Types of Abortion
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Abortion is the removal or destruction of an embryo or fetus before birth. It may be spontaneous or induced.
Types of Abortion:
1. Spontaneous abortion or miscarriages - is a type of abortion that occur without medical or other intervention. About 25% of all pregnancies result in miscarriages, women older than 35 or younger than 17 years old and couples who have difficulty in achieving pregnancy; and women who have had at least two miscarriages has a higher chance of experiencing miscarriage. About 90% of miscarriages occur during the first trimester (first three months, or 12 weeks of pregnancy). Some cases of miscarriages happen even before a woman realizes that she is pregnant, and she even may not realize that she has aborted.
Symptoms of Miscarriage:
- A typical 10th week miscarriage is characterized by a very heavy menstrual period. A pregnant woman may experience several days of bleeding and cramps before the contents of the uterus are removed, followed by a short period of bleeding until the lining of the uterus heals.
- Miscarriage after the 12th week is like a mild version of the labor of during childbirth, with strong contractions that dilate the cervix and expel the fetus.
- Miscarriages between the 13th and 24th weeks (second trimester) are most often caused by faulty attachment of the placenta to the walls of the uterus or from a weak cervix that dilates too soon.
Medical names of the various stages of actual or possible miscarriages:
- Threatened abortion is a condition of pregnancy, occurring before the 20th week of gestation, the patient usually experiences vaginal bleeding with or without some cramps, and the cervix is closed. Bed rest is usually the only treatment needed. In a few cases the symptoms disappear and the rest of the pregnancy is normal.
- Inevitable abortion is when the bleeding continues and becomes heavy, it usually means that the cervix is dilating and the contents of the uterus are being expelled. Pregnant women will experience lower abdominal cramping and bleeding.
- Complete abortion is when all the contents are expelled. There is no treatment other than rest is usually needed. All of the tissues that came out should be saved for examination by a doctor to make sure that the abortion is complete. The laboratory examination of the saved tissue may determine the cause of abortion.
- Incomplete abortion is a name given to abortion where the uterus retains part or all of the placenta. Bleeding may occur because part of the placenta may adhere to the uterine wall and the uterus does not contract to seal the large blood vessels that feed the placenta. The usual treatment is a drug that induces labor by stimulating uterine contractions, a surgical procedure called curettage can also be done to remove the remaining material from the uterus, the goal of this treatment is to prevent prolonged bleeding or infection.
- Missed abortion - is a case in which an intrauterine pregnancy is present but is no longer developing normally. Before widespread use of ultrasonography, the term missed abortion was applied to pregnancies with no uterine growth over a prolonged period of time, typically 6 weeks after its (fetus) death. A missed abortion is usually indicated by the disappearance of the signs of pregnancy except for the continued absence of menstrual periods. Missed abortions are usually treated by induction of labor by dilation (or dilatation) and curettage (D & C).
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2. Induced abortion - this type of abortion uses drugs or instruments to stop the normal course of pregnancy.
Different methods for performing abortions.
- Menstrual Extraction (endometrial or vacuum aspiration). This method is used for most abortions performed during the first trimester. It is done by suctioning out the lining of the uterus (endometrium) through a thin opening of the undilated cervix. It is a method used after a woman has just missed a period, or anytime up to about the eight week or pregnancy. It can be performed safely in the doctor's office and has a very low rate of mortality.
- Dilation and Evacuation (D & E) (also called vacuum suction or suction curettage) and Dilation and Curettage (D & C). This method is commonly used for late first trimester or early second trimester abortions. In this method suction is used to remove the fetus and placenta. The cervix is first dilated under local anesthesia using a suction tube that is firm, and a stronger suction is used than in menstrual extraction. Another way of dilating the cervix is the use of a type of dried seaweed, called laminaria, which expands as it absorbs moisture. Some doctors use a hollow, spoon-shaped knife, or curette, to ensure that all the placental tissues are removed by scraping the uterine walls.
If curettes are used throughout the procedure instead of suction, the method is called dilation and curettage (D&C). Before the 12th week of pregnancy, D&E is preferred over D&C because it does not require general anesthesia, causes less discomfort and is less costly. D&C can be used up to the 12th week of pregnancy. The mortality rate for both D&E and D&C is approximately 3 per 100,000 abortions.
- Prostaglandin or Saline Administration. This method is done by injecting prostaglandins or saline solution through the uterine wall and into the amniotic sac holding the fetus to induce labor and delivery of a nonviable fetus. This procedure is commonly used for second trimester abortions. Prostaglandins may cause nausea, elevated temperatures, and vomiting but are safer than the saline solution. Mortality rate for second trimester abortions performed by this method is approximately 20 per 100,000 abortions.
