Before you continue please read my "First things first, what is abortion?" post where I explain in detail about each type of abortion to provide a better understanding of the following.
Now, just like every medical procedure there are risks, mental and physical; and todays topic is of physical risks associated with each type of abortion.
Most Common Physical Risks Associated With Abortion
Medical Abortion
Medical abortion or the abortion pill, often causes severe pain and sometimes opiates are prescribed to relieve pain. Another very common physical side affect is uterine bleeding, women often must wear a pad or liner for sometimes up to six weeks due to the amount of blood flow. Allergic reactions may also occur.
Suction Aspiration Abortion
Though a local anesthetic is used some woman do experience pain during the procedure, the pain has been compared to the same pain intensity as a bone fracture. Bleeding is also a result due to the use of the curette that scrapes the inside of the uterus for any left over body parts of the fetus. Infertility is common in cases where the curette is overused or used to roughly thus scarring the uterus.
Salt Poisoning (Saline Abortion)
After the injection a woman may develop a condition known as consumption coagulopathy, where she may experience blood clotting all over her body. In the event that the solution enters the blood stream, seizure, coma, or death could also be a possible result.
Prostaglandin Abortion
Due to the violent nature of this method cervical trauma is common. Infection is also possible along with hemorrhage caused by severe contraction of the muscles.
Now, you may have noticed the descriptions were very short but, that is because I tried to only state the risks without getting into the actual procedure which I have already posted here.
Also, please remember my goal here is not to scare anyone. These types of things can be scary, but I am only trying to provide a resource.
Thank you for reading!
Source: http://www.mayoclinic.com
http://www.optionline.org
http://www.prochoice.org
http://www.nrlc.org
http://www.prochoice.org
http://www.nrlc.org
