Revised Annotation (1) – Abortion Influences Women’s Mental and Physical Health.

Life is so precious that everyone should take abortion issues more seriously. In a video entitled ‘‘College Talk-If College Students Are Pregnant’’, a student called Lin Lin argues that if she is pregnant, she will deliver her child because it is a life and she is reluctant to give it up. She will also be afraid of the unborn child following her after she takes abortion. The host then asks her, “If the child’s father and you haven’t built a steady relationship, what will you do? ” Lin Lin responds,“ It’s ok. I can take care of the baby by myself. And my parents also think that if I get pregnant accidentally, I should deliver it because abortion is harmful to female’s body and the baby is a life. Even the father cannot take care of it now, in the future, probably there will be another man who is willing to accept this child.”

Dr. Chen mentions that university students are special cases. Their ages range from 18 to 22. They have higher knowledge background. Many students would find ways to solve the pregnant problems by themselves. Accordingly, they do not have exact statistical data about the rate of pregnancy among college students. However, he shares another data. According to the rough estimation from Taiwan Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2011, every year, the average amount of abortion is twice as much as the amount of childbirth. That is to say, last year, the fertility amount was 170000 and the amount of abortion would be around 340000. According to this ratio, among the 340 thousands aborted babies, he believes that there were 60000 to 70000 babies aborted by mothers aged around 18 to 22 years old. The statistical data is extremely shocking.

Abortion may cause eternal mental fear and trauma to the person taking it. For instance, Lin Lin says that she will be afraid of the unborn child following her after she takes abortion. Moreover, abortion will lead to infertility forever. For example, university students may buy miscarriage medicine from unreliable or illegal sources and may accidentally find an unreliable doctor to conduct an abortion surgery. If the baby in the uterus is not moved out completely or during the process of abortion, the doctor hurts the endometrium, there is a good possibility that women cannot get pregnant anymore in the future.

To sum up, university students should not take abortion because it affects both mental and physical health toward women. Besides, nowadays the abortion rate is too high compared with the fertility rate in Taiwan. We are responsible for stopping this trend in order to protect each precious life.

References:

ctitv.(2011). 5/3 College Talk- If College Students Are Pregnant (Part 1).

Retrieved October,10, 2012, from YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwLTQHKwtGQ