Abortion and miscarriage (spontaneous abortion) are not the same. An abortion is a deliberate termination of a pregnancy. Many women opt for abortion for many reasons. Common reasons include the pregnancy being unwanted and unplanned for, and financial and economical restraints, among others. Legally, the act has been banned in some countries, while other countries are indifferent about it.
The decision to abort is not always influenced by personal decisions alone. Many factors come to play in this. Couples preparing to be parents can be advised by medical practitioners to go for an abortion once they spot a problem during screening and diagnostic tests. Advice is given especially when the issues are extreme; when the child will have some chronic illness or proceeding to the next months can lead to stillbirth or the loss of the mother’s life.
Your doctor will lay before you the option of termination when they spot a fetal anomaly in your pregnancy. It could be one that would put either or both you and the baby’s life at risk. In some cases, you will be educated about the abnormalities in the development but the option of abortion will not be necessarily mentioned when your doctor realizes it does not pose a life risk to the mother or baby.
Abnormalities in babies do occur due to various reasons. Notably, the decision to end the pregnancy still lies in your hands even after the doctor has spoken. If the mother disagrees, the doctor would monitor the mother and baby’s progress frequently to let them know and understand any changes.
Admittedly, there’s an effect to everything. Couples often disregard messages that emphasize the possibility of childlessness after abortion.
Alert your doctor when you realize you are bleeding heavily, an unpleasant smell is emanating from the vagina and /or you’re experiencing severe and unrelenting abdominal pain. Those are abnormal effects of legal abortion.