Abortions started occurring thousands of years ago. Back in the day, abortions were performed unsafely and were a lot more risky. Today, with all the new medications and surgical tools, it can be done safer, quicker, and easier. Medical abortions are only available if a woman is less than 7 weeks pregnant. This performance usually consists of taking a pill which dissolves the fetus. Surgical abortions must be done within 3 months of the pregnancy. This is usually done using special tools that help remove the fetus as safe as possible. Surgical abortions are more likely to have bad side or after effects than a medical abortion would. …show more content…
Some examples of these are Abdominal pain and cramping, spotting and bleeding, Vomiting, Diarrhea, and many more. There is sometimes even serious illnesses that can occur afterwards. In an article on “Pregmeg,” it states that “Having an illegal abortion can be one of the greatest risk factors to a woman’s future fertility and overall health.” Saying this, depending on how the abortion is performed will also determine how a woman’s health will be affected. Some illegal abortions are not safe, which means they aren’t performed the right way. Things like that can lead to something as serious as to not being able to get pregnant again after already having an abortion before in a