- Hysterotomy. This method is similar to caesarian section, the uterus is opened through a small abdominal incision and the fetus is removed. Hysterotomy is usually performed only when other methods have failed repeatedly, it is performed under general anesthesia. It is used between the 12th and the 24th week of pregnancy. This method has the greatest risk of complications out of all the abortion procedures, maternal mortality rate is approximately 200 per 100,000 abortions.
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This information i got about abortion is very helpful. Thanks for this infomation
this very informative
Abortion is wrong and i dont care wat happened DONT DO IT
abortion is immoral and unjustified killing of ur own baby
DON'T DO IT!
that is bad, don´t do
Abotion is wrong!!! it is murder!!!
ur not suppossed to do that you are killing your own child!
abortion is wrong!!!!!!!DON'T DO THAT!!!!!!!!!
abortion is so sad :( dont' do it!
What is the reason for people 2 get ABORTIONS..if you can lay down in bed with a man then you can take on the role of parenthood..RITE???
,,ABORTION IS CONSIDERED AS A HENIOUS CRIME,,PLS DON,T DO IT,,,,...
thanks it help my research paper ?
Aobrtion is a crime and is very risky so better get a baby and get him or her adopted rather than killing it.This site is great for research as it may help for exam papers as general paper for higher school certificate papers.Abortion is a great controversing subject though every one have it proper opinion and reason for taking this side of the situation.
women shud b sure in having kids....abortion is damn ILLEGAL
IT is pure killing
you may be killing someone who will be making a huge difference in the world in the future...so think twice before aborting.!!!!
nice information.
@ all who says dont do it ..
i think the writer just inform us what the types are ..
abortion only be done if there was indication.
besides it was wrong or not .. consider about mother's health is better than saying it good to be done or not.
and im not saying abortion is good..
i agree with those comments
The baby is alive the moment of conception no matter what people say. Abortion is all around wrong!! A mother is supposed to be someone who cares for their child, not someone who wimps out and desides that the best thing for them would be to KILL their child!!! If you can't take care of your child then give birth to the baby and let someone who is actually capable to adopt the baby.
is one is raped and got pregnant is it rigiht to keep the baby at the same time the mother is hating the child inside her and just be reminded of the rape that happened in the street corner. what should she do..abort or hate herself for being rape?
Everyone says that abortion is a choice, but my question is who's choice is it. Should a mother dicide hey I don't want this baby so I'm going to get rid of it. Wouldn't that be just like a mother of a three year old saying Hey I don't want this child so Ima kill it. What's the difference there. I think that having an abortion should be decided by your doctor. If your doctor says that you will die or the baby will never make it then the doctor should decided if an abortions would be the best choice. If the mother just doesn't want the baby then why not have it then give it up for adoption. Like i said before everyone has their own opinion.And my opinion is that abortion is murder if it is done for your own personal reasons and not for medical reasons.
Anyone thinking of having an abortion... please think again.... you will live with it for the rest of your life........ i know from experience..... god is everything... have faith that he will bring you and your baby through anything.......please just have faith
DONT DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i think abortion is a good thing. if a girl is raped and is incapble of having a baby she shoild be able to have an abortion. i also think that people should just mind there buisness if they want to say something then why don't they give the mother a nice place to stay, food, clothes, and all the other hard things that go along with taking care of a baby. so if someone wants t have an abortion i say GO AHEAD
you can only say what you would do if you were pregnant, sometimes things happen the way they do. And it is in fact Murder, but why would you make your child suffer if you cant take care of it? this was very helpfull, although you see it as what if you were the child and might be against your religion abortion is an eye opener and some people can not be parents like they would like to be, money is also an issue.
I feel abortion is wrong. And I don't necessarily think a mother that was raped would hate her child. I am also curious to know why is it just the mother's choice? Doesn't it take two to make a baby?
Abortion is a terrible crime and if the girl or women is raped she can give it up for adoption. The percentile of girls who actually get pregnant from rape is very low. Below 10%. It's still killing a living human and that is definantly wrong!
i think that this information is well worth what i need it for. i am doing a paper and this is very well research for me! Abortions are very wrong, but if you are little and u got raped, i would say that it is okay to get an anbortion.
abortion is murder, if you do it , you are a fucking killer.
Abortion is a decision that no one for sure knows what theyare going to do when the situation arises. who are youto tell someone you don't know to not have one. Yes killing a living child is wrong but what if she was raped or maybe she just made a mistake we all do. Would it be fair for the child to live with the mistake when mommy has no money or can't give all living needs to the child what then? I personely wouldn't have an abortion, that on my conscience would be horrible. yes i advise that all women think twice but do what is right! don't do what is easiest for you but what is moraly right.
