What is abortion?
Abortion is a way to end pregnancy. Sometimes, an embryo or fetus stops developing and the body expels it. This is called spontaneous abortion or \"miscarriage.\"
A woman can also choose to end a pregnancy. This is called induced abortion. There are two ways it can be done ¡X surgical and medical.
Who chooses abortion?
The chances are high that a woman will have more than one unplanned pregnancy in the course of her lifetime. Nearly half of all women will have an abortion by the time they are 45 years old (NAF, p.26).
About five million women in the U.S. become pregnant every year. Half of those pregnancies are unintended. And 1.2 million end in abortion. The most common reasons a woman chooses abortion are
- She is not ready to become a parent.
- She cannot afford a baby.
- She doesn\'t want to be a single parent.
- She doesn\'t want anyone to know she has had sex or is pregnant.
- She is too young or too immature to have a......
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