Depending on the country and specific group involved, a variety of instruments, usually crude ones such as special knives and even sharp stones are used to perform this procedure. In villages, instruments used to perform the procedure are usually not sterile. ... The health problem, include but are not limited to, "bleeding, damage to other organs resulting from lack of surgical expertise, urine retention caused by swelling and inflammation, chronic infections of bladder and vagina, excessive scar tissue, formation of cysts on the stitch line, child birth obstruction, and the risk of HIV inf...

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Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removing a fetus from the womb through a medical procedure, which involves taking medication to end the pregnancy. It can also be done through a surgical procedure, which involves using medical apparatus to remove the fetus. ...

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