Whether you think abortion is wrong or right the fact remains that you cannot FORCE a woman to carry a baby in her womb for 9 months just to give it away. Abortion is legal in canada and though it may be imoral to many you can't take that right away from women and force them to do something they don't want to. YES women should think carefully about the decision before they make it but if they choose to have an abortion then they hold the right to do it and people should not be so quick to criticise them.
NOT all abortion is a crime.. remember there are different types of abortion .. =) thanks for the infos ...
Excellent hub. This issue always makes me cringe. How anyone can remain silent on abortion is absolutely and unequivocably beyond me.
What if the woman undergoes spontaneous abortion??HOw would you classify that?Would it be MURDER?
THESE INFORMATIONS ARE VERY HELPFUL
if a woman unergoes spontaneous abortion it will not be considered as a murder!!!it maybe happened because of some factors...
i think that abortion is very dangerous and may lead to death when the bleeding become very sever and affect the general condtion of mothar.
the abortion may legal or illlegal
legal abortion which occure spontousally whitout any intervention or when the pregnency is very harm to mother and may lead to death .
the abortion become crimenal or ill legal when there is intervention whithout any cause .
thanks
for me, abortion is bad but it depends on the situation itself.
i think abortion its one's pesornall decision not a medical problem, like every one has choice and not regrets to live with.
At least have refreshed my clinical pharmacy
IF U DONT WANT TO BE PREGNANT JUST GET UR PRECAUTIONBY THIS U WILL NOT REACH TO ABORTION
THANKS FOR THE ONFO..ITS SO USEFUL !!!
I think that abortion is the worst think taht you can ever do....
it's a murder
i think it depends upon d situation...
yah, abortion is purely immoral.. even if it is spontaneous or induced... just try to look at the situation that a baby who knows nothing would be killed without any choice... the point is, the baby is still being killed...T_T
but, it is a case to case bases... we don't know what's d reason behind why a woman or couple engage into that ridiculous procedure..
for all: God bLess!
my boyfriend and i just had sex for the first time and he got me pregnant. broken condom. he says i shuld get an abortion but i say its wrong. i may only b a teenager, but i still want to keep the baby. 3 of my sisters just had babies and now im about to too. abortions are painful and wrong, and im against them. and maybe if everyone pitched in, we could all make a chain email that we could send to obama and get abortions to be illegal. if somone doesnt want their baby, giv it up for adoption.
I strongly support that abortion is not good.It is a very sad, depressing and regretable experience. However what the writer here is tryin to tell us, is the types of abortion that happens by means of medical reasons.How medical personels differentiate abortions as patients may present with symptomatically. As also indicated abortion may occur spontaneously and not always by means of force.
Abortion is the most illest thing any sober minded human being to consider as sollution to their mistake or an accidental penetration (so called Rape).if you believe in God, you shuld knw everything happens for a reason. we all are easily to turn a blind eye towards the optimous part of life (silver lightnig) who knows it might just be a blessing, next time you even dare to think about abortion, hear is food for the thought- what if you where aborted, you parents might have made a "mistake" but look how u turned out... You should never ever try to console your self by damage your womb, you do want kidz in the future right!!!
Abortion is undecided issue whether it is good or bad...Abortion is happen in a case to case basis...it maybe ehical or unethical but what we can do..Let's just accept the fact that everything has a purpose wheteher we like ir or not.
To all of you pro choice people,I would like to say that sometimes an abortion is the best thing. As someone who didn't know I was pregnant until I was 9 weeks pregnant (due to the depo provera shot)it was my only option. I had been drinking almost every night, and acted irresponsibly, but I didn't know. I took the necessary means to not get pregnant and it happened anyway. To prevent the need to adopt out an FAS baby, I have chosen not to have it. I find this site very informative, it really helped me.
I think abortion is wrong. its killing a baby who doesnt even no from right or worng. maybe u should just stop opening ur damm legs and maybe u wouldnt be in this miss in the fisrt place.
Thank You po.
In the first trimester, what you call a "baby" is just a cluster of cells. Having an abortion within the first trimester is just like pulling a flower out of the ground - you are killing that set of cells. For all of you pro-lifers out there, tell me you've never picked a flower and then we'll talk.
