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Was at a church service recently and the officiating minister was apparently dissatisfied with the “state of things” among young people. His message drifted into the story of a community with young girls who got pregnant and aborted and paraded themselves among their peers. The message he had tried to put across to his congregation was that what seemed to be in vogue for the young girls in that community was that any young girl who had not had an abortion was not yet a woman, which for me, I think is absurd.
How true is this???? In my opinion, the abortion issue should be taken very seriously, and not just talked about in a sarcastic manner. I mean its disheartening to think that we use this issue to match our transition into womanhood, while other young girls get serious complications, and some even loose their lives after having an abortion. The case is even worse when it is done against our will as the situation could lead to issues of low self-esteem.
Statistics shows that at least two million women in low and middle income countries undergo unsafe abortion, which leads to serious complications: haemorrhage, infertility and death etc. In Nigeria, about 72% of young peoples death results from the complications suffered from these unsafe abortions. While 50% of maternal deaths results from illegal abortions among young Nigerians.
In our fight as advocates, i think we cannot alienate the faith-Based organizations, because if we walk hand-in-hand, we can all work together in combating the challenges brought about by unsafe abortions in our country.
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