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Reason for Research

Young women in my community of Garth Road, Princes Town have experienced painful side effect of abortion (e.g. - Bleeding and not able to have another child), while others are having abortion because as they say ‘it’s safe and easy’. This research is conducted to make villagers aware of the dangers of illegal abortion and hopefully make them think before doing an abortion.

3. What you think people should do to stop abortion from occuring? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ _______________ 4. Do you think that having an abortion is a way of solving unwanted pregnancy? If yes why? If no why? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 5. If you ever were to have an abortion what would be your reasons? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 6. In your mind do you think abortion is equivalent to murder? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 7. Do you think counselling should be required for persons considering an abortion? Select which answer you think is right. yes After the age of eighteen (18) women make their own decision Because the mother might not be thinking rationally

19. Is putting a child for adoption better than having an abortion? If yes why? and if no why?

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20. What would you say is someone told you abortion is safe and healthy? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________

21. Was this questionnaire helpful to you in gaining knowledge of the danger of illegal abortion? If yes what did you learn? if no what can we do to make you understand the dangers of illegal abortion ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________

Method of Investigation

In order to collect data from the survey, I have decided to use printed questionnaires

The questionnaire as a tool for collecting data has a number of advantages: • It doesn’t take long to complete

• It can be done to suit the person who is required to have it complete

• Respondents are not required to write their names in the questionnaire

• It is useful and affective

Negatives are: • respondents may not complete it

Procedures used to collect data Garth Road Princes Town has approximately 57 households. And also this research has been carried in the community to get a response on the statement of problem “Are the people in my community of Garth Road, Princes Town aware of the dangers of illegal abortion?” as stated before. As a total of 57 questionnaires were printed and distributed to the villagers. All of the questionnaires that were distributed, was expected to be returned. These questionnaires were distributed by the help of my family . Each household was told that this questionnaire would be collected in a time period of (2) days. This was done to ensure that all respondents completed the questionnaires. These questionnaires were distributed on the 14th ofJjune 2016, and collected on the 16th of June, 2016. On this date, I personally went and thanked each respondents for their participation of completing their questionnaires.

Presentation of Data A total of 57 questionnaires were distributed to the villages, out of which 30 were returned. Figure 1: Against legalizing abortion 1. Should Abortion be legalized in our country? The pie chart below shows the amount of people who is against legalizing abortion.

Legend/key against -54 not against -3

95% of the people in my village are against abortion. 5% of the people are not against abortion

2. Was this research helpful? The bar chart below shows 98% of the residents in the community of Garth road was not aware of the dangers of illegal abortion and said that the research helped them to gain knowledge about it, while 2% disagreed. Figure 2: Research was helpful 120

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Legend/key 80 agreed-56 disagreed-1

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no

3. Do you think counseling should be required for persons considering an abortion? Figure 3: Counseling should be required for persons considering an abortion Options Yes After the age eighteen (18) women make their own decisions Because the mother might not be thinking rationally Only if they are under fifteen (15) years of age

Percentage 5% 15%

75% 5%

Table 1 shows 75% of the respondents think counseling is suitable for the person considering an abortion because they may not be thinking straight. While 15% of the respondents say if the women are (18) years of age, it’s their decision. And the rest adds up to 5% of the respondents saying yes, while the other 5% saying if they are under (15) years they should seek counseling.

4. Should a mother be obligated to bear a child she has conceived? Figure 4: Mother should be obligated to bear a child she has

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Legend/key no-40 yes-17

no

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conceived

30% of the responses were yes. While 70% were no.

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5. In your mind do you think abortion is equivalent to murder?

Figure 5: Abortion is equivalent to murder

Legend/key no-14 yes-43

75% of the responses said yes While 25% of the responses said no

Analysis and Interpretation of data The survey was successfully completely by the residences of Garth Road, Princes Town. A lot of relevant information was collected. In figure 1 a pie chart was shown states, that the respondents were highly against legalizing abortion in my community. This was proven in a percentage that came up with an astonishing 95%. In figure 2 it was shown in a bar graph that the research was really helpful to the villagers, they gain knowledge for the dangers of abortion, it was proven when the percentage came up to 98% of the respondents agreed it was helpful while 2% disagreed. In figure 3 the table represented the percentage of people who think counseling should be required for person considering an abortion. 75% of the respondent thought it was a suitable option for a person considering an abortion. While 15% of the respondents say if the women are (18) years of age; its their decision. As for rest added up to 5% saying yes, while the other 5% said if they are under (15) they should seek counseling In figure 4 the bar graph showed that 70% of the respondents disagreed, a mother shouldn’t be obligated to bear a child she has conceived while 30% of the respondents agreed In figure 5 a pie chart is represented to show that 75% of the respondents agrees that abortion is equivalent to murder while 25% disagreed after reviewing the results it was proven that the people in my community was now educated on the topic ‘abortion’. This was of utmost importance since abortion is a very sensitive topic.

Findings This survey has shown that the majority of the residents in Garth Road, Princes Town gained knowledge about the dangers of illegal abortion and were also against abortion. These include: ● People in my community have agreed that this research helped them by gaining knowledge about the dangers of illegal abortion. ● The majority of the respondents, that answered the questions provided in the questionnaires, disagreed that abortion is a way of solving unwanted pregnancy and they were also highly against legalizing abortion in our country. This has been proven by a percentage of 95%. ● Mostly all the respondents agreed that counseling is suitable for the person who wants an abortion to be done. ● A great majority of the villagers in my community thinks abortion is equivalent to murder and it shouldn’t be done.

Recommendation Abortion is a sensitive issue and most cases illegal. Truthful response on the survey proved that majority of the people in my village highly disagreed on the topic ‘abortion’ after knowing the dangers. Almost all the respondents were elderly women and mother of daughters. It was also evident that some people in my village didn’t have enough knowledge about the dangers of illegal abortion. One comment from an elderly woman was “nowadays children have it easy, and one of the main reasons that people should consider not to have an abortion because it is not only taking the life of an unborn child but you are also doing harm to yourself as well”. of the village can play a part and communicate and talk to the young adults about pregnancy.