One must consider the many different factors that shape a woman into considering and eventually going through with an abortion. Whether she be raped, whether she coupled with her boyfriend and the condom broke or whether she just plain had unprotected sex, it is her prerogative to determine her future. To force a woman into having a baby is to undermine a basic human right. When presented with the choice of finishing your undergraduate degree, or even just getting your high school diploma, or having a baby I choose the education. My thoughts are that a woman has the Right to chose when she's ready to bring a new life into hers. I also disagree with the idea that if your ready to lay with someone your ready to parent. That's preposterous. There are girls as young as 14 who have sex with their boyfriends. It's a fact. But there is no way in hell that their ready to be parents. You also have to consider the quality of life you are going to be able to provide for your child. It is worse to live in perpetual pain than to die before you are born. This is just my opinion. Note the spelling and grammar may not be perfect, but I'd appreciate if your outspoken enough to post your opinions on this matter it is wise to at least spell check so that your not misrepresenting your side of this debate.
abortion should not be done by anyone!!!!!
it is a big sin to god!!!!
abortion is bad, it's also a sin. don't try it
i think it is both rong and right if the mother cant take care of the child or the mother has been raped or it would cause her harm that yes they should haVE AN ABORTION BUT IF ITS BECAUSE U SLEPT WITH SOMEONE AND DINT DO IT SAFE AND CANT KEEP IT IN UR PANTS.... its rong
abortion is not moral....its simply murder...cold blooded,rather the emphasis should be on avoiding pregnancy.
If abortion has to be done then it should be only based on the mother's health and of course rape, because the human being born out of an assault will be very cruel. like saddam and hitler.and if pregnancy is caused in an act of love then surely the child,illegal or not, shall be some one good.eg: kabir or jesus.it should be saved, leave the baby at a temple, it will surely have a chance but if u kill in the womb then...
Abortion is evil. Blood shed!!!!!!!!!!!!! So stay away from
Its a matter of choice. There is no one that can say for sure that if the child is born that it will live safely. that it wont be beaten or abused. and if its left to go into foster care there is no certainty that it will ever find a home where they are nto hurt and abused. why put your self through more guilt by nowing the the child you gave birth to is not wanted by you or by anyone else. it should be a matter of choice. NO ONE should have a right to tell someone that they have to carry a child for nine months.
Thankyou, this information helped me alot with my essay.. And my opinion on abortion is that it can be a great help in the right situations, but also no woman should abuse this system! Keep your legs closed then you wont need an abortion!
abortion is wrong...... God allows things to happen in life for a reason. therefore i say even rape is not an excuse for performing an abortion.... it is just a selfisf way of getting over the rape.... children a special gifts from God and we should always acknowledge that.
Wouldn't this world be much easier on the abortion subject if the rule to sex was that sex is only made for producing a child? And not for that pleasurable fleshly feeling between two sexual partners, or even one(a rapist)? And that includes homos. I bet the general population don't want to answer that because it sound rediculous and unlogical. Bottom line is, there is no telling how many times we all said ooops because we are human and we are born sinners!! We are going to do what we love to do (sex)and not think of the consequences when things we consider wrong to happen. We suffer the consequence either way. Whatever reason was made to abort a healthy growing fetus, "not a child yet", is the owner of the oven's choice. She either suffers the consequence of being labeled as a murderer and lives with that decision all her life, or born a child that she cannot afford to give away due to her prideof mother, which in turns, burdening both lives, and child grows without proper nourishments, and becomes that guy you see on the news who shot up the whole school somewhere. I'm not saying abortion is the right thing to do when a mother's situation does not permits a healthy lifestyle for the child, bottom line is, we all will never know where it will lead to. It's all case by case, and we will forever go on with this abortion debate...and I know that this is not the end of this conversation.
Looking at the comments on this site, I see the the prolifers sound very emotional with violent words like "kill", "murder", "illegal". These are the same words that terrorist use. The prochoice comments sound more rational.
Abortion is sad!
i think that it's wrong please ladies don't do it ok!!! let the youths survive they're the victim.
carrey says:
7 months ago
"is one is raped and got pregnant is it rigiht to keep the baby at the same time the mother is hating the child inside her and just be reminded of the rape that happened in the street corner. what should she do..abort or hate herself for being rape?"
I'm pretty sure there is nothing that could make the woman forget being raped. Baby or not, that memory will always remain with her. So using the excuse "The baby will be a constant reminder of my rape" is not a good one. :/
Abortion is wrong and I am disgusted that it is legal in my country. Take sometime and think if it was you being aborted how would you feel. if it was or is an unplanned pregnancy then yhings will be ok god knows best. If you were rapped god will help you through.If you cannot develop love for the child then adoption will help.I think of mother or should I say women who commit abortion as being selfish and sorry to say stupid. A baby is a gift from heaven and they donot come to everyone who wants or need them.What if you have an abortion and then after think of having a child and you can't wouldn't you feel bad, oh I forgot there is always adoption but that is not your fruit. So for those who commit abortion think twice and those who think like me good job you thought once.
GIVE THE CHILDREN A CHANCE TO LIVE THE WAY YOU DID OR EVEN BETTER THAN YOU DID.
GothWriter says:
12 months ago
most of your information is correct, except for the last two methods. saline abortions are no longer done because they were not affective and caused more harm to the woman involved. also the last procedure is no longer done. other than those two, i found your hub to be informative, without a bias towards pro-choice or pro-life.