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    The technical definition of abortion is “the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often within the first seven months”. 1973 was when abortion became legal. Women typically get abortions when the pregnancy is unplanned, when the women is a victim of rape, if it was just a pure accident, financial issues, disabilities to the child, and sickness or death to the mother are involved. Only 40% of pregnancies are planned, that means around 60% of them are not planned, which will most…

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    Pros And Cons Of Abortion

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    The definition of an abortion is the process of ending a woman’s pregnancy by the termination of an embryo or fetus inside the mother’s womb (Pros and Cons Abortion). During the process of an abortion, the unborn child is not treated as a human being. The baby is treated as a nuisance; it is not given the proper care, it is regarded as a nonliving thing (Abortion Facts). Abortion is not the only method to take when a mother is confused by her feelings about the pregnancy for how her pregnancy…

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    received fentanyl, 57% received propofol, and 22% received alfentanil. Most of the patients receiving GA (91%) underwent gynecologic, orthopedic, or ophthalmologic processes. Of the gynecologic techniques in patients receiving GA, 84% were dilation and curettage for abortion or diagnostic reasons. Most of the orthopedic processes in patients receiving GA were knee (68%) or shoulder (15%) arthroscopy, and 88% of the ophthalmologic processes were strabismus surgery. The neurosurgical processes…

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    Since the 1900s women have found ways to have rights. On January 22, 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court said it was a woman’s right to have an abortion due to the Fourteenth amendment. This case, Roe v. Wade, is a case that went down in history and to this day, still has the public bickering over the results. On one hand, you have citizens that are pro-life and believe life is created at conception, and that every life is valuable and should not be destroyed. On the other hand, you have citizens that…

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    In some rare cases, women that have had an abortion previously have had trouble reproducing, multiple dilations and curettages (the cleaning out of the uterus, also known as a D&C) can cause scarring at the top of the cervix or inside the uterus. A procedure called hysteroscopy (when a small camera is placed through your cervix into your uterine cavity) can check…

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    Nowadays, throughout the world, doctors and medical professionals perform a suction of thousands of babies from their mothers ' wombs through a procedure known as abortion. Today, the law protects and provides consent to both the mother and medical professional to follow through with the procedure. However, the babies seemingly have no right to protection or life themselves because of the argument regarding when a fetus is determined to be human and have a life. Therefore, abortion should be…

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    Running head: PLACENTA PREVIA Placenta Previa Monica Cooks Virginia College Jacksonville November 16, 2014 Placenta Previa When a woman finds out she is pregnant, it is probably the most exciting news of the year. It is a treasurable moment and cherished for the rest of her life. The news of a wanted pregnancy spreads from family to peers like wildfire, and the joy is…

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    vacuum machine which then tears the baby to pieces as it sucks it out of the mother’s womb and places it in a jar or tube that they discard. There is another form of abortion that is very similar to the Suction Aspiration. This method is called Dilation and Curettage. It’s pretty much the same thing as the Suction Aspiration method except a sharp knife is attached to the vacuum and the baby is cut into small pieces and placed in a jar. Another form of abortion is the Salt Poisoning method. The…

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    Dilemmas Of Abortion

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    Every day teens and adults face the dilemma of abortion or other options. It has been estimated that there have been over 54 million abortions since 1973 when the Roe v. Wade case took place. It has also been estimated that 21 percent of all pregnancies end in an abortion (http://www.guttmacher.org/). Commonly the difficult decision to terminate a pregnancy is because the parents involved are unable to provide a stable life for their child, the pregnancy was unintended, possible health risks,…

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    to get an ultrasound, but he decided against it as it would be quite expensive and burdensome for Barb. The general practitioner is convinced by the repeated negative pregnancy tests and concludes that Barb had a missed abortion. During the dilation and curettage to clean out the uterus, the practitioner noticed a lot more blood than expected. The body parts being expelled were large and there was no decomposing tissue. The practitioner quickly realized that the urine pregnancy tests were wrong…

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