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Abortion What is an abortion? Abortion is the voluntary interruption of pregnancy through a small surgical procedure, most safely performed in a clinic or hospital. While abortion is presently legal in England, over 100,000 women die each year from complications of illegal abortions world-wide. Abortions are most often performed to end an unwanted pregnancy, but can also be performed to save the life of the mother, or for the survivors of rape. How successful are abortions? Abortions are normally 100% successful. Failures may occur because of inexperience of the doctor, poor vacuum pressure, an abnormally shaped uterus or a very early pregnancy. How is an abortion performed? Abortions are performed differently according to the length of pregnancy. Before 13 weeks of pregnancy Abortions that are performed relatively early in the pregnancy usually proceed without any complications. Once the patient has been admitted, she will be briefed by a nurse on the procedure and will...

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