Who is pro-abortion?

Abortion occurs naturally, of course, though it must be an extremely sad event for the mother when a child dies in her womb. On other occasions, if the physical or mental health of a woman is endangered, a medical termination of the pregnancy is justified.

To have to make a choice as to whether or not a potential human being will be born into the world must be a highly emotional event. “Anyone's death diminishes us, because we are all involved in humankind, therefore never ask for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee”

This is why it is so important that young people – boys and girls – are taught about procreation and reproduction within all main species, including humans.

From the age of 11 years, when they start secondary school, they should be introduced to this subject and educated in the methods and techniques of family planning.

Religious organisations have a huge vested interest in obstructing young people from obtaining the knowledge required to avoid unplanned pregnancies.

It is in the interests of all religious organisations to literally grow their customer bases and one way to achieve this is to force their “followers” to reproduce in an unplanned way.

By keeping young people ignorant as to how to avoid unplanned pregnancies, these religious organisations clearly benefit from extra income, power and influence.

There are claims that some women use abortion as a form of “cosmetic” family planning; they engage in unprotected sex and then seek terminations of unwanted pregnancies.

Even in this case, I am sure they do not enter into termination lightly and they must engage in considerable reflection before deciding to undertake the procedure.

Sexual education is clearly the key to avoiding a situation where resorting to abortion becomes necessary. All secondary schools must ensure that their students receive the facts about protection against unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections.