Both Sides Of The Abortion Deb

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6 percent overall but the rate of
abortion among girls younger than 15 jumped 18 percent. The rate among
minority teens climbed from 186 per 1,000 to 189 per 1,000.

The most popular procedure involved in abortions is the vacuum
aspiration which is done during the first trimester (three months or
less since the women has become pregnant). A tube is simply inserted
through the cervix and the contents of the uterus are vacuumed out.
The most commonly used type of second trimester abortion is called
dilation and evacuation. Since the fetus has bones, bulk and can move,
second trimester is not as simple. When as much of the fetus and
placenta are vacuumed out then tweezers are used to remove larger
parts. After this, or the beginning of the fifth month abortion is
serious and actually induced as childbirth. That is, the mother is
given substances which puts her into labor and delivers the fetus as
she would a full-term baby. About 40 ...

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to bring up.
There would be a number of unsafe abortions in back allies. It would
also force women to give up their dreams and stay home to bring up
babies. Worst of all, it would condemn victims of apeand incest to
carry and nurture the offspring of their rapist.(Kolner 5) Abortion is
necessary for women to have control over their own bodies and life.
One activist said, "If I hadn't had that abortion my life would have
been a disaster. I wouldn't have made it to medical school. I was
married at that point to a very ill man and it would have been
terrible to have to have my baby. People who need abortions are in
some kind of turmoil and it's really a ...

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