Abortion is just but the termination of a pregnancy by either removing the embryo or the fetus before it gains the capability of surviving outside the womb. However, there is a natural abortion which occurs spontaneously, such kind of abortion is referred to as miscarriage while a purposeful abortion is called an induced abortion. More often than not, induced abortions are carried out by medical experts for some given reasons, maybe if the mother’s life is endangered. There are scenarios where a fetus has the potentiality of surviving outside the uterus; such a case is known as a late termination of pregnancy (Ahman 1150).
Over the recent years, medications and surgeries are widely used to perform abortions; research has proved that they are the safest means to carry out an abortion. However, a combination of drugs is used to make it safer, to be precise; mifepristone and prostaglandin are most effectively especially when used within the first and the second trimester of the gestation period (Ahman 1154). It is also worth noting that birth control procedures like intrauterine devices and pills can be used after or immediately after procuring an abortion. Furthermore, when an induced abortion is performed within the legality of the law using a safe procedure, then there is a great unlikeness of it causing either physical problems or long term illnesses to the victim.
An induced abortion can either be elective or therapeutic. A therapeutic abortion is carried out to save the life of the mother. Several jurisdictions across the globe consider abortion as an illegal procedure; however, there are some cases where it is allowed. Several countries allow abortion to be carried out where the pregnancy came as a result of rape, incest or where it poses a risk to the women’s life. Moreover, it can be allowed where the mother or both parents are destitute or there exist problems in genetics (Ahman 1157).
Work Cited
Ahman, Shah. "Unsafe Abortion: Global and Regional Incidence, Trends, Consequences and Challenges." Journal of Obsetrics and Gynocology Canada (2011): 1149-58.
