Abortion is the early termination of a pregnancy, which can occur from a miscarriage or through a surgical procedure performed by a doctor. ... Since the legalization of abortion, millions of procedures have been performed, becoming the most performed obstetrics and gynecological surgical procedure. ... The most common procedure is dilation and evacuation or D&E, which is performed after twelve weeks. During this procedure, the doctor uses surgical instruments to empty the uterus; depending on the amount of fetal development will determine how detailed the procedure. ... Controversy has alw...

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Over the centuries there have been dramatic changes in abortion procedures and the emotions of the people have become more intense. ... There is no way to reverse the procedure so women have to be one hundred percent sure that they want to have an abortion before they actually do it. ... Even though women are asleep during the procedure and do not feel physical pain, many wake up with the emotional pain that their child is dead, which results to depression. ... By 1844 the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal released information that there was an increase in the number of abortionists...

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It is currently performed by any of four standard procedures, according to the period of time. ... Introduced in china in 1958, vacuum aspiration soon replaced the traditional early-abortion procedure, dilation and curettage. ... Late abortions are accomplished by hysterotomy, in which is a sort of surgical procedure which is similar to a cesarean, but requiring a smaller incision lower in the abdomen. This procedure began in the United States in 1994. ... During that century, first the parliament and then American state legislatures prohibited induced abortion to protect women from surgi...

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This procedure is growing more and more popular everyday. ... a question that concerns many minds of people out there that are not aware of this tragic procedure. ... Also defined as a surgical procedure to end a pregnancy by removing the fetus and placenta from the uterus, likewise referred to in many ways as: induced abortion; suction curettage; surgical abortion (Adam 1). ... The life of the mother is affected physically and psychologically during and after the procedure. ... Some of the leading causes of death due to abortion are not just during the procedure but also afterwards. ...

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Studies show that 42% of women that undergo abortion procedures are "below poverty level" ("Induced Abortion"). Thanks to advances in technology, surgical abortions have become much safer in a legal setting. ... This study also stated that colonoscopy procedures have a mortality rate 40 times greater than an abortion procedure. ... Lastly, after in vitro fertilization, the fertilized eggs not used in procedures are routinely thrown out. ... Abortion is ethical and a safe, legal procedure that millions of women undergo each year. ...

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If an abortion is induced by a form of medicine such as the morning-after pill and not by a surgical procedure, the process is viewed totally different. I do believe that the majority of Americans do not approve of surgical abortion but see it as the absolute last resort for a solution to a very complicated problem. ...

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It is ridiculous to require parental consent for a procedure that is a safe as an abortion is, yet allowing kids with alcohol and drug addictions to receive treatment without the parents ever being notified. Abortion is one of the safest surgical procedures for women in the United States. ... The Family Foundation of Virginia claims that, "Under no other circumstance in Virginia is a child permitted to voluntarily undergo a major medical procedure without parental consent." Well, I would argue that a child coping with AIDS or alcoholism is undergoing a major medical procedure, and under cur...

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It is also interesting to note that no prosecutions have been made in any state or territory for many years, and that opinion polls have shown a majority of Australians support the concept of legalizing abortion and the payment of medical benefits for the procedure. ... Nevertheless, it does contain a defense that allows anyone to perform a surgical operation for the 'benefit' of the patient, or 'upon an unborn child for the preservation of its mother's life', if the performance of the operation is 'reasonable, having regard to the patient's state at the t...

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However, in America most of the women can easily be approved for abortion procedure, and waiting time is only twenty four hours. ... I suggest to prolong the waiting time to be approved for the surgical termination of pregnancy. ...

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Abortion in today's society has become very political. You are either pro-choice or pro-life, and there doesn't seem to be a happy medium. As we look at abortion and research its history, should it remain legal in the United States, or should it be outlawed to reduce the ever growing rate of abortio...

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Abortion Abortion in today's society has become very political. You are either pro-choice or pro-life, and there doesn't seem to be a happy medium. As we look at abortion and research its history, should it remain legal in the United States, or should it be outlawed to reduce...

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