I agree with Terry Bellamak (March 29): Abortion is a health issue, not
a crime. That’s because apart from botched ops resulting in infertility,
abortion creates mental health problems for women and concomitant health issues
for surviving children suffering from the mother’s alcohol and/or drug abuse and
suicidal behaviours.
So yes, the grounds are ridiculous. And getting an abortion is not just
time-consuming, it’s time-wasting.
I agree that abortion is not a crime for the mother, only for certifying
consultants who break the law. Which means because the mother’s mental health is
ill served by abortion, morally all certifying consultants are criminals.
I agree that abortion wastes money. Let’s consider not only the $4m those
consultants cost the taxpayer. Let’s think about economic activity lost through
abortion. One US study shows more than $6000 of economic activity is generated
in the first year of a baby’s life. Which means 100,000 abortions annually (in
2013 there were nearly 700,000) would cost the US economy $6 billion annually
and over their lifetimes, $9 trillion.
So in the end I have to disagree with Terry Bellamak. ‘Abortion care’ is an
oxymoron. ‘Abortion care’ is not ‘health care’; it’s illhealth and it’s
uncaring.
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