Death Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Abortion === {{Main|Abortion}} An abortion may be performed for many reasons, such as [[pregnancy from rape]], financial constraints of having a child, [[teenage pregnancy]], and the lack of support from a [[significant other]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Finer |first1=Lawrence B. |last2=Frohwirth |first2=Lori F. |last3=Dauphinee |first3=Lindsay A. |last4=Singh |first4=Sushella |last5=Moore |first5=Ann M. |date=September 1, 2005 |title=Reasons U.S. Women Have Abortions: Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives |url=https://www.guttmacher.org/journals/psrh/2005/reasons-us-women-have-abortions-quantitative-and-qualitative-perspectives |journal=Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health |volume=37 |issue=5 |pages=100β118 |doi=10.1363/3711005 |doi-broken-date=4 April 2024 |via=Guttmacher Institute |access-date=21 February 2023 |archive-date=25 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725161614/https://www.guttmacher.org/journals/psrh/2005/reasons-us-women-have-abortions-quantitative-and-qualitative-perspectives |url-status=live }}</ref> There are two forms of abortion: a [[medical abortion]] and an in-clinic abortion or sometimes referred to as a surgical abortion. A medical abortion involves taking a pill that will terminate the pregnancy no more than 11 weeks past the last [[Menstrual cycle|period]], and an in-clinic abortion involves a medical procedure using suction to empty the uterus; this is possible after 12 weeks, but it may be more difficult to find an operating doctor who will go through with the procedure.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Attia |date=November 21, 2019 |title=What are the different types of abortion? |url=https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/ask-experts/what-are-the-different-types-of-abortion |access-date=February 21, 2023 |website=Planned Parenthood |language=en |archive-date=3 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503201622/https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/ask-experts/what-are-the-different-types-of-abortion |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page