Controversial ,,policy” of birth control through abortion

Abstract

In many developing countries abortion is still the main form of birth control. In the former communist countries abortion was also the basic method of population control . This paper discusses and evaluates the current debate on abortion aimed at making it rarer and not available for every woman ,,at demand”. The basic arguments of the proponents of pro-life and pro-choice were analysed as well as the various approaches of pro-life politicians who want to make abortion illegal or harder to get. The fact is that in most Western countries the abortion rate is stable or falling, but it is rising in Latin America and in some parts of Africa and Asia. The most controversial question is the so called eugenic abortion and the criteria according to which such an abortion is implemented. The best way to make abortion rarer is to prevent unwanted pregnancies. In order to achieve that aim more should be done in the field of birth-control counselling, making contraceptives easy to get and educating couples about various methods of birth control, other than abortion.