Abortion is the expulsion of a fetus prior to a natural birth. Many people have different views of this controversial topic. However, whether a person is for it, against it, or somewhere in between, all can agree on the result, the loss of a life. To the contrary of what some may think, abortion does not only destroy the soon to be child, it also may cause side effects in the mother. Abortion procedures may affect the mother in several different ways: medical complications, emotional difficulties, and/or societal problems. .
First, if a woman decides to have an abortion, she should consider the possibilities of medical complications. Pregnancy always means physical change; women must wait for the right time to have the procedure, while she waits for that given time, the reality of her pregnancy becomes manifest in her body. She may experience Nausea, Fatigue, enlarged breast, weight gain, and skin changes. (The Healing Choice).
A woman may develop breast cancer from an abortion. Estrogen is a known attribute to breast cancer, and estrogen levels in a woman are twenty times greater during the pregnancy. This causes breast tissue to enlarge; this is converted to milk after the pregnancy is completed. However, if the pregnancy is stopped due to an abortion the milk will not form and the estrogen may cause cancerous breast tissue to form (Frank Shen-83). .
"The risk factors for breast cancer due to abortion may be promoted due to specific instances. If she is under eighteen there is an increased risk of 150 percent. 110 percent increased chance if they are over thirty. A black woman over fifty has a raised three hundred and seventy percent chance," (frank Shen-83). However, overall a woman has an increased fifty percent risk of getting cancer after an abortion (Frank Shen-83). .
Abortion is one of the safest medical procedures available, with less than a 1- percent complication rate. A woman is eleven times more likely to die from childbirth than from an abortion (Sue Hertz-12).