Abortion

Another topic not being discussed in the module. Abortion is a very contentious issue with people having many different viewpoints on the topic according to their religion our their personal belief. Being a Sikh I have been taught that abortion is wrong, It interferes with the creative work of God. Therefore it could be argued that people who decide to have abortions are 'playing God' in a certain way. Even if I was not brought up this way I would have definitely been against abortion because personally, regardless of all the science that argues 'an embryo may not be a fully formed child so is not living' and other rubbish I think that abortion is still the killing of a living human being.

According to National Statistics in 2009 'the total number of abortions was 195,296, compared with 198,499 in 2007, a fall of 1.6%'. It is difficult to think that over 190,000 lives were stopped before they even began. Yes, people may have valid reasons such as 'they would not have been able to care for the child', or 'there too young or not responsible enough' but at the end of the day the end result is the same.

Although abortion rates are so high, according to National Statistics in 2009 the UK birth rate 'pushed the UK population to its greatest increase in almost 50 years'. The article in The Guardian claimed that 'The UK experienced its greatest population increase in almost half a century last year, with a baby boom pushing the number of people living in the country above 61 million for the first time. The growth came despite a fall in immigration from eastern Europe.' It is staggering to think that regardless of all the abortions the birth rate had still increased!

In conclusion I believe that all forms of abortion are wrong. At the end of the day, regardless of science, living beings are being killed. I thought murder was a punishable crime?

Link used - http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsStatistics/DH_099285

Article used - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/27/population-growth-uk-birth-rate-immigration

Link to video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2CaBR3z85c