Abortion Essay

An abortion is the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus, resulting in or caused by its death, when artificially induced by chemical, surgical, or other means. When a fetus is expelled from the womb spontaneously it is called a miscarriage or "spontaneous abortion.

Abortions have been induced throughout history, using methods that were often unsafe and could result in serious harm or even death to the woman. A strong argument for permitting legal abortions has been to eliminate unsafe methods carried out without the support of the medical community, which were commonplace in societies where abortion was illegal.

To understand the physical effects of abortion we must know something of the causes, which are in the main the same as the causes of miscarriage and premature delivery. Abortion may be due to pathological changes in the ovum, the uterus, or its adnexa one or both — to the physical or nervous condition of the woman, to diseases either inherited or acquired (syphilis, tuberculosis, rheumatism); to any infectious, contagious, or inflammatory disease; to shock, injury, or accident. It may be induced knowingly, willingly, and criminally by the pregnant person herself, or by someone else, with the aid of drugs, or instruments, or both.

Naturally, therefore, the physical effects of abortion will depend in direct ratio on the causation thereof, and the comparative malignity or benignity of such causation. In any case, abortion is fraught with serious consequences, direct and indirect — and is a sad miscarriage of nature's plan, greatly to be deplored, and earnestly, strenuously, and conscientiously to be avoided. Of course, when brought about with criminal intent, abortion is nothing less than murder in the first degree; and if the law of the land does not discover and punish the criminal, the higher law of the God of Nature and of Nature's inexorable reprisals for interference with, or destruction of her beneficent designs, will sooner or later most certainly do so.

The cost of abortion depended on who was involved, the methods used, and how much a woman could pay. The range was wide. In the mid-1930s, Annie Aves carried out 183 abortions and earned £2,232 in 18 months, averaging £12 for each abortion ($1,200 in 2010 terms). In the early 1940s an abortion carried out by a doctor could cost as much as £100 ($7,600 in 2010 terms). Abortion Can cost women a lot of money if she continues to have unprotected sex and has an unwanted child.

Subtopics:
- An abortion is the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus, resulting in or caused by its death.
- Abortions have been induced throughout history, using methods that were often unsafe and could result in serious harm or even death to the woman.
- To understand the physical effects of abortion we must know something of the causes, which are in the main the same as the causes of miscarriage and premature delivery.
- It may be induced knowingly, willingly, and criminally by the pregnant person herself, or by someone else, with the aid of drugs, or instruments, or both.
- the physical effects of abortion will depend in direct ratio on the causation thereof, and the comparative malignity or benignity of such causation
- when brought about with criminal intent, abortion is nothing less than murder in the first degree; and if the law of the land does not discover and punish the