The popular saying goes thus: "Prevention is better than cure" and also, the risks with impending danger of some practice helps to make a wholesome decision to not dabble into it at all. Of a truth is that the growing world population calls for urgent attention and part of the way to go about it is family planning. Family planning as the name implies helps couples to effectively plan for themselves and the coming generation i.e. their children. Though there are several believes about family planning with some untrue e.g. that family planning helps or can be user to reduce or eliminate some ethnic race or religious sect, which are all lies.
Personally, i see family planning as a good strategy to help couples have a good life and manage effectively their family size to the optimum. Also, family planning is a preventive health strategy to opt in for rather than going for abortion. By the virtue of my professional career as a Pharmacist, i have counselled many couple to opt in for family planning as a preventive strategy rather than face the hurdle of going for an abortion which is risky or sometimes demanding and aswell preventable. In addition, based on the faith and religious inclination, abortion is discouraged except few rare cases of it been the last resort based on expert advise.
Personally, i believe that youths and the unmarried should engage in abstainence from sexual activity till they get married because life is far more than sex or pleasure. In addition, family planning should be a mutual agreement between the husband and the wife and not one side. However, should a rare case occurs with the last resort against all odds is abortion, both of them should be involved. I have heard of some cases where younger ones who are unmarried but because of the shame as a result of out-of-wedlock pregnancy opted in for abortion from a quack which resulted in damaging one vital body organ or the other.
Therefore, i believe if anyone isn't ready for having kids yet especially couples, then family planning options should be considered rather than opting for abortion. It's always better to think preventive rather than curative which would costs more and may involve some risks aswell. The good question is that how many times will opting for abortion be? I think more awareness/sensitization is needed in this regard as this will help many to be informed so as to make a sound decision. I believe that going for an abortion (even in countries where it is legalized) should be the last resort of individuals or families after careful considerations.
I encourage everyone to be "preventive" in approach rather than "curative" even as regards family, sex and procreation. Been preventive helps avoid some risks and potential danger. Rather than even thinking talkless pf going for abortion, then i opt in for family planning strategy to prevent this. Thanks so much for reading even as comments and contributions are welcomed.
This is my entry to @Hivelearners weekly featured contents, week 192 episode 01 on "ABORT OR NOT" 