The article "Children of women" from Michelle Goldberg, out of the Guardian-magazine (published on Tuesday September 30 2008) talks about the decrease of the abortion rate with reasons that are not really celebrating.
Abortion, which means to terminate an unwanted pregnancy, is a "hot topic" in our daily life.
The "Guttmacher" study proved that in the last year, abortion has declined, but accidental pregnancy has not: 49% of the pregnancies in the US are unintended, that is almost half of all pregnancies!
Tackling young women and give them a full understanding of contraception has not been as successful as it has been with the teen generation. The question is if these is a celebrating result or not; do we prefer that women have babies they actually didn’t plan to have or abortion, which means the child never has to feel unwanted or unloved?
The reason for the decrease in the rate of abortion is due to increased restrictions and a shrinking number of providers. Also women are finding it harder to terminate their pregnancies because it includes physically and in some cases emotionally pain.
Trying to keep the abortion rate low by strict restrictions does not work as countries like South America and East Africa show; both regions with the worlds strictest abortion laws and the highest abortion rates.
The anti-abortion campaigners say women deserve better than abortion, they deserve help in protecting themselves so in the end they perhaps have the wish to get a baby and love it and not to get rid of it. Although there can be not much process seen, until there is improve in the health care system.
