Abortion is a surgical or medical procedure to end a pregnancy by removing the fetus and placenta from the uterus. ... For instances induced abortion, suction curettage, surgical abortion, and medical abortion. ... A surgical abortion for a pregnancy over 12 weeks is commonly done while she is drugged. ... Abortion is a procedure just to remove an unwanted fetus. It is rather safe procedure weather you use a medical or surgical abortion. ...

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Both forms are becoming more and more popular because they are easier than the traditional surgical abortions. ... A hand-held fifty CC syringe is used in the procedure. ... Women who agree to a medical abortion must also be prepared to agree to a surgical abortion. One major concern is that women will not agree to a surgical abortion. ... Some disadvantages to these two forms of abortion, when compared to the surgical form may include: more visits to the gynecologist or doctor to make sure the woman is healing well; medically induced abortions are only about ninety percent effective; the...

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Any of various procedures that result in such termination and expulsion. ... The second is a surgical abortion, which is when the doctor actually goes in and surgically removes the fetus. ... During this procedure the fetus has all it's extremities. ... This procedure is basically an early cesarean section (c-section). ... Since the legalization of surgical abortions in 1967 there have been 42 million legal surgical abortions preformed. ...

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One type is Medical Abortion which is an abortion brought on by taking medications to end a pregnancy instead of having a surgical abortion. ... The other type of abortion is Surgical Abortion. Surgical abortion is the removal of a fetus from the woman's uterus before the fetus is mature enough to live on it's own. ... One type of Surgical abortion is called legal abortion. ... Less then 1% of the woman who get abortions experience a major complication with the abortion procedure. ...

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There are two different kinds of induced termination, chemical and surgical to how they can "abort" the fetus. With surgical there are 8 different procedures, Manual Vacuum Aspiration, Suction Curettage, D & C (Dilation and Curettage), D & E (Dilation and Evacuation), Saline, Prostaglandin, and Hysterectomy, D & X (Dilation and Extraction). ... Most common chemical abortion is the abortion pill Mifepristone, surgically manual vacuum aspiration. ... From the age of the person wanting to the procedure to how long is to late to receive the abortion. ... With that being said I personally...

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I believe many women do not study the procedures related to abortions before going through with it. According to ReligiousTolerance.org, there are two main procedures for aborting a baby. These are non-surgical and surgical methods. The most widely used surgical abortion is manual vacuum. ... Abortions are serious procedures with costly side-effects. ...

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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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In 2013, Paul Stark writing for the National Right to Life stated that "surgical abortion is an intrusive procedure that violently interrupts a natural biological process." However, surgical abortion becomes high risk when it is not done properly. Failed abortion procedures usually occur in circumstances where the physician is not qualified to perform abortions. ... But in many circumstances, many procedures lead physicians to do so. ... There are procedures that indicate that the fetus is put to rest to save the mother's life. ...

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The procedure for having an abortion up to 13 weeks is a surgical termination. ... The surgical procedure is minor and most women leave hospital the same day. The procedure for having an abortion up to 24 weeks is a medical termination. ...

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Abortion An abortion is the forcible removal of a developing baby from the womb of his or her mother, using surgical, mechanical, or chemical means. ... Here the doctor or nurse educates them on what is going to happen during the procedure. ... Before I started research on this subject I wasn't aware of some of the things that go on after the procedure is completed. ...

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The Romans also relied on herbs such as pennyroyal and hellebore, but had also created some of the first gynecological tools for abortive procedures. These surgical instruments were designed to dilate and extract a fetus by using a needle or spike and a covered blunt hook. ... Over the past century, procedures for abortions have come a long way from taking toxic herbs and doing jumping jacks. ... This procedure typically would be performed in a later term pregnancy. ...

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Abortion should be accessible to the people that need the procedure and the people who need it should not be criticized for their choice. ... These are all legitimate reasons to have to procedure done. ... "The reason for the enactment of the laws was not protection of morals or the soul of the fetus, but rather a reflection of the fact that at the time all surgical procedures were highly risky because of the probability of infection". ...

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Consequently, we have to pay careful attention to eugenics that must stay an illegal procedure for obvious reasons. ... We must develop programs at school which explain that abortion is not a routine but a real surgical procedure with all its dangers. ...

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Because abortion is such a controversial issue, the illusion has been maintained that it is one of surgery's safest procedures (Shalit). ... Many women considering abortion do not know that only three percent of those using this procedure do not endure excruciating pain. ... A person having this procedure also doubles their chances of cervical cancer. ... One of these women is quoted as saying, "(the) procedure was not the quick fix I had wanted-for my body or my heart"(110). ... There are also surgical implants available. ...

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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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Women who have these painful abortions suffer emotional stress, and years after having the procedure they discover that they destroyed a human life. ... One-third of all babies is aborted, which entitles the abortion industry to $500 million a year in income in the United States abortion is the most frequent surgical operation in the US, and the leading cause of death in Minnesota. ...

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About four thousand required Hysterectomies; Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus and cervix. ... There are nine deaths per million abortion procedures and sixty-three deaths per million births. ...

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Abortion What would you do if you found out right now that you were going to be a parent? Would you keep the child, give it up, or abort it? We're going to explore the latter choice. Abortion is definitely a two-sided argument, Pro-Choice or Pro Life. You are either for it or you aren't. Let's...

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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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