Abortion Health Journals

 Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus as spontaneous expulsion of a human fetus during the first 12 weeks of gestation, induced expulsion of a human fetus, expulsion of a fetus by a domestic animal often due to infection at any time before completion of pregnancy.

There are a number of different methods of abortion. Broadly, there are two types of abortion – medical and surgical. A medical abortion is carried out using medication while a surgical abortion involves a minor operation. There are many reasons why a woman might decide to have an abortion, including: personal circumstances – including risk to the well being of existing children; a health risk to the mother; a high chance the baby will have a serious abnormality – either genetic or physical.