LEGALIZATION OF ABORTION: IT'S IMPLICATION ON THE NIGERIAN POPULACE
Adeniyi Adebayo Oluwafemi; Adeoye Oyekemi Olubunmi School of basic and remedial studies,Kwara state College of Education, Ilorin
Department of Biology School of Science
Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin
Abstract
This paper examines the issue of legalization of abortion and it's implication on the Nigerian populace. It identified the factors that are responsible for procurement of induced abortion. It examined the abortion bill proposed by the National Assembly in 1981. It also examines the health hazards/related to abortion and reasons adduced for and against the legalization of abortion in the Nigerian society. It recommends among other things that abortion should be discouraged and can only be applicable if authenticated that the life of the mother and the foetus is being endangered.