Blogger gets death threats for DIY abortion guide

The Newpaper, Sat 18th march 2006

A 21-year-old blogger in the US was inspired to post a DIY abortion guide on her blog after a recent signing of legislation in South Dakota that outlaws abortion, with the exception only if the woman's life is threatened if she continued with the pregnancy. Personally, i feel that abortions are acts of cruelty and selfishness. Many people who get pregnant accidentally, mostly those teenagers who engage in premarital sex, go for illegal abortions as they find it the easiest solution to their problem. However i feel that their actions are selfish, cruel and unjustifiable. In the first place, even though the pregnancy was unplanned, the unborn baby is still a LIFE and has the right to live. I think that people who go for abortion are selfish as they do not think of the consequences before they act. If they do not want to get pregnant they should not engage in sex in the first place. Also, abortion is not the only solution to unwanted pregnancy. Even if the person does not want to keep the child, she could at least give birth to the child then send it for adoption, this way at least the baby gets a chance at life. Abortion takes away a life and is not much different from murder, so if one does an abortion doesn't it makes her no different from a muderer. To me, abortion is only justifiable if the pregnancy poses a threat to the woman's life as it takes into account the life of a person. Even for rape victims, even though they do feel dislike and hatred towards the unborn baby as it was the result of an inhuman act, i feel that the unborn babies should be given a chance to live as they are truely innocent and thus should be given the right to come into this world.