Abortion

Abortion

Introduction

Abortion is defined as the massacre of pregnancy; which often ends with a fatal pain. It can transpire simultaneously, in such case it is referred as miscarriage, otherwise it is known to be induced human pregnancy. Abortion in developed countries is performed by keeping an eye on local laws and regulation; this is considered as safest practice in medicine. On the other hand abortion which is done without the medical training causes a hefty number of casualties. More than forty-four million abortions are performed every year globally, out of which 50% are performed under unsafe circumstances, without any medical training. This figure demonstrates that abortion is an alarming situation for any state. Instant abortion, also known as miscarriage is an intentional expulsion of an embryo, which is caused, twenty to twenty-two weeks before gestation (Shah, Ahman, 2008).One statistics shows, that more than 80% mothers does not go for abortion, after watching their fetus in ultrasound. There are numerous side effects of abortion. It increases the rate of breast cancer, leads to psychological illness and causes additional long-term health issues. Initial degree murder is defined as 'killing', so practically abortion is referred as first level killing. Abortion is considered as very awful activity by many religious communities, it is also regarded as un-ethical practice because it leads towards human casualty. Abortion does not eradicate the problem, it actually drag a women to numerous of quandary. It has been seen that a mother regret her decision of abortion, or goes to psychological disorder after the abortion. This is the only reason why different religious communities oppose abortion. There can be number of possible reasons of abortion, few of them are; relationship issues, maturity issue, rape, psychological concerns and many more (www.conservapedia.com).

Discussion

Medical issues of abortion

It has been observed, over years that abortion of young women leads towards a number of long-term health tribulations. The long-term health problems includes; use of drug due to depression, psychological disorder, breast cancer and other injurious health problems. One study dictates that abortion is only allowed legally and medically, if the continuity of pregnancy leads a woman towards mental and psychological problems. The finding suggests that abortion leads to mental chaos, rather than diminishing it. This medical study further tells that when the age of women is twenty five years, forty two percent of those who go under abortion at this age, had experienced foremost depression in the past four years. Anxiety disorder has also inclined with the similar intensity, a woman who has gone through abortion, drinks alcohol at fatal level, twice the time more than the women who had not terminated her pregnancy (Robotham, 2006).

Breast cancer risk is doubled after the abortion; the percentage of risk increases if the abortion is performed more than one time. Cervical cancer is also caused by abortion. A woman faces 2.3 times more risk of cervical cancer who under goes abortion, than the non-aborted women. On the same time women faces 4.92 times more risk of cervical cancer that undergoes multiple ...