Questions to Think About When Deciding Whether To Go For Abortion
Amy Choi, Hong Kong, May. 30, 2016
Among the casework sessions conducted by Amy Choi, the psychological and physical traumas caused by abortion are found to be more severe for Chinese women than their Japanese counterparts. In terms of case number, a larger proportion is also Chinese, indicating that Chinese women have greater needs to deal with this issue.
After the relaxation of the one-child policy in China in recent years, Chinese women can have greater freedom to decide whether to keep a fetus or not on their own. In the case unplanned or unintended pregnancy, should one keep the child or opt for abortion?
In the agricultural epoch, a clan of tens or a hundred plus lived together in a village. It took more than a few to do, let alone doing well, the jobs for earning livelihood, be it cultivating farmlands, constructing irrigation systems, watering crops, or collecting year-end harvests. Whichever village with members cooperating well, complementing each other in their division of labor, could flourish. The importance of communal power was even more obvious at times of facing attacks by huge wild animals or even bandits.
A woman facing such choices can ask herself a few questions:
Do you have religious belief? Does your religious belief support your abortion?
In your belief/faith, is abortion allowed – given that you have the choice rather than being forced to have abortion?
If your religion/belief allows abortion, the next question is: how about your conscience? Conscience is a person’s intrinsic senses distinguishing right from wrong, beyond the realms of religion, belief, rules and laws.
Do you want this child?
In case you want this child, are you willing to shoulder life-long responsibilities for this child?
Lastly, conduct a balance to clear your unintegrated emotions and stress emerged before making the decision. Allow your mind/body system to stay in the for making a decision that is best for yourself, the child and the whole universe.
In case abortion is the final decision, it will be best to conduct balances on forgoing the child before and/or after the incident. That will be beneficial for a woman’s psychological and physical health, enabling her to continue living out her authentic self.
