I have heard a report which states one reason for this: there is absolutely no social security net within Nigeria, save one. The presence of children, which appear after a sanctioned marriage. But, proof of fertility is hard to provide during the courtship process...
Fertility is the number one qualification to a sanctioned marriage, and large numbers of Nigerian men impregnate their potential brides-to-be on purpose, and in secret. Once the woman reports a successful pregnancy, both do what is necessary to abort to avoid the shame of a out-of-wed lock pregnancy. And then they get married, both confident that the biggest expectation from both families will be met.
Nigeria is not a place that has its act together as of yet.
Who spoke these words? The Klu Klux Klan? Aryan Nations? The National Socialist (Nazi) Party? These are the words of Margaret Sanger, Founder of Planned Parenthood, the largest provider and promoter of legal abortion in the United States.
Abortion clinics were originally set up with the intention of slowing the population growth of Afro-Americans and others racial groups considered mentally or otherwise inferior.
So here’s the downside of “doing a test run” on fertility, then “cleaning up” the evidence afterward -
- the abortion itself is highly risky, undertaken in perhaps septic conditions, using crude instruments, with no follow-up medical attention. (You were expecting modern clinics for this procedure, maybe?)
- Mothers who have terminated their first pregnancy before term are less likely to conceive at a later date, and even when they do conceive, are more likely to miscarry (spontaneously abortion) any subsequent pregnancies.
- The husbands will still beat their wives unmercifully.