Reallife,
I encourage you to take your religiously biased views on abortion to your local congressman's office and follow the due process of law.
You've still failed to back up your first claim that abortion is mostly used as birth control. Below is a list of SOME of the complications that can occur with abortion (I've only listed one type). These complications, coupled with the high cost of abortion PROVE that abortion is not mostly used as birth control.
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Where in the process does it lose it's morality if employed as birth control, (which is exactly how it is used most of the time) and it remains somehow moral if used otherwise ?
- Allergic reactions to anesthesia or other medications given can occur. It is very important that you report any over-the-counter or prescription medications as well as illegal drugs so that the anesthetics can be adjusted accordingly.
- Bacterial infection can occur during the procedure when surgical tools enter the uterus, while symptoms won't occur for 2 to 3 days after the procedure. This happens most frequently when there is an underlying STD that is not diagnosed at the time of the abortion. Therefore, it is vitally important that you be tested for STDs prior to the abortion. Infection is the most common post-abortion complication.
- Hematometra (a uterine blood clot) can occur if the uterus does not contract (cramp) to expel all of the lining. There will be severe abdominal cramping and nausea if this occurs.
- Heavy bleeding can occur if the uterus fails to contract and may lead to a uterine blood clot, as mentioned above. Heavy bleeding may require medication, a repeat abortion, surgery, and/or transfusion.
- Heavy blood loss can also occur during the procedure itself, since the placenta is separated from the uterine wall too slowly during a D&C. This can require a blood transfusion.
- A cut or torn cervix can occur when the doctor grabs the cervix with the tenaculum or inserts the curette into the uterus. This may lead to a weakened cervix - making carrying a future child to term difficult.
- Cervical damage can also occur with the excessive dilating required for a D&C, also leading to a weakened cervix. The cervix needs to be dilated much less if having a vacuum aspiration.
- The uterus may be perforated (punctured) during the abortion when the doctor presses the curette against the walls of the uterus, causing heavy abdominal bleeding and/or infection. You may require surgery to repair the puncture, and rarely you may need a hysterectomy (removal of the uterus) to stop the bleeding. The risk of this happening with a D&C abortion is considerably higher than with a vacuum aspiration, since the pregnant uterus is extremely soft and easy to pierce with the sharp curette.
- Scarring of the uterus may occur, resulting in "Asherman's Syndrome." This scarring can occur as the doctor scrapes the curette against the walls of the uterus and can cause future fertility problems.
- An incomplete abortion, where the pregnancy has been terminated but the baby or other tissue does not get expelled, can occur in an additional 1% of cases, especially those done before 6 weeks since only 50-60% of the uterine wall is scraped during a D&C. This causes severe cramping and excessive bleeding that continues for over a week following the abortion.
- Emotional or psychological distress can occur after the abortion, including depression, guilt, regret, anger, and/or sleep disturbance.
- Maternal death occurs in a reported 1 out of every 100,000 abortions (this includes all types of abortion).
