abortion
Today abortion is a pretty simple and safe procedure when done by a trained medical personal during the first three months of pregnancy. Abortion is less safe when preformed after the 13th week of pregnancy. The usual surgical technique of abortion during the first trimester is to insert a metal or plastic tube into the uterus through its opening. A spoon like instrument at the end of the tube is used to gently scrape the walls of the uterus. Suction at the other end of the tube removes the contents of the uterus. This procedure is called aspiration and is done primarily in a medical clinic or doctors office using local anesthetic for the cervix. During the second trimester, abortions are usually done by means of dilation and evacuation. This procedure use forceps, curette, and vacuums. Third trimester abortions are not usually an option because of risk to the mother. A study by researcher at Stanford law school and the University of Chicago suggests that abortion may be linked to a drop in the U.S. crime rate. As women gained the access to legal abortions, the unpublished study says, they were less likely to give birth to unwanted, economically depr
" A CNN/USA today/Gallup poll revealed that over 70 percent of Americans think access to abortions should be limited to certain circumstances. The poll was based on phone interviews with 1,014 adult's aprial30-may2. Responses indicated that: 16 percent of Americans think abortion should be illegal in all cases.55 percent said abortions should be allowed only in case of incest or to save the life of the mother. 27 percent said abortions should be allowed in all cases. The poll was showed that the # of people who consider themselves " pro-choice" dropped from 56 percent three years ago to 48 percent today. Those who consider themselves "pro-life" increased from 36 percent three years ago to 42 percent today. " ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Before the right of women to obtain an abortion was made by the United States supreme court in the 1973 ruling on roe vs. wade, many abortions were performed illegally by untrained doctors. This caused the deaths of many women from infection and bleeding. It also caused much sterility. A controversy began in 1988 over a drug, developed in France, called RU 486, which, w
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