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Risky and unexpected pregnancy may lead some women to a risky decision, ABORTION. This is true and you can not avoid thinking about it when you find this case or even face this problem. The methods in abortion including taking abortion pills, vacuum, suction curettage, or even worst dilation and extraction where scissors inserted into the base of the skull to create an opening then a suction catheter is placed to remove the baby’s brain. Those methods are giving pain. Well, I’m not trying to make you feel scared but those are true facts. Also, I’m not trying to be a pro-life, but I think you should know that beside the true facts about the methods, there are also risks behind abortion.

In 1997, a government-funded study in Finland found that women who had abortions were 3.5 times more likely to die the following year than women who had given birth. So, what makes it? Let’s reveal it.

In abortion procedures, there are serious problems may occur like:

Heavy bleeding, infection, incomplete abortion because of some fetal parts may be mistakenly left inside after the abortion. Sepsis or total body infection. Convulsions, anesthesia, damage to the cervix and perforation of the uterus because of abortion instruments which can cause excessive bleeding. Scarring of the uterine lining because of abortion instruments. If this occurs, major surgery may be required, including removal of the uterus (known as a hysterectomy). Damage to internal organs that will occur to nearby organs such as the bowel and bladder. In extreme cases, other physical complications from abortion including excessive bleeding, infection, organ damage from a perforated uterus, and adverse reactions to anesthesia may lead to death.

But, problems not just occur during abortion procedures. When you are success from abortion, it doesn’t mean that you are free from risks, because facts show that abortion can leads to many serious illnesses, such as:

1. BREAST CANCER

The risk of breast cancer almost doubles after one abortion, and rises even further with two or more abortions. A 1994 study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found: “Among women who had been pregnant at least once, the risk of breast cancer in those who had experienced an induced abortion was 50% higher than among other women.”

2. CERVICAL, OVARIAN, AND LIVER CANCER

Women with one abortion face a 2.3 relative risk of cervical cancer, compared to non-aborted women, and women with two or more abortions face a 4.92 relative risk. Similar elevated risks of ovarian and liver cancer have also been linked to single and multiple abortions. These increased cancer rates for post-aborted women are apparently linked to the unnatural disruption of the hormonal changes which accompany pregnancy and untreated cervical damage.

3. PLACENTA PREVIA

Abortion increases the risk of placenta previa in later pregnancies (a life threatening condition for both the mother and her wanted pregnancy) by seven to fifteen folds. Abnormal development of the placenta due to uterine damage increases the risk of fetal malformation, perinatal death, and excessive bleeding during labor.

4. COMPLICATIONS OF LABOR

Women who had one, two, or more previous induced abortions are, respectively, 1.89, 2.66, or 2.03 times more likely to have a subsequent pre-term delivery, compared to women who carry to term. Prior induced abortion not only increased the risk of premature delivery, it also increased the risk of delayed delivery. Women who had one, two, or more induced abortions are, respectively, 1.89, 2.61, and 2.23 times more likely to have a post-term delivery (over 42 weeks).(17) Pre-term delivery increases the risk of neo-natal death and handicaps.

5. HANDICAPPED NEWBORNS IN LATER PREGNANCIES

Abortion is associated with cervical and uterine damage which may increase the risk of premature delivery, complications of labor and abnormal development of the placenta in later pregnancies. These reproductive complications are the leading causes of handicaps among newborns.

6. ECTOPIC PREGNANCY

Abortion is significantly related to an increased risk of subsequent ectopic pregnancies. Ectopic pregnancies, in turn, are life threatening and may result in reduced fertility.

7. PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE (PID)

PID is a potentially life threatening disease which can lead to an increased risk of ectopic pregnancy and reduced fertility. Of patients who have a chlamydia infection at the time of the abortion, 23% will develop PID within 4 weeks. Studies have found that 20 to 27% of patients seeking abortion have a chlamydia infection. Approximately 5% of patients who are not infected by chlamydia develop PID within 4 weeks after a first trimester abortion. It is therefore reasonable to expect that abortion providers should screen for and treat such infections prior to an abortion.

8. ENDOMETRITIS

Endometritis is a post-abortion risk for all women, but especially for teenagers, who are 2.5 times more likely than women 20-29 to acquire endometritis following abortion.

9. EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT

Abortion is associated with a decrease in both emotional and physical health. For some women these negative emotions may be very strong, and can appear within days or after many years (post-traumatic stress disorder). Previous studies draw links between women who get abortions and an increase in substance abuse, anxiety, sleep disorders, suicidal thoughts, psychiatric illness, relationship problems and risk-taking behavior, which could easily lead to death by suicide or accident.

10. SPIRITUAL CONSEQUENCES

People have different understandings of God. Whatever your present beliefs may be, there is a spiritual side to abortion that deserves to be considered. Having an abortion may affect more than just your body and your mind — it may have an impact on your relationship with God. What is God’s desire for you in this situation? How does God see your unborn child? Those are important questions to consider.

fetus like photo by Audrey Johnson

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