Treasure or trash?

Every child is precious when born to earth, the possibilities for the same child to be good or bad in character is depend on how the parent raise the child. It's very sad when the child don't have an opportunity to build up the character as it is being dump before even start to breathe. Baby dumping which is also called in a term of 'infanticide' is becoming an social issue which expose the nation to chronic crisis lately. According to dictionary, infanticide is the act or practice of killing newborn infants. The person responsible for this cause is women who are also mother-to-be in the human birth but being so violent in taking care of new generation due to desperate circumstances.

The baby is out by the time they start to think. One of the prime factor that became backbone of baby dumping issue is teenage pregnancies which is known as premarital sex among the under age group. Apart from that, faltering family institution could be a root-cause of this issue, as I mentioned earlier, the upbringing of the parent shows the well-being of every child, be it a diamond or just a stone in the edge of street of life. Last but not least, poverty plays a role in this cause. How? Family poor in education and financial support couldn't cope up with this grappling issue as they are not aware of contraceptives like birth-control pills and condom usage and also haunted with expenditures for newborn babies.

When we look into a wide scope, most countries are struggling to curb baby dumping issue and stop more babies from being abandoned in rubbish can, toilet bowl and streets. Impacts of this issue affect the individual, society and nation. The most ill-equipped issue to be deal with is the future of the baby when it's being dumped without any sense of humanitarian of its mother. Next, the mother-to-be is being isolated from the society as result of fornicating and not getting supporting guide to make the right choice. As a result, the good name of the country is affected with increasing crime in statistical review and devastating the nation to develop further with a black spot.

Stigma that emphasize on abstinence results in wedlock babies which is not only seen as a sin from religious bodies, but also punishable crime in the eye of law and order. Make love, not babies please! Everything starts with knowledge, nowadays it's one of the efficient way to educate young generation about the awareness of premarital sex. Government believes that sex education could appropriate but society still shying away with the term used, so it is now renamed to Social and Reproductive Health Education. Next, baby hatch could be a better option to avoid mother-to-be from prosecution and give bright future for the baby. Frequent checking on hot-spot areas like hotels and dormitories should be conducted to avoid illicit abstinence. 

Unmarried girls' life is in turmoil when the society having a connotation toward them which spread like a taboo of having illegitimate child in the womb, there is no use of crying over spilled milk any longer. Rather than advising young people why not to do it, it's better to educate them on how to come up with a pragmatic initiative to solve the issue. 

If I were to be a young mother at the age of 20's, am I ready to be thrown out of the family with no education and money for having a baby out of wedlock? Definitely the answer will be NO!

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By, Vj <3