“What is an Abortion?” a question that concerns many minds of people out there that are not aware of this tragic procedure. Abortion is the removal or expulsion of all or any part of the membranes (placenta) that surround the baby (fetus) i

The life of the mother is affected physically and psychologically during and after the procedure. Abortions maybe legal, but nobody can deny that they are extremely risky. “Legal abortion is reported as the fifth leading cause of maternal death in the United States, though in fact it is recognized that most abortion related deaths not officially reported as such” (Sarvis 75). Some of the leading causes of death due to abortion are not just during the procedure but also afterwards. Chances of getting breast cancer are also believed to double after each abortion an expecting mother receives.

n the uterus, with or without the fetus itself, before the fetus is capable of life outside the mother’s body (Horvitz 199). Also defined as a surgical procedure to end a pregnancy by removing the fetus and placenta from the uterus, likewise referred to in many ways as: induced abortion; suction curettage; surgical abortion (Adam 1). There are several methods for Abortion to be done, during the procedure, the cervical canal is enlarged (dilated) and a hollow tube is inserted into the uterus. A vacuum (suction) machine is used to remove the tissues (fetus and placenta) from the uterus. Medicines such as oxytocin are sometimes given to cause the uterine muscles to contract and reduce the pain, most of the methods are related to the labor and birth process itself (Adam 2), but certainly the method of abortion that will be used is depending on the physician and his personal preference and skill and the policies of the hospital, but the most important factor is the length of the pregnancy and the size of the fetus (Horvitz 213).

There are clinics that advertise in Spanish-language newspapers and neighborhood weeklies, pay kickbacks to sleazy phone referral services, and lure women through the doorway with names that echo the political lingua franca-”choice” and “reproductive health.” These are the nightmarish abortion mills where Black and Hispanic women are dying at rate 2.5 times that of White women; where doctors stop midway through a procedure to shake down patients for more cash and turn them out into the street bleeding if they can’t pay up; where staff members seldom change the bloody sheets on the beds;

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