2. Introduction
● What is it?
● Ways to do it
● Risks
● Causes
● Abortion around the world
● Pro life and Pro choice
● Conclusion
3. What is it?
● It's a caused interruption of the pregnancy
● There are two types of abortion: the intentional
and the spontaneous.
● There are over 40 million abortion every year (20%
of the pregnancies).
4. Ways to do it
● Medical: effective during the first 9 weeks. Non invasive, but
painful.
● Surgical: After first 9 weeks. Invasive. Different methods as
aspiration, dilation & evacuation or caesarea.
● Other methods mostly in undevelop countries. Usually
DANGEROUS.
5. Risks
● Physycal damage: infections and other problems. In
last term can become in the death.
● Psychologic damage: stress anxiety or depression.
● However, there's no evidence that the risks are higher
than a non aborted pregnancy.
6. Causes
● Health problems or risk (of/for the baby or of/for
the mother). As physical as mental/psycological.
● Extreme cases: violations.
● Inability to get and mantain the baby
(socioeconomic)
● Unwanted pregnancy.
8. Pro Life and Pro Choice debate
● Pro Life supporters defend the rights of the pre
baby before born, considering it an human.
● Pro Choice supporters defend the rights of the
mothers to choose.