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WHAT IS ABORTION:
Let's look at the diagram below illustrating a featus or a premature baby inside mothers womb before it's life is ended .
An abortion is a medical procedure that ends a pregnancy, either by removing the fetus or embryo, or by preventing a pregnancy from resulting in the birth of a child. It can be performed using medicine or surgery.
Some terms for an abortion include:
(1).Termination of pregnancy,
(2).Elective abortion, induced abortion, and
(3).Therapeutic abortion.
There are two types of abortion treatment:
(a).Vacuum aspiration: A gentle suction method to remove the pregnancy
(b). Dilation and evacuation: A procedure that uses general anesthetic, narrow forceps, and gentle suction to remove the pregnancy
Some people may feel tired, nauseated, dizzy, or have diarrhea after taking the second pill for a medical abortion. They can also expect bleeding and cramping that start one to four hours after taking the second pill, and heavy cramping and bleeding with blood clots over the next several hours
Abortion Risks and Side Effects
This is just to inform you, but your role is to decide.
-Abortion Links
-Common Side Effects
-Possible Complications
-Future Health Risks
-Improving Abortion Safety
Before you have any elective procedure it’s important to know the potential impacts it could have on your body and future health. Here we’ve compiled the latest research on the impacts of abortion.
Risks and side effects vary by the type of procedure and how far along you are. If you’re pregnant, CompassCare can help you determine exactly what kind of abortion procedure you could be eligible for, and discuss the specific risks and side effects associated with that procedure.
Common Side Effects
Most women experience some of the following after an abortion:
Bleeding – on average, bleeding lasts 14 days but can last as long as 21 days. 1,2
Cramping
Dizziness
Drowsiness
Nausea/Vomiting
These symptoms typically resolve within a week, sometimes longer.
Possible Complications
Damage to the womb or cervix
Excessive bleeding
Incomplete abortion, requiring an additional surgical abortion procedure
Infection of the uterus or fallopian tubes
Scarring of the inside of the uterus
Sepsis or Septic shock
Uterine perforation
Death
Future Health Risks
Future Pre-term Deliveries
Abortion causes a weakening of the cervix, which increases a woman’s risk of future pre-term deliveries. Two recently-published studies indicate that one induced abortion increases the risk of a subsequent preterm birth by between 25% and 27%. After two or more abortions a woman’s risk of preterm birth increases by between 51% and 62%. 3,4
A 2013 Canadian study found that women who have had abortions are more than twice as likely to have a very early preterm child (26 weeks gestation). The risks were 71% higher at 28 weeks gestation and 45% higher at 32 weeks. 5 (Premature births carry serious health risks for the baby. Infants who are born before 37 weeks gestational age have a much lower chance of living to adulthood. 6 Those that do survive have significant risk of serious disabilities, including cerebral palsy, intellectual impairment, psychological development disorders and autism. 7,8,9 )
Breast Cancer
STDs & Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Mental Health
Infertility and Future Childbearing
Abortion and Sexual Dysfunction
Improving Abortion Safety
The US has come a long way in making abortion “safe and affordable for all women.” However, abortion does have risks. This fact is true for abortion providers in Buffalo, Rochester and throughout the US, whether medical services are provided within an affluent neighborhood or a poverty-stricken one. The risk associated with any medical procedure does not change based on price.
Any physician will agree that safety is not a guarantee when it comes to medicine and is why you must sign a consent form before beginning any treatment. That includes medical and surgical abortions.
Could abortionists in Western NY improve the safety of abortion? Yes! For instance, routine pre-abortion ultrasound scanning is not required in NYS. That means that rather than providing a woman (and her doctor) with a full picture of what’s going on inside, issues such as ectopic pregnancy are diagnosed solely on a woman’s symptoms. However, ectopic pregnancies can be asymptomatic25 and medical abortions should not be given with an ectopic pregnancy.26 There is also a possibility that the woman is not even pregnant. It is never safe for a woman to receive a medical procedure that is not necessary. CompassCare provides free ultrasound screening at every appointment.
Doctors are also not obliged to routinely prescribe antibiotics to women who receive a medical abortion. According to the US National Library of Medicine, “A small number of patients died due to infections that they developed after they used mifepristone and misoprostol to end their pregnancies” and women may not realize the severity of their infection until it’s too late.27 A weakened immune system can increase your risk of infection, as well as untreated cases of chlamydia or gonorrhea (also often asymptomatic), which could lead to an infection known as PID that can seriously affect a woman’s future reproductive health.
Is there such a thing as a “safe abortion?” There are documented complications for both medical abortion and surgical abortion.28
With any type of abortion, “if the abortion is infected or complicated by pre-existing and nontreated STDs, risks of secondary infertility, ectopic pregnancy, and fetal loss increase.”29 Studies have consistently shown that induced abortion increases the incidence of subsequent preterm delivery and also depression30, which can ultimately effect a woman’s decision to have more children in the future.
There is much research that still needs to be done on this topic. “Despite strong recommendations for substantive research, and the clear need for women to have accurate information as they execute their autonomy, current data remain sparse, studies are small and methodologically flawed, and the conclusions are often intertwined with the political agendas of their authors and publishers.”31
Contact CompassCare for a free consultation regarding all of your abortion options. We also offer free STD testing, pregnancy testing, and ultrasounds. Let us lay out your options in a safe, unpressured, nonjudgmental environment.
Medically Reviewed By:
STAFF NURSE, ROCHESTERJOHANNA G, MS, RN
BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE ON ABORTION
The Bible doesn't directly address abortion, and Christian denominations have a variety of stances on the topic. Some say that the Bible's teachings on the sanctity of life and the sixth commandment make abortion wrong. Others say that the Bible is more nuanced and that abortion may be acceptable in some circumstances, such as when it's necessary to save the mother's life.
The church has stated that abortion "is not a moral option, except as a tragically unavoidable byproduct of medical procedures necessary to prevent the death of another human being, viz., the mother." The LCMS believes that whether abortion is legal or not, it does not change the fact that abortion is a sin.
In conclusion, Abortion is Sin and Crime. Under some circumstances, you can be arrested by authorities for being involved with abortion matters.
