The Pros And Cons Of Abortion

There are two main political parties you can choose from in the United States, The Democrats and the Republicans. There are also third parties you can choose from. People can choose to be part of any party. We are divided by the left and right side on the political spectrum. The right are more conservative and the left are more liberal. These two political parties show philosophical differences through their viewpoints on major topics. With so many differences between the parties, finding topics or issues upon which constituents agree on can be difficult.

There are a couple types of abortions used, one form is medically. In this process you’re given various medications that are intended to end your pregnancy. Women that choose a medical abortion are willing to undergo a surgical abortion if the first one fails. The medical procedure has a success rate that ranges from 75-95%, with about 2-4% of failed abortions that require a surgical procedure. The process involves bleeding, often heavy just like a period, that must be differentiated from hemorrhage. No matter how much tissue that has passed, a woman must see a doctor to make sure the process is complete. There's a rare and serious

“How can the “Dream” survive if we murder children? Every aborted baby is like a slave in the womb of his or her mother. The mother decides his or her fate” (Martin Luther King, Jr). This quote, by Martin Luther King Jr, represents how Martin Luther King Jr really feels about abortions, and how abortions relate back to the idea of slavery. As abortions are spreading all across the world many people have wondered if there are any positives to abortions? If there are not any positives to abortion then people may wonder, what are the negatives to abortions, and how do other people feel about abortions.

Women may have an abortion for a variety of reasons, but in general they choose abortion because a pregnancy at that time is in some way wrong for them. “Abortion is the removal of a fetus from the uterus before it is mature enough to live on its own” (Kuechler 1996). When this happens spontaneously we call it a miscarriage. Induced abortion is brought about deliberately by a medical procedure that ends pregnancy. Legal abortion, carried out by trained medical practitioners, is one of the most common and safest surgical procedures. “About 1.5 million American women choose to have induced abortions each year. Less than 1% of all abortion patients experience a major complication associated with the procedure” (Kuechler 1996).

Abortion is a subject that numerous people have strong opinions about; some believe that it is a form of murder and should be banned, yet others believe that the decision should be for the woman herself to make. In my eyes, the choice to abort or not abort is the woman’s, not the public’s. However, many men disagree with pro-choice.

When considering the removal of a fetus you have to consider the development of the embryo and what type of procedure needs to be done. There are several different types of procedures that can take place to abort a fetus but, two main types are the medical and surgical abortions. Within this two categories there are different procedures. There are two different procedures that fall under the medical abortions, the morning after pill and the RU486 (mifepristone). The first option is the

This procedure is done from nine to fourteen weeks and it includes using a suction device to take away parts of the women’s uterus. The second most common abortion procedure is a medical abortion, which is an abortion pill. The medication that women will usually take are called mifepristone and misoprostol; they take these medicines within the first seven to nine weeks of pregnancy to prompt abortion. After fourteen weeks, another surgical procedure is done called the dilation and evacuation procedure. Then after twenty weeks, an abortion can be done by a labor induction, hysterectomy, or dilation and extraction. The article, Should Abortion be Legal, stated, “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that 64.5% of abortions performed in 2011 were performed at or less than 8 weeks gestation, and 91.4% were performed at or less than 13 weeks gestation. 79.6% were performed by surgical procedure, while 19.1% were medical abortions,” they also stated, “an average of about 1.4 million abortions per year. One out of five pregnancies (excluding miscarriages) end in abortion, and each year 1.7% of women aged 15-44 have an abortion.” There are many different types of reasons why women want to have an abortion; some women feel that having a baby would affect their education or work. Others feel that they cannot support the child financially or they do not have the support of a father and would rather not take

Abortion has been performed for thousands of years and in many societies around the world. Abortion was legal in the United States, then in the mid to late 1800’s states began to outlaw the practice due to lack of basic antiseptics and the primitive medical education held by doctors. There are two types of abortion; vacuum aspiration and dilatation and evacuation. Vacuum aspiration removes the pregnancy by gentle suction. This procedure can be done when the fetus is up to 15 weeks. Then, dilatation and evacuation uses narrow forceps passed through the neck of the womb and gentle suction. Both of these procedures can be done in a short amount of time and you will be able to go home the same day.

