I'm sure that
you have seen debates about abortion on TV programs. These days, having
an abortion seems to be one of the most serious problems in society. For
example, many unwed mothers, especially young women who are in their late
teens and early 20s, have an abortion because of their irresponsible acts--casual
sex caused by an open sexual culture. Although the law sometimes allows
abortion to be performed, I'm against having an abortion. And, now, I would
like to tell you why.
Some of the
people who agree with abortion have the idea that it is the last tool to
escape their difficult situations. First, for example, imagine a girl,
a teen-ager, who is pregnant and looking at her boyfriend with a reproachful
look. Second, imagine a woman who is surprised at the fact that she has
a sixth pregnancy. Her husband has been laid off from his job for a long
time. Their five hungry children cry every night. Third, a well-dressed
pregnant woman wants to get a new job with a special certificate. How will
these people solve their problems? They often choose an abortion as the
way to escape from their difficult situations.
However, in
my opinion abortion is almost always a kind of murder, a crime against
humanity. It's such a strange fact to me that killing a young child is
a horrible thing, but having an abortion is socially acceptable. First
of all, God gave humans a privilege, I mean having a baby, and the cute
baby is a precious present. So, we have a responsibility to bring up our
babies well. Of course, if the woman's health is in danger, or if an unborn
baby is deformed, no way can solve these situations but an abortion for
the mother's and the baby's life. Except for these reasons, having an abortion
is just a convenient tool to make these women lives untroubled.
Second, although
women have unwanted pregnancies, the babies in their wombs have already
received life from God. Therefore, I think, the babies, as human beings,
need to be loved. Also, to keep the present alive from God, maybe, lots
of people can help women with unwanted pregnancies. I have heard about
a social institution, 'Haerimwon' in Daejon, which is one of the social
welfare societies that offer some advice to women with unwanted pregnancies
through counseling, giving them a chance to get an education and relax
their complicated minds, giving them free medical service and information
about adoption, etc.
You may think
the unexpected babies' lives will be unhappy afterward. But, let's suppose
the babies are white papers without any ideas. And as we write and paint
on the papers with warm love and gentle concern, the babies become people
who love other people and enjoy life. We have to give a chance to babies
in their mother's wombs to feel the warm light of the sun.
Finally, some
other people say that having an abortion or not is entirely up to the mother
on libertarian grounds. At this point, I would like to tell this story
concerned with an abortion that I read on the internet. A doctor met a
woman who wanted to have an abortion, but she had a problem with her womb.
So, she could not get the operation. The doctor wanted her to come back
to the hospital after getting treatments. When the doctor met her again
a week later, the couple said, "We changed our minds and decided to give
birth to our baby." The doctor was glad to hear that. Several years later,
the doctor saw their son playing in a pool happily. He was impressed with
the couple's cheerful look, and respected their choice. Which would you
choose? You have a free choice.
I would like
to emphasize once more that during the moral war between Pro-choice and
Pro-life, about sixty million babies in their mother's wombs have been
dying every year all over the world. So, whenever someone even thinks about
an abortion, the babies in their mother's wombs maybe trembling with fear.