Abortion was first legalized in 1967 by Colorado and California. A few years later in the U.S. Supreme Court case Roe VS. Wade they legalized abortion in all 50 states. Abortion is a surgical or medical procedure to end a pregnancy by removing the fetus and placenta from the uterus. There are also, alternative name for an abortion. For instances induced abortion, suction curettage, surgical abortion, and medical abortion.
A surgical abortion can be done while the woman is awake between 6 and 12 weeks into the pregnancy. She is given the option to use medications to clam the pain down. Another option is having her cervix numbed with an injection of ane