It takes a woman a lot of time to come to the decision that she wants to terminate an unwanted child. That period of time can be very emotional and personal; it may also cause a lot of stress. One a woman has decided to make that decision not everybody may agree on the choice she has made, so it’s hard for the woman to feel like she is doing the right thing. Many people have different beliefs toward abortion therefore making it a very controversial issue.

Peoples’ opinion on the issue of abortion may vary and depend on many different things for example: some people may disagree on abortion due to their religion or culture, but some people may think that abortion is acceptable because of their understanding of the procedure.

Which brings us to: Is abortion wrong or right?

In this coursework I will research how and where abortion takes place, the before and after affects it may have on the woman or couple, the biblical and church teachings, the beliefs about abortion and at the end I will express my personal opinion about abortion.  

What is meant by the term ABORTION?

Abortion refers to the voluntary or induced termination of a pregnancy; some people tend to use the term ‘termination’ as it is a less offencive way to talk about the perocedure.An aborton is normally carried out through the use of surgical procedures or drugs. Medically, the term ‘termination’ can also refer to the early expulsion of a fetus or embryo from the body by natural causes, this is called a ‘Miscarriage’ it can can occur before 20 weeks of the pregnancy, but most miscarriages happen after 12 weeks of pregnancy. As many as 50 per cent of pregnancies may end with a miscarraige as they can happen so early in pregnancy that the woman has not even realised she is pregnant yet. The term ‘termination’ can also be know as an ‘Induced abortion’, a abortion can be induced for medical reasons or simply by the choice of the mothers decision to end the new human life before it can fend for itself, this is the type of abortion that is carried out through the use of surgical procedures, and is the end of a pregnancy up to 24 weeks, it is the removal of the unborn child from the mothers womb and its expulsion from the mother body.    

Abortion Methods

When wanting to have an abortion there are six different methods of doing it.

The six abortion methods that are going to be stated only take place when having an ‘Induced Abortion’. The six methods are:-

Vacuum aspiration (suction abortion)

Prostaglandins (induced premature labour)

RU 486- Mifepristone: chemical-induced abortion

Dilation and Curettage (D and C)

Dilation and Evacuation (D and E)

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Morning after pill

Vacuum aspiration (suction abortion)

Most abortions are preformed early in pregnancy; about 88% of abortions are done under 12 weeks of the pregnancy. Vacuum aspiration is the most common and safest abortion method, it is 98-100% effective and 85% of woman in England and Wales will have their unborn child aborted in this way. Abortion methods that take place in the ‘first Trimester’ of pregnancy (12-14 weeks) are considered to have the lowest complication rate.

When this procedure is being carried out the woman is put under local or general anaesthetic, and recovery time spent in ...

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