SAFE ABORTIONS OR LOOSING YOUR LIFE?

Is it really worth it if it ends in death?


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It has now become a booming business industry, do have any idea what I am talking about? ILLEGAL ABORTIONS! It has sadly become a trend in the youth of South Africa. Girls today are willing to go to a shady unregistered so called health facility to have abortions. In most cases these young anxious and desperate girls are given some concortions that they do not even know what they are made of to drink. They are then promised quick and easy pregnancy terminations. Sadly most of these cases do not end in glorious reliefs but in death. "On Sunday the 19th of March 2010 a young lady of only 20 years of age was found dead in her room. Although the cause of her death has not been declared yet but  the police who arrived at the scene did mention a possibility of an illegal abortion as the cause of  her death" Katherine Child (20 March 2012). Abortion has been made legal in South Africa since 1996. This ment that women who wish to terminate their unwanted pregnancies could go to registered private and state health facilities in less than 12 weeks to terminate. But even with such state provisisons, some peolple still choose to go at it the hard way.www.illegalabortions.com. Which makes one wonder what is the price of life if by just making one decision can determine whether you see tomorrow or not.

Some reasons why some women choose illegal abortion facilities:

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• These facilities have no paper work or forms to fill.
• No form of identification is wanted.
• They are often cheap and easily accessable.
• No opposition from the facility workers.
• No questions asked. 
• No stigma from the so called Doctors and Nurses.
• They promise to be quick and easy.
• They offer a cheap price.
• Often NO age limit as to who can do the terminations. 

Regardless of the reason for a woman to want to have an abortion, it should be done by a qualified professional who works in a registered health facility which is thoroughly sterilized from roof to bottom. We cannot continue to put our loving parents through the torture of burying their own children. Young ladies know that you are not an island and there is help out there. IS THE DEPARTMENT DOING ENOUGH TO INFORM WOMEN ABOUT VARIOUS HEALTH FACILITIES THAT HANDLE SAFE AND LEGAL ABORTIONS?