Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removing or expulsing an embryo before it is ready to survive outside the uterus. Medically speaking, abortion is defined as the loss of a fetus, for any reason, before it can survive outside the uterus. This includes both miscarriages and deliberate termination. Abortion in the context of this article refers to the deliberate termination of a pregnancy. So many myths surround abortion, and we'll be debunking some of them in the article. 1. An abortion is dangerous to a woman's health. An abortion is not dangerous when done with a method recommended by the World Health Organization that is appropriate to the duration of the pregnancy, and when done by a qualified medical practitioner. There are two WHO-approved ways of ending a pregnancy: in-clinic abortion and a medical abortion (the abortion pill). According to the WHO, an abortion is deemed unsafe when the pregnancy is terminated either by persons lacking the necessary ski...
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