I’m glad I have not yet needing to face decisions whether to abort a child, be it due to abnormalities in the foetus or for some other reasons, especially when we Catholics are pro-life and strongly against abortions.

So, how did such a grim topic come by to my mind?

You see, my mum just underwent an operation and I was visiting her at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital after my work yesterday evening. Though she was fortunately in pink health, the same couldn’t be said for the patient beside her.

According to the patient’s mum (I was wondering why her mum was so ‘open’ with such private details), her daughter got pregnant by her boyfriend and they were planning to get married next month. However, when she was three months pregnant, the gynae detected abnormalities in the foetus and they decided to abort the child.

Medication abortion (also known as non-aspiration or non-surgical abortion) was the method used. Drugs were administered orally for her case, which would first cause the pregnancy to terminate and then triggers the uterus to expel the, well, ‘terminated conception’.

Though it was a decision made by themselves, it must still have been a physically and emotionally painful experience for the mother (I can’t say for sure for the father).

She was warded here two to three days ago but despite administered with the oral medication since Day One, her foetus only got expelled moments before I arrived, after a series of painful contractions.

Besides the physical pain, she must have suffered a lot emotionally too, and I could hear her sobbing weakly. It was her child growing in her body afterall.

Hearing stories like this, I’m glad Darius grew up fine throughout Catherine’s pregnancy, despite some implications along the way. I couldn’t imagine myself making such decisions, especially when religion, morality and guilt are involved.

An aborted foetus, no matter how young it was at development stage, is still a precious life to me, so I feel that a life is at stake whenever an abortion is performed.

All babies evolve from the foetus stage

I do have to agree that abortion has to be legalised as there are many genuine cases where the operation has to be performed, but it pains me when they have become a ‘contraceptive method’ in some people’s eyes, especially by teenages who use it as a ’solution’ after they got pregnant through unprotected or casual sex.

I hope some day down the road when they are older and are planning a family of their own, that they will truly realise what they have done was a grave mistake, sacrificing innocent lives as a result of their own irresponsible sexual acts.

This is also a timely topic to think about on Good Friday, where Jesus, born as a human like any of us, had sacrificed his precious life for all of our sins.

On a lighter note, I’ve often told Darius to be careful with relationships and not to ‘hurt’ girls and get himself in trouble. These were moments when I was joking about him growing up as an attractive guy and mesmerising the ladies around him. Hopefully with our proper guidance, he will grow up as a responsible and sensible boy, though there are still many many years ahead till he reaches that stage. ^^|

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