08/12/2022
❗Abortion is MURDER, and Murder is NOT a human right!
🔎Have a glance at the abortion statistics across the world and in India.
According to the WHO, around 73 million induced abortions take place worldwide each year. Six out of 10 (61%) of all unintended pregnancies, and 3 out of 10 (29%) of all pregnancies, end in induced abortion.
🔎According to a study jointly conducted by IIPS, the Delhi-based Population Council, and the New York-based Guttmacher Institute, a total of 15.6 million (1.56 crore) abortions took place across India in 2015. As per a Times of India report, the Center’s data states that figures have remained at 7 lakh for the last 15 years, thereby giving a contradictory picture. The research paper was published in The Lancet Global Health medical journal on Monday, December 11.
🔎A report published by the United Nations Population Funds (UNFPA) states that 67% of abortions in India are deemed unsafe. Around 8 women die due to an abortion-related complication every day, making it the third leading cause of maternal mortality. Each year, 4.7–13.2% of maternal deaths can be attributed to unsafe abortion. In developed regions, it is estimated that 30 women die for every 100 000 unsafe abortions. In developing regions, that number rises to 220 deaths per 100 000 unsafe abortions. Estimates from 2012 indicate that in developing countries alone, 7 million women per year were treated in hospital facilities for complications of unsafe abortion.
❗Given that abortion is a legal practice in our society, do we feel free to advocate for the termination of a child who is disabled, in this example, a child who may have Down syndrome?
❗Do we instantly assume that when we see a person with Down syndrome or a disability that he/she should have been aborted and that her parents' decision to not abort him/her was wrong, or at the very least one that needs to be defended?
❗Are people with disabilities merely disabled fetuses those prenatal screenings were "missed"?
This seems to be the attitude harbored by some physicians who inform an expecting family that their child has Down syndrome.
🔖Many of the obstacles facing disabled people are socially constructed. Who knows how many disabled children, with more proper and intense education, would also excel.
🔖It is also crucial to keep in mind that disability is not something that just affects a select group of people and their families, but something we can hope to avoid if we are "lucky" enough.
🔖In reality, the majority of us, if we live long enough, will develop a disability of some kind, such as dementia or being confined to a wheelchair or bed. Accidents could potentially cause us or our "normal" loved ones to become physically or psychologically impaired.
🔖According to Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, we should view disability as an essential element of the human experience rather than a drastic break from normalcy because of our shared sensitivity to it. Taking care of and interacting with people with disabilities gives us the chance to grow mentally, morally, and spiritually.
❗If the parents are certain they don't want to raise this child, just because the child may have some disability, or if they don't have enough funds to take care of the baby, or if the child wasn't there in their family planning, let them send the child to foster homes or adoption centers instead of killing it, and let parents who are willing to adopt the child have them as well.
❗Killing a baby in the womb just because you come to know that the child is going to be born with disabilities is like valuing the lives of "normal" people more than the lives of "disabled" people, and that is definitely an offensive to the disabled community out there. They don't deserve all this. Stereotypes about disabilities should be eliminated, and let us all try to be more inclusive.
🔖The main advantage would be appreciating the inevitable development of disability that is part of the human condition. People with disabilities serve as a reminder that, despite our best efforts, we cannot always control and perfect every aspect of our life. They teach us understanding, patience, and compassion. From the standpoint of virtue ethics, we should all take advantage of these teachings as chances to develop our character.
♥️As someone who works with disabled children, I have witnessed parents' sorrow and grief as well as their joy and perseverance when their children reach a small milestone that a child of the same age and development would have easily attained.
Let us aim for an inclusive society rather than trying to kill all those innocent babies who may or may not be born with a disability. It's more about one's moral values than faith.
♥️May we be the change and may we always choose life.
Much love,
Hannah, THEPROJECTKOG 🌻🤍
