Disturbing Signs
A while ago in Delhi I saw some of those dodgy A4 paper signs advertising abortion by pill and giving a phone number. Then the other day I saw a big sign outside a medical centre advertising Abortion By Pill Available here.
Whilst I am unsure where I stand on pro-choice/pro-life debate these signs do worry me. I feel like they advocate abortion by pill as a primary and easy means of birth control. There surely must be long term psychological effects on the mother who aborts a pregnancy. It seems to me like abortion being made to seem like an easier option then I imagine it would be. I don’t know what kinds of conditions they have on abortion in India, maybe they do deal with issues and give counseling but I doubt it.
In a country where STI’s including HIV/AIDS is such a problem I feel even more worried. If people choose not to use condoms based on the availibity of an abortion pill then that is going to create a bigger problem.
I am still torn about the pro-life, pro-choice deabte as well.
Firstly I wish it was called something else as I believe in both those things, I don’t think it has to be an either or.
I don’t like abortions and I wish they didn’t exist but given the state of the world we live in they may be a necessary evil. Like peace keepers and hospitals for people with mental illness.
I don’t really know though. You’re blog always gets me thinking.