The Legality of Immorality

THE NEW YORK TIMES reported that in China, where abortion is legal, it is not unusual to find a young girl who had 5 or 6 abortions. Jim Yardley's article titled Face of Abortion in China: A Young, Single Woman discusses the implication among teenagers that abortion has brought about. The article pointed out that although abortion's legality was intended to help married women comply with its one-child policy, the Chinese teenagers these days are making abortion a contraception method. In fact, the article mentioned "private clinics distribute fliers on university campuses, even offering student discounts."

I think this is the most absurd discount I ever heard of. Who would be proud to avail of this kind of offer? Here's a picture from the NYT which shows an operating room in public hospitals that allows several operations to be done at the same time.

pix by Mimi Miranda Kuo for the NEW YORK TIMES

If normal child birth is painful (really painful!), then how can young girls go to this operating table and undergo abortion?

I think legalization of abortion is not the solution to population boom.

The only solution I see is EDUCATION.

By the way, I'm not speaking here to echo what the Catholic people usually say about the issue. I respect Chinese people's lack of belief in Catholicism. I object to abortion's legality not because I see it as something against God's will or because I subscribe to the idea that life begins after fertilization. No. No way. I am against abortion because of its medical complications and its possible psychological impact on young people.

I am a mother. I have given birth three times. But I tell you: Until now, I still could not clearly imagine how I survived childbirth three times. The pain was unimaginable and seemed unbearable. I don't like any kind of operation. Till now, I still hate the sight of an operating table.

So I am thinking: How can a young girl survive 5 abortions -- an operation with a more complicated procedure?

The choice is obvious. Either they educate themselves about contraception or educate themselves about the implications of pre-marital sex.

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