Definition Essay On Abortion

The technical definition of abortion is “the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often within the first seven months”, according to http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abortion In 1973, abortion became legal. Women typically get an abortion when their pregnancy is unplanned. For example, if they get raped and become pregnant, they usually feel like aborting the baby is the right thing to do because they believe the baby was not supposed to be born since the mother did not plan it.

There are at least six different ways of aborting a baby. These methods are used in the United States. They are called RU-486, Suction Aspiration, Dilation and Curettage, Dilation and Evacuation and Prostaglandin.

According to, http://www.justfacts.com/abortion.asp The average term of a full pregnancy is 38 weeks. Fertilization usually takes place within the first day of intercourse but can also take place

For unmarried women, there is 510 abortions per 1,000 births and for every married woman there is 61 abortions to 1,000. Overall, that means per 2,000 births, 571 of them will be aborted. And on the average, there are at least 3 common reasons for why women say they want to get an abortion. One; It would interfere with school and work. Two; they say that they can not afford it at this time. Half of the women who get it done, say they don’t want to be a single parent, or they’re not in a good spot with their husband/boyfriend right now. Some options instead of abortion would be adoption or keeping it.

There are two different types of abortions. Medical abortion and surgical abortion. Medical abortion means you take pills that will slowly end the baby’s life. It can take anywhere from 2 days to 2 weeks. This procedure will only work if you are under 10 weeks pregnant. Surgical abortion means the doctor will operate on you surgically. He/she will empty out your uterus and everything inside of