoesiagainstifeminineiprinciplesiwhichidoino
tisupportialliformsiofiviolenceiagainstitheihumanibody,iincludingiabortion.iTheimereifactithati
mostipersonsisupportiabortionimeansithatitheyisidestepitheisameikeyiprinciplesithatiareisetitoipr
otectifemales.iOtheriargumentsiareithatiabortioniisiaiplotibyitheimalesisoiasitoihaveicompleteise
xualifreedomiwithitheifemales.iPregnancyiisiviewediasiaihindranceitoisexualifreedomiandithere
foreiwithiabortion,iitsiviewediasiaimeansiforibackupiifitheicontraceptivesidon’tiwork.
TheiRightiofiAbortion
Theipopulationicrisisiinitheicurrentiworldimakesiitieveniaiharderiprospectiforitheisupportiagains
tiabortionibyimanyigovernments.iTalkihasiriseniabouticompulsoryisterilizationiandibirthicontrol
iprocedures.iAnti-
abortioniactivistsisupportitheimotiveiofitheiunwillingitoiacceptitheiunwillingitoiacceptitheiunwa
ntedipolicy.iHowever,iAbortionihasiprovenitoibeitheimostiwidelyiusedibirthicontrolimechanism
iinitheiworlditoday.iThisiisimainlyidrivenibyitheifactithatithereiisinoicontraceptiveithatiworksio
neihundredipercent.iTheiUsiFoodiandiDrugiAdministrationireportihasishowniinirecentitimesitha
tievenitheimostiaccurateibirthicontrolimechanismsihaveianierroricapacityiofi1.5itoi3%.iTheimid
i1960’siwasitheitimeiwhenimostiofitheianti-
abortionibylawsibeganibeingiscrappedibyimostiofitheigovernments.iThisiwasimainlyidueitoithei
increasedipopulationiandiincreasedistrainionitheiresourcesiavailable.iSecondlyiduringithisitime,i
theienactmentiofitheipro-
abortionibylawsiwasinotitoiparticularlyiprotectitheifetus’silife,ibutibecauseitheiprocessiofichildb
irthiincludingisurgeriesitakeniduringithatitimeiwereiairiskyiprocess,ithereforeithereiwasiaihigher
iprobabilityithatithereiwouldibeimistakesiandimishapsiinitheiprocess.
Whati–ispecificallyi–imakesikillingiwrong?i
Killingiinianyiformiisikilling.iEveniabortioniisikilling.iToiwhetheriyouiwilliconsideriitiaicrimei
oriainormalihumaniactioniwillidependioniyouriethicaliandimoralistatutesiasiwelliasiotheriperson
aliaffiliationsie.g.ireligion.iAbortioniisioneimodeiofikillingithatihasibeenidebatediforiveryilongi
periods.iNoimatteritheidebates,itheitruthistandsithatifetusesiareilivingicreaturesianditheidecisioni
toiterminateithemicomesiafteriaiveryiconsiderableithought.iAicorrectiexampleitoicompareiourisi
tuationiisiaipatienticonnecteditoiailifeisupportimachine.iIfitheifamilyiandimembersicannotiaffor
ditoipayiforitheimachine,itheidoctorsiwillibeiobligeditoicutiofitheioxygenisupplyianditheipatient
idies.iThisiisitheisameicaseiwithiabortion.iTheitwoilivesiofitheimotherianditheifetusiareitotallyid
ifferentifromieachiother.iWhateverilogicalidecisionitheiparentioritheimotheridecidesitoiwithithei
fetusiisinotianiattachmentiorianiissueioficoncernitoithem.iIfitheyicannotiafforditheiservicesineed
ediforitheifetusieitherithroughiproperinutrition,imedicaliemergenciesiorifutureiattachments,ithen
itheimotheriisiindebteditoiterminateitheidependencyioriratheridoianiabortion.iThisijustifiesitheia
ctioniofitheimotheriandinothingilegallyiorimorallyishouldibeidoneiagainstiheriaboutitheiabortion
.
