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    Mifepristone is taken in the form of a pill. It works by blocking progesterone, without it the pregnancy cannot continue. lining of the uterus breaks down, the cervix softens, and bleeding begins. Misoprostol is taken just two days after taking mifepristone, the second drug, Misoprostol is taken. Misoprostol tablets may be placed either into the vagina or between cheek and gum, then swallowed) causes the uterus to contract and empty. Medical abortions take between 2-4 weeks from the time a woman

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    What is the Morning-After Pill? Sometimes in life we have to deal with real emergency situations. Thankfully, there is a pill that we can use when we need it most. There are many names used for morning-after pills like Plan B, Ella, Next Choice etc.“ A morning after pill’’ is a type of emergency contraception. It is most effective the sooner that you take it. Each pill contains about 1.5 milligrams of levonorgestrel. The purpose of emergency contraception is to prevent pregnancy after a woman has

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    I think there should be a way out of your mistakes if you want there to be. I don’t think facing the consequences for your actions is always the best thing to do. A lot of people will argue that a baby isn’t a mistake but it is a miracle from god or just a miracle. I agree that babies are beautiful gifts. I also believe there’s a wrong and right time to have a baby. Even though your child was a surprise or an accident and everything for you turned out fine, that’s not always the case for others.

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    The Morning After Pill The morning after pill has been discussed among a lot of people but do most people know what this pill does. Studies have shown that mifepristone also known as the morning after pill to be 95 percent effective at terminating early pregnancy. Also, doctors who are trained to determine the duration of the pregnancy can only distribute the morning after pill. Physicians can also use mifpristone to provide a surgical abortion in the event that the pill fails. Abortions

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    Abortion refers to the termination of a pregnancy in one of two ways. One, the abortion pill (medically induced abortion) or two, surgical abortion depending on how far along the woman is. In 1973, a famous court case, Roe v. Wade legalized abortion across the nation and nullified the Texas state prohibition. The only time the state could intervene was after the first trimester, but during this time the woman had the right to privacy of her own body. After this staggering case, this controversial

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    I was in around dark place. I didn't even know where. I didn't even have my name. I only heard a big thumping noise, which sounded like someone's heart and something that sounded like an ocean maybe someone's bloodstream? It seems like i've been in here all my life. Day and night the same place, when I woke up and went back to sleep, though bit was quite a warm and gloomy place I felt safe and secure. Next thing I know I hear a loud and disturbing sound more like a vacuum and it's headed towards

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    The Morning After Pill The emergency contraception pill, often wrongly called the abortion pill, is a solution to the high teen pregnancy rate in the USA. There were 521,826 teen mothers in the United States in 1990 (Adolescent pregnancy 2). The United States also has the highest rate of pregnancy, abortion, and childbirth among teenagers than any other country (McKeown 1). Also, the Untied States spends an unbelievable 7 billion dollars a year on teen pregnancy costs (National Campaign To

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    Abortion

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    abortive technique go back about 4,600 years to an ancient Chinese work, purportedly the work of Emperor Shen Nung which prescribes the use of mercury to induce an abortion. (3) In ancient ages pessaries or vaginal suppositories were used as an abortifacients.(1) They are generally more effective than oral drugs and included substances such as juice of the wild fig, a “dairy liquid” ,which caused irritation, soapwort, myrrh, myrtle, lupine, cedar-oil mixed with

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    fertilized eggs from implanting. When taken within seventy-two hours of unprotected sex, EC is believed to be 90-percent effective at preventing pregnancy. Although EC meets the legal and medical definition of a contraceptive (as opposed to an abortifacient, or a drug that induces abortion), some opponents believe that it constitutes a form of abortion, as the pills may potentially be taken after fertilization. Progestin-only EC

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    is a widely debated and very heated topic in Texas. The Republican party’s platform supports family values and are completely against abortion under any circumstances, including abortifacients. The Democrat party’s platform supports the rights for women to make choices about their own bodies. They support abortifacients and a person’s right to have an abortion. There is also a large percentage of those that are in the middle in that they believe abortion should be legal but restricted. The argument

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