Opinion – The pain of the world

This week’s article focuses on abortion.

Abortion is the removal of a foetus from a womb, thus terminating a pregnancy.

An abortion may be spontaneous, in that a physical cause not intentionally contrived causes the foetus to be expelled from the womb.

Abortion can be intentional, as when a woman decides to terminate a pregnancy.

Abortion is as old as humanity itself.

As an ethical issue, abortion has challenged the minds of Christians and ethicists, often polarising people over the generations.