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Though there are numerous ways in which abortion may be defined, the definition of abortion can be summed up as the termination of a pregnancy by loss or destruction of a fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus before birth. Abortion can even simply be stated as the ending of a pregnancy before birth. ... Medical problems, the laws and rulings of abortion, and the never-ending arguments of abortion, are just some of the problems that surface due to the extremely controversially topic.
There are two different types of abortions that can occur: spontaneous abortion and induced abortion. ...
Drugs or instruments are used in an induced abortion to stop the normal course of pregnancy. There are four main techniques for performing the abortion; however, despite the method or technique used abortions performed by unqualified persons is devastatingly dangerous. ... RU-486, or mifepristion, is an abortion-inducing drug that causes the uterus to shed its lining and expel the fertilized egg; it can be used only until about the 47th day after the last menstrual period and the drug can produce serious side effects in some women. ... Finally the last main abortion method is hysterotomy, which is a major abdominal operation that is essentially a cesarean section; it is usually performed only when other abortion methods have failed; more over, the fetus is often born alive.
Approximate Word count = 949
Approximate Pages = 3.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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