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Title: Abortion
Words: 1371
ABORTION
What is abortion? Abortion is the ending of a pregnancy before birth. An abortion results in the death of the embryo or fetus. Abortion is a health risk, it has moral and spiritual aspects, and alternative to abortion is adoption.
The health risks of abortion include the procedures, infections, and emotional and psychological distress. The procedures are suction curettage and dilation and evacuation (D&E). Suction curettage is used during the first trimester of the pregnancy. The cervical canal is enlarged and a hollow tube is inserted into the uterus. A vacuum aspirator sucks the fetus out. Then the uterus is probed and scraped by surgical instruments called curettes. During the second trimester, a method called dilation and evacuatio ...
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