AidefenseiofiAbortion
TheitopiciofidiscussionitodayiisiabortioniwhereiThomsoniisiadamantithatitheiargumentiofiwhet
heriorinotiabortioniisipermissibleiisistilliunderwayiandilongioverdue.iAlthoughiabortioniisiobjec
tedibyiseveralispheresithatideemiititoibeianiimmoraliact,ithereiisiareiseveralisituationsiwhichiex
emptsitheiimmoralityiandiThomsonihadidelvediintoidetailiofithat.iHowever,iheistatesithatialtho
ughiabortioniisipermissible,iitiisinotialwaysitheicase.iSeriouslyithough,iwhatiisidifferenceibetwe
enithisimotheriwhoiabortsiaichildiatisevenimonthsiandiaimotheriwhoiwaitsitheiwholeinineimont
hsiandiafteridelivery,isheidumpsitheichildiiniaimanhole?
iAreitheyinotibothipersonsiofitheisameicaliber?
iTheyidoinotievenideserveitoibeireferreditoiasipeople.iTheyiareiMONSTERS!
iInimyiopinion,iifiabortionitakesiplaceiwithinitheifirstieightiweeksiofipregnancy,iitiisinotimurde
risinceitheifetusiisiyetitoidevelopihumanlyifeaturesisuchiasiaiface.iTheiveryifirstirecognizableife
aturesiofiaihumanibeingiiniaifetusiareidevelopediatitenimonthsigoingiforward.iTherefore,iIidon’
ticonsideriititoibeiabortioniifiaiwomanitakesitheiemergencyimorningiafter-
pillifollowingiainightiofiravenousisex.iButiyouicannotiswallowiabortionipillsimonthsiintoitheipr
egnancyiwhenitheibabyiisifullyidevelopediandisayithatiitiwasiThomson’siidea.iThatiisijustiabsur
d!iIfiyouiareinotireadyitoibecomeiaiparent,itakeiemergencyicontraceptivesiwithinithei72-
houriwindowigivenitoiavoidigettingipregnant.i
Whyimostiwomeniresultitoiinformaliabortionsieveniinicountriesithatihaveilegalizediaborti
on
Initheiformalicareisetting,iAbortioniisiaiveryisafeiprocess.iHowever,ieveniwithitheireducediriski
levelsiofihavingiabortionsiiniformalisettingilikeihospitals,imostiofitheiwomenipreferiinformalim
eans,ieveniinicountriesiwhichihaveilegalizediabortion.iTheimajoririskiwithiinformaliunitsiisithei
lackiofiskilliiniconductingitheiabortioniprocess.iIniaistudyiconducteditoiidentifyiwhyimostiwom
enipreferiinformalimechanisms,itheiresultsifoundiseveralireasonsitoibeitheimainifactorsiforicaus
ingithisitrend.iMostiwomen,iespeciallyiinisubiSaharaniAfrica,iwereiwaryiofitheihighicostsiofith
eiformalisectoricompareditoiinformaliunits.iIniaddition,imostiwomeniwereiembarrassedibyitheip
rocessiofiabortioniandipreferrediinformalisectoriwhichihadimoreiprivacy.iTheiattitudeiofitheihea
lthcareigiversialsoiplayedipartiiniscaringiawayimostiwomen.iHowever,ithisitrendicanibeisolvedi
throughimassiveicampaignsiandiawarenessiprogramsitoieducateiwomenionitheidangersiofiinfor
malimeansiofiabortion.iAlso,itheiformalisectorishouldiloweritheioverallicostsiofiabortionitoiacc
ommodateimoreiwomeniofidifferentifinancialiclasses.
CourtirulingioniAbortioniiniIndia.i
AispecificiincidentioccurrediinitheihighicourtiofiOrissaiiniIndiaioni22ndiOctoberi2020.iInirespon
seitoiaipleaiforiterminationiofipregnancy,itheihighicourtiRejecteditoigrantitheipleaitoiaiphysicall
yidisablediandimentallyichallengedivictimiwhoihadibeenirapediandihadialreadyiconceivediai24-
weekipregnancy.iUsingitheimedicaliTerminationiofipregnancyiActiofi1971,iandithei2003irulesi
ofimedicalitermination,ianditheiadviceifromitheimedicaliprofessionals,itheicourtionlyigrantedim
onetaryicompensationiforitheivictimitoienableiheritoisupportitheichild.iIndiaiisioneiofitheicountr
iesithatistillimaintainsipro-
lifeipolicies.iTheirightitoilife,ieveniofitheifetus,iisiparamountiandioutweighsitheirightitoibodilyi
autonomyiofitheimother’sibody.iDespiteitheiprocessioficonceptionioritheistatusiofitheimother,it
heifetusiconceivediisiaihumaniinihis/
heriowniidentity,iandiisientitleditoitheirightitoilifeijustilikeianiadult.