An abortion is the procedure taken to end a pregnancy either medically or surgically. Like many topics of great controversy, abortion has its positive and negative sides. There are those that claim they have the right to do as they choose to their bodies; and those who say it is wrong to take lives of the unborn. I happen to believe in pro-choice, not that I don’t think taking lives is wrong, but in many cases abortion is either necessary or in the best interest of both the mother and child.
Abortions are performed by using one of two methods, the medical method or the surgical method. The medical method, which can only be performed in the first nine weeks of pregnancy, involves taking two different types of medications. At first, depending on how advanced the pregnancy is, there are two different kinds of medications offered. Mifepristone, which is commonly referred to as RU 486, is the more popular drug. RU 486 originated in France in the late 1980’s. Mifepristone......
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