Introduction Abortion is considered to be one of the most controversial issues worldwide. Millions of people are not alive today because they were never given a chance at life. The word abortion is derived from the Latin word “abortio,” which means to abort, miscarry, or deliver prematurely. Abortion is defined by Dictionary.com as the “removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy” and occurs especially during the first six months. An abortion is performed about once every thirty seconds. Abortion is surrounded by multiple unanswered questions such as: If people are sexually educated right, would it lower the number of abortions? Could proper support from parents possibly prevent the rising numbers of teen pregnancy
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Abortions became legal in the United States of America during a notorious 1973 Supreme Court ruling known as the Roe v Wade case. Mrs. Jane Roe (P), a pregnant single woman, presented a class action suit demanding the constitutionality of the abortion laws in the state of Texas. These laws made it a crime to receive or even attempt an abortion except when medically advised by a doctor to save the life of the mother. The defendant for the case was county District Attorney Wade (D). A three-judge District Court panel all tried the case together and Mrs. Roe won the lawsuit at …show more content…
There are two ways an abortion can be performed and how far along a woman is in her pregnancy determines the best procedure for her. Medical abortions, one of two forms, do not require the assistance of surgery but rely on medications such as Mifepristone and/or Misoprostol to exterminate the fetus. A surgical abortion is the other form than can be completed to exterminate the fetus. Surgical abortions are performed in a health care provider’s facility which can either be an office or clinic. Aspiration is an abortion procedure that can be performed on a woman up to sixteen weeks after her most recent menstrual period. This procedure involves the insertion of a tube through one’s dilated cervix up into the uterus. A very gentle suction process eradicates all fetal tissue and also drains the uterus. Abortions result in approximately seventy thousand maternal deaths and five million hospital admittances per year, worldwide with slightly under half of those abortions performed unsafely. An abortion can also occur unexpectedly, in which case it is called a miscarriage. Miscarriages are the loss of a baby and happen before the twentieth week of pregnancy. According to the March of Dimes, about ten to fifteen out of one hundred recognized pregnancies (ten to fifteen percent) end in miscarriage. Most miscarriages happen before a woman misses a menstrual period or even knows she is pregnant. Miscarriages can happen due to chromosomal issues, a blighted
Abortions became legal in the United States of America during a notorious 1973 Supreme Court ruling known as the Roe v Wade case. Mrs. Jane Roe (P), a pregnant single woman, presented a class action suit demanding the constitutionality of the abortion laws in the state of Texas. These laws made it a crime to receive or even attempt an abortion except when medically advised by a doctor to save the life of the mother. The defendant for the case was county District Attorney Wade (D). A three-judge District Court panel all tried the case together and Mrs. Roe won the lawsuit at …show more content…
There are two ways an abortion can be performed and how far along a woman is in her pregnancy determines the best procedure for her. Medical abortions, one of two forms, do not require the assistance of surgery but rely on medications such as Mifepristone and/or Misoprostol to exterminate the fetus. A surgical abortion is the other form than can be completed to exterminate the fetus. Surgical abortions are performed in a health care provider’s facility which can either be an office or clinic. Aspiration is an abortion procedure that can be performed on a woman up to sixteen weeks after her most recent menstrual period. This procedure involves the insertion of a tube through one’s dilated cervix up into the uterus. A very gentle suction process eradicates all fetal tissue and also drains the uterus. Abortions result in approximately seventy thousand maternal deaths and five million hospital admittances per year, worldwide with slightly under half of those abortions performed unsafely. An abortion can also occur unexpectedly, in which case it is called a miscarriage. Miscarriages are the loss of a baby and happen before the twentieth week of pregnancy. According to the March of Dimes, about ten to fifteen out of one hundred recognized pregnancies (ten to fifteen percent) end in miscarriage. Most miscarriages happen before a woman misses a menstrual period or even knows she is pregnant. Miscarriages can happen due to chromosomal issues, a blighted