Thread: hey, im 13 and 1 munth pregant ... um, can someone like help?

ok, so this guy and i had the sex, and now im pregant. I dont want to be a mommy at 13! can someone like help? My friend whos 16 was pregant, and she had abortion, (is that how u spell it), and she said it didnt hurt, and she was fine, and she didnt have a baby. Can I have abortion? Should I get abortion?

Thanks you

An abortion is the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus, resulting in or caused by its death. The spontaneous expulsion of a fetus or embryo before the 20th week of gestational age[1] is commonly known as a miscarriage.[2] Induced abortion is the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus by medical, surgical, or other means at any point during human pregnancy for therapeutic or elective reasons.[3] The approximate number of induced abortions performed worldwide in 2003 was 42 million, which declined from nearly 46 million in 1995.[4]

Throughout recorded history, abortion has been induced by various traditional medicine methods, including botanical abortifacients, the use of sharpened tools, and abdominal pressure.

The moral and legal aspects of abortion are subject to intense social debate in many parts of the world. Aspects of this debate can include the public health impact of unsafe or illegal abortion as well as legal abortion's effect upon crime rates, and the ramifications of sex-selective practices. Other debates include the abortion-breast cancer hypothesis, post-abortion syndrome, and fetal pain. Moral arguments often equate abortion to murder, or denial of abortion to oppression of women.

The history of modern Western abortion laws can be traced back to English common law, which allowed abortion before the "quickening" of the fetus. Currently, abortion laws vary from country to country, with regard to religious, moral, and cultural sensibilities.

Contents [hide]
1 Forms of abortion
1.1 Spontaneous abortion
1.2 Induced abortion
1.2.1 Methods
1.2.1.1 Surgical
1.2.1.2 Medical
1.2.1.3 Other means
2 Incidence of induced abortion
2.1 By gestational age and method
2.2 By personal and social factors
3 Health considerations
4 History of abortion
5 Social issues
5.1 Effect upon crime rate
5.2 Sex-selective abortion
5.3 Unsafe abortion
6 Abortion debate
6.1 Public opinion
6.2 Arguments within the debate
6.2.1 Breast cancer hypothesis
6.2.2 Mental health
6.2.3 Fetal pain debate
7 Abortion law
8 See also
9 References
10 External links



Forms of abortion
In medical terminology, the term abortion refers to two basic phenomena: miscarriage (spontaneous abortion) and induced abortion. In common parlance, the term "abortion" is synonymous with induced abortion. However, in medical texts, the word 'abortion' might exclusively refer to, or may also refer to, spontaneous abortion (miscarriage).


Spontaneous abortion
Main article: Miscarriage
Spontaneous abortion (also known as miscarriage) is the expulsion of an embryo or fetus due to accidental trauma or natural causes. Most miscarriages are due to incorrect replication of chromosomes; they can also be caused by environmental factors. Spontaneous abortions, generally referred to as miscarriages, occur when an embryo or fetus is lost due to natural causes before the 20th week of gestation. A pregnancy that ends between 20 and 37 weeks of gestation, if it results in a live-born infant, is known as a "premature birth". When a fetus dies in utero after about 20 weeks, or during delivery, it is termed a "stillbirth". Premature births and stillbirths are generally not considered to be miscarriages although usage of these terms can sometimes overlap.

Most miscarriages occur very early in pregnancy. Between 10% and 50% of pregnancies end in clinically apparent miscarriage, depending upon the age and health of the pregnant woman.[5] In most cases, they occur so early in the pregnancy that the woman is not even aware that she was pregnant. One study testing hormones for ovulation and pregnancy showed a rate of pregnancy in exposed ovulatory cycles of 59.6%; with 61.9% of conceptuses lost prior to 12 weeks of which 91.7% occuried subclinically, without the knowledge of the mother.[6]

The risk of spontaneous abortion decreases sharply after the 10th week LMP,[7] with a loss rate between 8.5 weeks LMP and birth of about two percent; pregnancy loss is “virtually complete by the end of the embryonic period."[8]

This risk of spontaneous abortion is greater in those with a known history of several spontaneous abortions or an induced abortion, those with systemic diseases, and those over the age 35. Other causes can be infection (of either the woman or fetus), immune response, or serious systemic disease. A spontaneous abortion can also be caused by accidental trauma; intentional trauma or stress to cause miscarriage is considered induced abortion or feticide.[9]


Induced abortion
A pregnancy can be intentionally aborted in many ways. The manner selected depends chiefly upon the gestational age of the embryo or fetus, in addition to the legality, regional availability, and doctor-patient preference for specific procedures. Reasons for procuring induced abortions are typically characterized as either therapeutic or elective. An abortion is considered to be therapeutic when