Abortion. What is really Abortion? Why it is done by women ? How can we overcome this pr

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1. Fareeha
   

   An abortion is the medical process of ending a pregnancy so that it does not result in the birth of a baby. Women have many reasons for not wanting to be pregnant, and thus to seek an abortion. Many are related to: 1. Age: Most abortions are done on women under the age of 25. 2. Marital status: Most women seeking abortions are unmarried; many other are separated from their spouse. 3. Economic status: Many are poor and feel that they cannot afford to raise a child. 4. The vast majority (in excess of 90%) of abortions are sought for personal reasons: 21% feel that they do not have the financial resources to bring up a child. 21% feel that they are not ready for the responsibility of raising a child. 16% feel that their life would be changed too much. She might have a plan for her future (education, developing a career, etc.) that does not allow for having a child at the present time. She might be looking after an elderly parent and does not have sufficient time or energy to commit to a baby. 12% feel that her relationship with her partner is in difficulty. 11% feel that they are too young, and not sufficiently mature to become a mother. In 8% of the cases, her children are grown and she does not want to start another family, or she has all the children that she wants. Some of these reasons may be influenced by: Pressure from the father or from her parents to have an abortion. She feels that she lacks the emotional and physical strength to go through another pregnancy and raise the child. She believes that raising an additional child would short-change her existing children. She is a student and/or without a partner; she feels that raising a child would be too difficult and disruptive at her time in life. She doesn't want other people to know that she became pregnant. A child would interfere with her career or education. She may fear physical abuse from a parent if they learn of her pregnancy. She may fear being tossed out onto the street by a parent if they learn of her pregnancy. In the case of a multiple pregnancy, the woman may be faced with giving birth to more newborns than she feels she can deal with. About 6% of all abortions are sought because either the woman or fetus has medical reasons: The fetus might have been hurt by exposure to high levels of toxic chemicals, medications that might be dangerous to the fetus, alcohol, drugs, etc. They may cause the fetus to be genetically damaged. Some girls become pregnant at a very young age, when pregnancy can be dangerous. The fetus has a genetic defect or other health problem. Almost all of the couples who find that the fetus suffers from Down's Syndrome, or a similar defect, elect to have an abortion. The woman may develop eclampsia. This involves a sudden increase in blood pressure, and onset of seizures. The results can be fatal to both the woman and fetus. This used to be called toxemia of pregnancy. In the case of a multiple pregnancy -- quintuplets, sextuplets, etc. -- some or all of the fetuses will end up with various long-term health problems; some may not survive at all. Physicians will sometimes recommend a selective reduction process where one or more fetuses are killed in order that the remaining fetuses would be born normal. About 1% of all abortions are sought because of abusive sexual act: About ten to fifteen thousand abortions (approximately 1%) annually are sought because the conception occurred after rape or during an incestuous relationship, and the woman does not want to bear a child who was conceived in violence. We can overcome this problem by using precautions according to the causes described above. If we can overcome the problems explained earlier we will be able to reduce the percentage of abortion.

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