ABORTION SHOULD BE LEGALISED - PSYCHOLOGIST

MANZINI - “Abortion should be legalised.”

The above sentiments were shared by Clinical Psychologist Ndo Mdlalose in reaction to the incident where two minors allegedly suffocated a six-month-old baby. Mdlalose sympathised with the minors and highlighted that at their age, they did not think as parents, and did not even stop to think if they could emotionally handle the situation. She said due to the coronavirus pandemic, there were many unwanted pregnancies. “I will be controversial and state this; can we please legalise abortion in Eswatini because there are so many unwanted children who die  horrendously and some even get dumped at foster homes. These children definitely cannot sustain babies,” she said. The psychologist added that she understood that there were Christian values but it was an undisputed fact that young people were engaging in sexual intercourse and falling pregnant. Mdlalose was of the view that young people’s lives should not be disturbed because of a mistake they did. “In addition, these people are immature. Psychologically, they can’t think forward. They have what we call instant gratification, so they always think shortcuts to solutions,” Mdlalose said.

Unfortunate

She said it was unfortunate that the shortcut that the two minors allegedly resorted to led to the loss of a life. The psychologist recommended post-trauma stress disorder (PSTD) counselling, as this would haunt them for life. She elaborated that they may also try to get pregnant again to try and cover up for what they allegedly did. “Can we not judge these children. They did not know a better way of doing it,” she implored. She shared that as a psychologist, she had lost a number of young girls attempting to commit abortion the wrong way.

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