There are a great number of issues being discussed nowadays all around the world, they are considered threatening the well-being and the existence of human beings because of the long duration and the emotionality of the discussions. One of these issues is abortion. Abortion is the procedure of terminating an unwanted human pregnancy resulting the death of the fetus. This procedure is undergone for a variety of reasons with several means depending on each case and most importantly the choice of the couple. So what are the points of view regarding abortion, the reasons and procedures to undergo it and what are the effects of having an abortion?
On the first hand, there are several reasons to undergo an abortion, Brown (2013) claims that all couple …show more content…
In the first trimester most applied procedures are medical ones, consisting on abortion pills such that MTX which is used when pregnancy is no longer than seven weeks. Furthermore, the Mifepristone and misoprostol (also referred to as RU-486) is used when pregnancy is between its seventh and its ninth week. A surgical abortion might be done between the sixth and the twelfth week known as suction aspiration (also referred to as curettage), it is true that this surgical abortion might be done while pregnancy is still between the sixth and the ninth week but almost everybody prefer undergoing a medical abortion if possible, Gordon (N.D.). Nevertheless, in the second trimester, all abortions are done using surgeries since abortion pills cannot perform an abortion in this “advanced” stage of pregnancy. Dilation & Curettage (D&C) is one of many ways to submit an abortion, it is commonly used while pregnancy is between its thirteenth and its fifteenth week. If the zygote ages between fifteen and twenty-one weeks, a surgical abortion might be done called Dilation & Evacuation (D&E), it is also known as suction curettage or vacuum aspiration. Induction abortion is a rarely.performed.surgical.procedure and it is done via injecting different kind of chemical compounds such that salt water, urea, or potassium chloride in the amniotic sac accompanied with insertion of prostaglandins in the vagina and injection of Pitocin Gordon
On the first hand, there are several reasons to undergo an abortion, Brown (2013) claims that all couple …show more content…
In the first trimester most applied procedures are medical ones, consisting on abortion pills such that MTX which is used when pregnancy is no longer than seven weeks. Furthermore, the Mifepristone and misoprostol (also referred to as RU-486) is used when pregnancy is between its seventh and its ninth week. A surgical abortion might be done between the sixth and the twelfth week known as suction aspiration (also referred to as curettage), it is true that this surgical abortion might be done while pregnancy is still between the sixth and the ninth week but almost everybody prefer undergoing a medical abortion if possible, Gordon (N.D.). Nevertheless, in the second trimester, all abortions are done using surgeries since abortion pills cannot perform an abortion in this “advanced” stage of pregnancy. Dilation & Curettage (D&C) is one of many ways to submit an abortion, it is commonly used while pregnancy is between its thirteenth and its fifteenth week. If the zygote ages between fifteen and twenty-one weeks, a surgical abortion might be done called Dilation & Evacuation (D&E), it is also known as suction curettage or vacuum aspiration. Induction abortion is a rarely.performed.surgical.procedure and it is done via injecting different kind of chemical compounds such that salt water, urea, or potassium chloride in the amniotic sac accompanied with insertion of prostaglandins in the vagina and injection of Pitocin Gordon