There are essentially two types of abortions: medical and surgical abortions. A medical abortion is preformed on the fetus up until the 49th day of pregnancy (49th day after conception). This type uses drugs to induce the abortion in the mother shortly after they are taken orally. The most popular drugs used are Mifepristone and Misoprostol. These two drugs are used in combination to abort the unborn fetus. Statistics show that 95% of women using these drugs have a complete abortion. The remaining 5% have complications due to constant bleeding or because the abortion was not complete. Parts of the fetus remain in the cervix of the women and require

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Abortions can be performed but are rare after the 20th week due to complications that arise with the increased development of the growing fetus. For example, an increase of blood supply to the baby and placenta make it more difficult to do surgical abortions. Dr. Frank Beckwith, a pro-life advocate, stated that, "those who defend abortion rights do not deny this disturbing fact but often dismiss it by claiming that only one percent of all abortions are done in the last trimester. There are several problems with this statistical dismissal. First, the fact that third-trimester abortions are permitted for nearly any reason and that unborn children are left unprotected is significant in itself regardless of whether a small percentage of total abortions has taken place during this time. Second, since there are about 1.5 million abortions per year in the U.S., it follows that 15,000 (or one percent) of them are done in the third trimester. This means that 1,250 of them are performed every month (about 40 a day). This is no insignificant number."(Dr. Frank Beckwith, Roe vs. Wade: Abortion on Demand, www.roevwade.org)

The litigation involving abortions have been plentiful. The monumental case of Roe vs. Wade back in 1973 made it possible for women to have abortions on demand. The woman involved in the case, Roe, decided that it was unconstitutional for any state to say that an abortion was not legal. She fought the state of Texas and the suit eventually reached the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court found it unlawful to not allow a woman to have an abortion as defined by the 14th Amendment and the right to privacy that is covered under the amendment. The Supreme Court decision affected many states laws regarding abortion and soon abortion rates rose year by year.

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