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…arise during pregnancy. One hundred and forty thousand second and third trimester abortions occur each year. This makes up only nine percent of the total abortions annually. Supposing a woman is late in her pregnancy and goes in for a routine check up…

…Abortion is one of the most controversial things discussed in the world today. For centuries many women in our society have been troubled by the trauma of an unwanted pregnancy, which may have occurred for a number of reasons and they may therefore seek…

…is that abortion is a “safe alternative” solution to pregnancies that are a product of rape, incest, or those that may threated a mother’s life. However, these special circumstances account for under ½% of all abortions combined. As well if, as has already been…

…(cardiomegaly). When Lyme Disease is contracted during pregnancy, the fetus may or may not be adversely affected, or may contract congenital Lyme Disease. In a study of nineteen pregnant women with Lyme Disease, fourteen had normal pregnancies and normal babies…

…is only half way through the pregnancy. “However, abortion opponents came across the description in 1995, brilliantly and dishonestly named it “partial-birth” abortion, which falsely implied that the method was being used on full-term babies in the process…

…. “In the 1960’s and early 1970’s the discovery that thalidomide, a drug that many woman had used in early stages of pregnancy to relieve morning sickness, occasionally caused birth defects, as well as the highly publicized case of Sherry Finkbine, an Arizona…

…explains some of the possible outcome to exposure to certain teratogens. Listed birth defects resulting from exposure to teratogens, range from prenatal death, to physical and mental abnormalities. Exposure to medications or drugs during pregnancy can result…

…Alcohol Syndrome is a pattern of mental and physical defects, which develops, in some unborn babies when the mother drinks too much alcohol during pregnancy. A baby born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome may be seriously handicapped and require a lifetime of special…

…volume ejected from the left ventricle and an enlarged heart (cardiomegaly). When Lyme Disease is contracted during pregnancy, the fetus may or may not be adversely affected, or may contract congenital Lyme Disease. In a study of nineteen pregnant…

…during the first trimester of one’s pregnancy. Surgical abortions are usually not performed before seven weeks and by that time the baby has identifiable arms and legs. Knowing that a child is slowly beginning to develop inside of a woman’s uterus makes them…