Abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability. Abortion can occur spontaneously, in which case it is usually called a miscarriage or it can be purposely induced. The term abortion most commonly refers to the induced abortion of a human pregnancy.
Abortion when induced in the developed world in accordance with local law, is among the safest procedures in medicines. However, unsafe abortions (those performed by persons without proper training or outside of a medical environment) result is approximately 70,000 maternal deaths and 5 million disabilities per year globally each year, with 20 million of those performed unsafely.
The incidence of abortion has declined world-wide as access to family planning education and birth control services has increased. 40 percent of the women have access to introduced abortions. In most countries abortion is legal, in some countries abortion is still illegal.
In the US perhaps 30 percent of pregnant teenage girls abort the fetus of their baby. In one large high school in Newark, the SAC co-ordinator and counsellor stated that, "it seems like every girl that walks through these doors is pregnant." Education provides one solution towards preventing abortion. Girls need to be taught by their parents and through their public education, to respect themselves, their bodies, and learn the value of monogamy, of long-term relationships and of emotional commitment before engaging in sexual relations. This is beneficial both emotionally, psychologically and physically.
Young men need to learn not to use the procreative powers as a sport, as a means of proving one's manhood, and to be responsible. They need to realise that they are responsible for a life that they bring into the world through sexual relations and that governments, in general, hold the male responsible for providing for that child.
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