ortions. After the twelfth week into a pregnancy a mini hysterectomy occurs (Callahan 32). A needle must be inserted into the amniotic sac to draw out some of the amniotic fluids and replace it with saline or glucose to induce contractions (32). After that procedure twenty hours later the fetus is finally expelled (32). This procedure was common in the early 1990s. Since then the procedure has been shortened to only a couple of hours and is less painful because of the usage of prescription drugs. The abortion procedure can make you feel fine and your normal self with in less than a Baumann 4week. The most hazards in abortions are those that occur by unqualified people and induced abortions. Some of the main early complications were: bleeding, adnexitis, fever, perforation of the uterus, rupture of the wound, and phlebitis ( 36 ). Many of these complications that occurred have been solved and now are extremely rare. To the women who had illegal abortions before 1973, the greatest tragedy of legalized abortion is that now it is only easier for women to be deceived or pushed into the false solution of abortion for one reason or another, ( Reardon 301 ). Although abortions are virtually painless to the mother the fact is it is not painless to the fetus, and there is always a chance that something could go wrong in any type of an operation. Teenage abortions have increased and have now become one of the newest fads. Birth control is not the solution, it seems, anymore, and abortion is what takes its place. About 60% of pregnant teens tell their parents about their pregnancies ( Bender 97 ). When the states parental consent law in affect botched illegal abortions increase ( Bender 97). Many teenagers and Americans feel that the parental consent law is wholly unconstitutional ( Bender 98 ). There are only three items that a minor under the age of eighteen can have medical treatments for; contraceptive services, having an abortion...
