The précis of this paper is an examination of the need or needlessness of the expansion of the frontiers or liberalization of the circumstances under which abortion (which is presently illegal under the Nigerian law except to save the expectant mother‟s life) may be legalized. Calls have been made for the legalization of abortion in other circumstances other than the one stated above. It is the aim of this paper to interrogate the justification for the call to legitimize abortion. In pursuance of this, the paper examines some penal provisions on abortion in Nigeria, judicial decisions on these penal provisions, some of the views of those advocating for the expansion of the frontiers of legal abortion, the views of those opposed to same and thereafter opines that instead of liberalizing access to abortion in Nigeria, more should be done to inculcate in our youths the mores and values of chastity and abstinence from pre-marital sex and also beseech health care providers to enlighten the populace on other means of birth control other than feticide. The doctrinal research methodology was adopted in writing this paper.