Abortion also carries the risk of significant complications such as bleeding, infection, and damage to organs. Serious complications occur in less than 1 out of early abortions and in about 1 out of every 50 later abortions. Complications may include:. There is evidence that abortion is associated with a decrease in both emotional and physical health. Also, the woman's physician and a second physician must state in writing that the abortion is needed based on their best medical judgment to save the life or health of the woman.
The second physician cannot be related to or work in private practice with the woman's physician. In case of an abortion to preserve the woman's mental health, this reason must also be stated in writing by a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist cannot be related to or work in private practice with the woman's physician. Skip to main content. Close this alert. Home Current Page. When Performed During the First Three Months Abortions performed during the first three months of pregnancy are safer and easier than those performed after the first three months.
When Performed During the Second Three Months Abortions performed during the second three months of pregnancy are more complicated than those during the first trimester.
After a First or Second Trimester Procedure On rare occasions a woman may experience some problems following an abortion. Your healthcare provider will explain: The risks of the type of abortion you choose Possible problems you may experience during and after the abortion When you should call or come back to the clinic if you experience problems after the abortion Third Trimester Late Abortions In the last three months of pregnancy, an abortion is done only to save the life or health of the woman.
If she is married, her husband must also consent. It must be done only in a certified hospital. Late abortions performed in South Carolina are rare. References Adler, N. The woman had a child in Ireland in Her pregnancy was painful and complicated by extensive fibroids and treatment could have left her her infertile. It is understood the woman was about 20 weeks pregnant when she travelled to Britain for an abortion. Her husband told the newspaper that she may have acted sooner but was examining options and raising money for the procedure.
It is understood the woman was suddenly taken ill in the Slough area of Berkshire at about midnight on the day of the procedure while in a taxi. She was pronounced dead at Wexham Park Hospital after suffering a heart attack caused by extensive internal blood loss. The couple were in Ireland on student visas at the time of her death.
An inquest was opened and adjourned in Berkshire and the case was subsequently transferred to the West London Coroner's Court. When Michelle Oberman, a Santa Clara University law professor, began her research on abortion in El Salvador, where abortion is outlawed , she expected to enter hospital wards full of women dying of perforated uteruses.
For one thing, doctors have gotten better at controlling bleeding in recent decades. But there has also been a major revolution in how clandestine abortions are performed. Since the s, women around the world have been able to take a common and cheap stomach-ulcer drug, misoprostol , to end their pregnancies without anyone knowing.
Read: Pro-abortion-rights activists won in Ireland, but not Argentina. The drug combination has made it so that in Brazil alone, since , the treatment rate for severe complications from abortion has declined by 76 percent. In Latin America overall, the rate of complications from abortions declined by a third since Meanwhile, the rate of abortions there has only increased.
Even though abortion is illegal in El Salvador, one in three pregnancies still ends in abortion, Oberman says. Many women there who want to abort their pregnancies do it by finding misoprostol on the street. Those who have internet access and reading skills can look up information about how to take it properly. First, some doctors refuse to treat pregnant women with chemotherapy or other potent medications because they are worried they might harm the fetus.
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