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==Health risks==

Abortion brings with it the risk of serious complications, like most medical surgeries. These include a plethora of risks, including a perforated uterus, perforated bowel or bladder, septic shock, sterility, and death. However, accurately assessing all the possible risks of abortion is difficult, because of the lack of set definitions of terms and lack of follow-up reports on those who have had abortions.

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One of the most pending after effects of any type of abortion is death. In a recent study, it was discovered that women who have abortions performed are at a higher risk of death than other women. 154 percent are at a higher risk of death due to suicide, 82 percent due to accidents, and 44 percent from natural causes and other complications. Less serious side-effects from abortion include: allergic reaction to the anesthetics, bleeding, and infection.

As with most [[surgery|surgical]] procedures, the most common surgical abortion methods carry the risk of serious complications. These risks include: a perforated [[uterus]], perforated [[bowel]] or [[bladder]], [[septic shock]], [[sterility]], and [[death]].

Traditional methods of abortion, which include over use of drugs to harm the fetus and inserting different materials into the uterus, also carries serious risks. Any abortion performed outside of a professional clinic is dangerous, for it can carry risks of serious infection, bleeding, organ injury, a cut or torn cervix, and death.

Accurately assessing the risks of induced abortion is difficult due to a number of factors. These factors include a lack of uniform definitions of terms, and difficulties in follow-up.

Use of "traditional medicine" methods (e.g., overdoses of various drugs and inserting various objects into uterus) for abortions is also dangerous. Serious complications from abortions done outside of professional clinics may include infections and bleeding. In many cases, such abortions lead to death.

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See also: [[Abortion trauma syndrome]]

==History of abortion==