Abortion for me is the termination of the process of procreation at
any of the 3 phases that have to occur to enable the formation of a baby. For convenience, abortion has been contemporarily and deliberately restricted to the object the rather than the subject.
The 3 Phases of abortion are discussed below.
The Egg and Sperm Stage
The egg of a woman as a matter of fact
is a living thing that has right to its own existence but rather, nature
has established a way of putting the light out of it leading to a
process that has been termed menstruation. Menstruation as a termination
of the process of procreation is a form of abortion and this is my
personal stand.
On the other hand, the sperm also is a
unit of life and also exists on its own with all the characteristics of a
living thing. The sperm has the right to a continuous existence once it
is brought forth from the male organ otherwise it should not have been
brought forth. The act of sperm formation and wastage is another form of
abortion though natural and unavoidable just as the case of the egg.
The Sperm meets Egg Stage
The sperm meets egg stage is what I am
using to indicate the few periods of time surrounding the co-joining of
the sperm to the egg to commence the earliest stage of child formation.
It has been debated that at this stage it cannot be referred to as an
embryo though not disputing the fact that this speck of life is as much
as a living organism just as any other else. These assumptions are only
to justify the termination of this speck of life without labeling the
act as an abortion but for me it is an abortion anyway no matter how
brilliantly it is covered up.
Having said that much, people feel much
more comfortable to terminate the process at this stage without carrying
any amount of guilt inside them. This is the time a woman normally use
the phrase 'I have not seen my period'; it might be few days after and
probably not more than a week away from the menstrual due date.
The after math of this type of
termination is just like a normal menstruation that occurred for same or
a little more than the usual period of time. The difference between
this stage and the next stage is the non existence of the placenta or an
anchor to the uterus wall.
The Embryo Stage
The embryo stage is what I refer to as
the shape of life; here a distinctive formation could be seen that going
forward transforms gradually into the human shape and which becomes the
child at birth. At this stage, there is already an established link via
the uterus wall to the mother and this is the longest period within the
procreation process.
This is the stage where the word
abortion is conveniently used to describe any method of termination of
the embryonic life and I describe this as the mother of all abortions
but still of same degree as the former in terms of right of existence
because without the former there will be no embryo therefore the
slightest of the beginning of the process is key.
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