According to the Merriam Webster dictionary abortion is “the termination of a pregnancy, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus” (Merriam-Webster). There are many different procedures for abortion including Mifepristone and Misoprostol which are pills used to destroy the fetus as if the woman had miscarried. Other methods include manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) and Aspiration. These abortion methods are surgical procedures which use a vacuum to remove the living fetus from its mother (American Pregnancy Association). Certain abortion methods are banned in the United States, such as Dilation and Extraction. This form of abortion is not legal because it is termination of a late term pregnancy. This country has recognized the abortion of a baby in the third trimester as unethical. While

There are two kinds of induced abortion, surgical and chemical. Surgical abortion procedures include manual vacuum aspiration, suction curettage, saline, and hysterotomy. Chemical abortion options include pills called, RU-486 also called as the abortion pill, methotrexate and misoprostol and the morning after pill. Overall, the purpose of these procedures is to kill the fetus by suffocating using substances and not giving it medical attention.

Considered less invasive with only a local anesthesia being used on the cervix. Aspiration: a surgical abortion procedure used to terminate pregnancy up to 16 weeks from the last period. It can also be referred to as suction curettage, dilation and curettage (D & C) or vacuum aspiration. Most of the methods in the first trimester are a form of medication. During the second trimester medication cannot be used There are three kinds of abortion commonly used during the second trimester which are Dilation & Curettage (D & C)a surgical abortion procedure used to terminate a pregnancy up to 16 weeks gestation. It is also referred to as suction curettage or vacuum aspiration. Dilation & Evacuation (D & E) a surgical abortion procedure used to terminate a pregnancy after 16 weeks gestation. Induction Abortion a rarely  performed surgical procedure where salt water, urea, or potassium chloride is injected into the amniotic sac; prostaglandins are inserted into the vagina, and pitocin is injected intravenously. Before considering the options, it is recommended that you obtain a sonogram to determine if the pregnancy is viable (uterine, non-ectopic pregnancy) and for accurate pregnancy

According to the Dorland 's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (2007), abortion is “premature expulsion from the uterus of the products of conception, either the embryo or a nonviable fetus” (p. 31). Today, people have two kinds of abortion: surgical and medicated. Medicated abortion depends what stage of pregnancy women has. It has to be less than 9-12 weeks.

Abortion is a very tedious act to remove a fetus out of the womb before it has the chance to live on its own. There are two different types of abortions, medical abortion and surgical abortion. Medical abortion is the act of taking “methotrexate or mifepristone, which may be followed by another drug called misoprostol within the first forty-nine days”(pamf.org, “abortion”). Surgical abortion is a procedure done by vacuuming out the uterine lining during pregnancy typically in the first trimester.(pamf.org,”abortion”). There have been problems with abortion for centuries. The most known case concerning abortion is a case called Roe V. Wade in 1973. The case ruled a Texas law banning abortions other than those to save a mother unconstitutional because it violated the right to privacy. A woman named Norma L. McCorvey (“Jane Roe”) “claimed that although her life was not endangered, she could

The most probable method of abortion is called dilation and curettage. General anaesthetic is provided to the pregnant mother while the gynaecologist opens (dilates) the cervix with instruments called dilators, and then inserts a hollow tube through the cervix. Suction is applied to remove the retained tissue in the uterus. If the abortion is to be carried out on the 20th-24th week, 2 general anaesthetics with 2 nights will be supplied.

Descriptive: Abortion is the termination of an unplanned or unwanted pregnancy. It is a controversial issue affecting our society and raises ethical issues. Abortions can be performed before nine weeks from the last menstrual period and is performed either surgically with the removal of the fetus or medically with drugs. From nine weeks until 14 weeks, an abortion is performed by a dilatation and suction curettage procedure. After 14 weeks, abortions are then performed by an evacuation procedure. After 20 weeks of gestation, abortions can be performed by labor induction, prostaglandin labor induction, saline infusion, hysterectomy, or dilatation and extraction.