Brian Clowes

Introduction

Back in the late 1960s in the United States, pro-abortion groups promised us  that the rewards would be great if we legalized abortion. A group called  NARAL promised us that “Legal abortion will decrease the number of unwanted  children, child abuse cases, and possibly subsequent delinquency, drug  addiction, and a host of social ills believed to be associated with  neglectful parenthood.”1  http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/clo/clo_02bitterfruitsabor.html

By Frank Muller
Abortion remains an emotive issue, not least because it affects our very
definition of life.  But, leaving aside the emotionally charged ethical and
moral issues for a while, let’s take a pragmatic approach.  The common
perception is that abortions can be done either for profit (as by the
private sector and by backstreet abortionists) or not (as by state
institutions and a few philanthropists). However, a third reality has
emerged in South Africa (and indeed worldwide) for which no law makes
adequate provision: the two-stage abortion.