Argumentation on abortion issue

Abortion is one of the controversial issues in many countries.

Abortion is one of the controversial subjects in many countries because of the moral and ethical issues that surround it. In korea, abortion is basically baned by the abortion law except for a pregnancy from rape and incest or parents having genetic disease. Since abortion law legitermized in 60’s, abortion rate has recorded by 78% of newborn babies each year. This year, Ministry of health and welfare announced that they are considering the revision of abortion law to reflect the reality of abortion. But, some of anti-lifer denounce the government act, accusing of violation of the spirit of the Consitition and murder. We should understand why Korean governement try to revise the abortion law and what problems are still in existence regarding abortion.

Korea is one of the seven countries among OECD members which ban abortion against social and economic reasons resulting from a single mother, an under age and a dificulty of a nurshing. Despite of a abortion law, Actually, anyone who are pregnancy can abortion illegally. According to the report, cases of abortion reached over 340,000 in 2005. Moreover, medical groups assumed that 95% of 340,000cases could be illegal. Even though enomous abortions did illegaly, only 2 cases were punished. It means that a present abortion law are invalid.

Our society should have a big burden unnecessarily from unpleasent lives. One of professor in a medical university published the report on abortion that 90% of married women want to abort for social and economic reason. However 100% of unmarried women. A Pregnant woman who cannot afford to foster a baby can be in danger of body and mental problems. Also, it could give a bad effect on a baby whether before or after delivery. Another serious problem is to discard a baby from an under age mother. Since one’s birth under bad situations, a baby should be sent to a orphanage or adopted overseas. Many orphans and adopted children can be easy to get mental problems which it lead to expose in drug, violence and other crime.

Government is striving to keep a woman’s right from the discrimination and prejudice against woman’s happiness. All individuals have a right to pursuit their happiness. However, an anti-lifer do not consider woman’s happiness. Abortion gives many serious side-effets to a woman body as well as a mental state. According to a Mother and Child Health Law, although a mother has a deformed fetus, she cannot abort legally. Therefore all burdens from a deformed baby will be on mother’s shoulder. As pro-lifer’s insist, a woman has right to make a decision on one’s body. A fetus belongs to a woman’s body. Therefore a woman who is pregnant should be procted by the law.

Despite a abortion is banned by the law, numorous cases of abortion is being undergone illegally under an invalid law. Nevertheless many trouble makers related to a drug, a violence and a crime were born as an unwanted delivery. More serious problem is to neglect a woman’s happiness. On purpose of keeping a woman’s right for making a decision of one’s body, government plans to revise a abortion. Basically, governmet should provide a proper sex education for a young people to prevent from unwanted pregnancy. Even though anti-lifer rebuke a legislation of abortion, a government should try on every efforts for woman’s happiness.