The culture of giving birth to beautiful babies and abandoning them dead or alive has reached a fever pitch in Nigeria. The other day in Unilag, a student reportedly gave birth and dumped the innocent baby in a toilet. Other bizarre instances abound. What i don't understand is why go ahead to get pregnant or impregnate a lady when you know you might not be able to take care of the baby?I think it's stupidity, unreasonable and wicked for people to have unprotected sex knowing the likely outcome. People should learn to take precautionary measures while having sex otherwise it leaves human beings not any better than animals-even animals do not abuse sex like humans do.
Every fetus conceived is a life in the making with all the Fundamental Rights recognizable under the law-see the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Child Rights Act and various other Instruments with provisions related thereto. Therefore it becomes unlawful and irresponsible for anybody to ever think of disposing a child whether born or unborn and in any manner whatsoever. Meanwhile in Nigeria it is illegal to solicit, carry out, aid and abet abortion. The implication of this therefore is that people should wake up and become responsible for their acts. The rascality and absurdity of baby-disposal should be severely punished by the Government to the effect that anyone caught in the act MUST face dire consequences.
Children are angelic beings sent by God to live amongst men, why then should any sane mind abort, kill and or dispose of them in such an animalistic way as pictured above?
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