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Abortion

Abortion is the willful and forced termination from the womb of a fetus or embryo before it is
able to survive on its own. When an abortion takes place unexpectedly, it is called a miscarriage.
When it is purposely caused it is known as an abortion. The term abortion is usually used for the
forced abortion of a human pregnancy. The similar procedure after the fetus may be able to
survive on its own is medically known as a " belated ending of pregnancy". Unsafe abortions,
however, result in approximately 47,000 maternal deaths and 5 million hospital admissions per
year globally
In contemporary times medications or surgical methods are applied for inducing abortion. These
medicines are as effective as surgery if it is performed in the first trimester. While the use of
medications may be effective in the second trimester also, the women might suffer from side
effects. However, surgical methods appear to have a lower risk of side effects.  Birth control,
including the pill and intrauterine devices can be started immediately after an abortion. Abortion
in the developed world has a long history of being among the safest procedures in
medicine when permitted by local law. Uncomplicated abortions do not cause either long term
mental health or physical problems The World Health Organization recommends that this same
level of safe and legal abortions be available to all women globally.
An estimated 44 million abortions are carried out each year. As of 2008, forty percent of the
world's women had access to legal induced abortions "without restriction as to reason". There
are; however, limits regarding how far along in pregnancy they can be performed. Induced
abortion has a long history .because such abortions have been performed by various methods,
including herbal medicines, the use of sharpened tools, physical trauma, and other traditional
methods since ancient times. In many parts of the world there is a lot of public controversy over
the moral, ethical, and legal issues of abortion.
Those who are against abortion generally state that an embryo or fetus is a human with the right
to life and may compare abortion to murder. An abortion is medically referred to as a therapeutic
abortion when it is performed to save the life of the pregnant woman; prevent harm to the
woman’s physical or even mental health; terminate a pregnancy where indications are that the
child will have a significantly increased chance of premature morbidity or mortality or be
otherwise disabled; or to selectively reduce the number of fetuses to lessen health risks
associated with multiple pregnancy.

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