This essay detailing the many negative physical and emotional effects of abortion, placed 2nd in the Professional Women s Network Scholarship Contest. Abortion is the knowing destruction of the life of an unborn child. But this is only part of the story as abortion also hurts the woman involved.
Abortion affects women physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
When an abortion is performed on a woman, she becomes subject to many physical complications. Blood loss during the procedure causes diversion of blood flow to various organs and can result in shock. When the canal of the cervix is dilated, the insides of the uterus, fallopian tubes, and the abdominal cavity are exposed to invasion by bacteria. Abdominal infection can cause peritonitis and abscess formation. Severe hemorrhage often follows an abortion.