Abortion is the term of a pregnancy by the removal or expulsion of a fetus or embryo from the uterus, resulting in or caused by its death. United States, has a very large number of abortion cases unplanned pregnancy.
An abortion can occur spontaneously due to complications during pregnancy or can be induced in humans and other species. In the context of human pregnancies, an abortion induced to preserve the health of the gravida (pregnant female) is termed a therapeutic abortion, while an abortion induced for any other reason is termed an elective abortion. The term abortion most commonly
refers to the induced abortion of a human pregnancy
, while spontaneous abortions are usually termed miscarriages.Abortion has a low risk of maternal mortality except for abortions performed unsafely
, which result in 70,000 deaths and 5 million disabilities per year globally. Abortions are unsafe when performed by persons without the proper skills or outside of a medically safe environment. An estimated 42 million abortions are performed annually with 20 million of those abortions done unsafely around the world.Forty percent of the world's women/girl are able to access therapeutic and elective abortions within gestational limits.
Abortion has a long history and has been induced by various methods including herbal abortifacients, the use of sharpened tools, physical trauma, and other traditional methods. Contemporary medicine utilizes medications and surgical procedures to induce abortion. The legality, prevalence, cultural status, and religious status of abortion vary substantially around the world. In many parts of the world there is prominent and divisive public controversy over the ethical and legal issues of abortion. Abortion and abortion-related issues feature prominently in the national politics in many nations, often involving the opposing pro-life and pro-choice worldwide social movements (both self-named). Incidence of abortion has declined worldwide as access to family planning education and contraceptive services has increased.
How to abortion, there are several ways.
There's medical abortion, surgical abortion, spontaneous abortion, abortion pill, etc.
There are several different methods used in performing abortions, depending upon how far along the pregnancy is. Some methods involve physically extracting the baby and others involve the use of chemicals injected into the womb or taken by the mother.
The following describe medical abortion:
Suction aspiration - first 12 weeks of pregnancy
Dilation and curettage (D&C) - first 12 weeks of pregnancy
RU486 and methotrexate - 5 to 7 weeks of pregnancy
Dilation and evacuation (D&E) - first 18 weeks of pregnancy
Salt poisoning (saline amniocentesis) - after four months of pregnancy
Prostaglandin abortion - four to six months of pregnancy
Hysterotomy - four to nine months of pregnancy
Partial birth (brain suction) abortion - four to nine months of pregnancy
One to remember is that, an abortion by means is literally killing an embrio, a womb, a fetal, a fetus, a baby yet to develop to be a human being.
Wrong Abortion could lead to complication and death.
