Abortion

Well, right. Today our professor from Department of Plastric and Reconstructive Surgery asked me (specifically) a question: Do you think abortion is one of the contraceptive methods?

And more directly, what is my view towards abortion?

To give a definite answer, we first need to get a consensus on when do we mean by abortion, in other words, when do we consider a life has begun. The Catholics take this strictest, they thought life started at sperms and eggs, so things become simple - no artificial contraception, let alone abortion.

The next come the majority of general public - including the Christians. I have asked quite a number of my non-medic friends, and they all agree that life begins at the moment of fertilization, fusion of a sperm and an egg.

But wait, what about millions of ladies in the world having an IUCD (Intrauterine contraceptive device) in situ? These highly effective metals are placed inside the uterus, induce inflammation of uterine wall, and practically prevent implantion, after the egg has been fertilized. Isn't this constitute an abortion?

I guess before the religon leaders stand on the stage, convicting those who aborted under the law of Bible, and loudly encouraging the fellow listeners to think twice before sex and to contracept by all means, they should first learn more about human biology and current advances in contraceptive methods. Or else, in their definition, their moving speeches might have aided somebody to sin, mistakenly.