Teen related Abortion deaths in countries where legal compared to places where abortion is banned.

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Teen-related Abortion Deaths in Legal and Banned Countries

Abortion is the discontinuation of pregnancy before giving birth causing death to the fetus which is also synonymously defined as the extraction of embryo from the uterus or may also be defined as the cessation of a pregnancy preventing birth of a child (Encarta ency Miscarriage is most commonly known as the only non-induced type of abortion . Abortion can occur by accident or naturally due to undeveloped embryo because of dis or

injury , inhibiting mothers from having the pregnancy to full term or can be by intent through surgical method because a pregnancy is undesired or maybe due to extreme mental and physical problem of the embryo which may put danger to the mother 's health . Induced abortion has introduced the most extreme ethical issue in which simple , safer and modern procedures are being introduced and which also resulted to legal battles and debates just like in the US . In medicine there are six types of induced abortions the first one is called the morning after pill ' which when used will prohibits the embryo in connecting itself to the uterus so the fetus would die , the second one is the vacuum suction technique ' by which the fetus is removed and suctioned up out of the uterus , the third method is called the saline infusion method ' by which a saline solution known as protogleden is injected to the abdomen directly to the amniotic fluid cavity in the uterus , making the fetus removed in 12 hours after injection , the fourth one is known as the partial birth abortion ' in which the fetus or the embryo is aborted before the full birth , the fifth one is the live birth abortion ' in which labour is induced letting the baby to die , and the sixth one is known as therapeutic abortion ' in which the pregnancy is stopped due of maternal medical complications through the use of a method called dilatation curettage ' by which the uterine cavity is scraped withdrawing the embryo from the womb (Questioning 2003 . The occurrence of induced abortion may vary , it is estimated that about 46 million abortions are done world wide annually and a fraction of 26 million abortions are known to be seen in countries where abortion is legal compared to about 20 million from countries in which abortion is banned . Among the countries with low occurrences of induced abortion are Belgium and Netherlands while Russia and Vietnam have high occurrences of induced abortion . An estimated ratio of 26 aborted fetuses in 100 pregnancies is the assumed statistical ratio around the world

About 13 percent of pregnancy-related deaths have been attributed to complications of unsafe abortion with a probable number of 67000 deaths yearly and it is also reported that the danger of death following complications of unsafe abortion in developing countries is magnified a several hundred times compared to abortions done professionally in safe conditions . Complications due to unsafe...