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Procedure and Cost. What Can I Expect After an In-Clinic Abortion? Your health care provider will let you know what to do and what not to do after your abortion. Many of us feel shy about asking questions, but your provider is there to help you. Feel free to get answers to all of your questions. You might even find it helpful to make a list before you see your health care provider so you remember the questions you want to ask. Right after your abortion ... You will rest in a recovery area. You may have a wide range of feelings after your abortion. Serious, long-term emotional problems after abortion are about as uncommon as they are after giving birth. Having a history of emotional problems before your abortion having important people in your life who aren’t supportive of your decision to have an abortion having to terminate a wanted pregnancy because your health or the health of your fetus is in danger Abortion begins a new menstrual cycle.

You can get pregnant very soon after an abortion. State Facts About Abortion: Utah. Get PDF version National Background and Context Abortion is a common experience: At current rates, about one in three American women will have had an abortion by the time she reaches age 45. Moreover, a broad cross section of U.S. women have abortions. 58% of women having abortions are in their 20s; 61% have one or more children; 85% are unmarried; 69% are economically disadvantaged; and 73% report a religious affiliation. No racial or ethnic group makes up a majority: 36% of women obtaining abortions are white non-Hispanic, 30% are black non-Hispanic, 25% are Hispanic and 9% are of other racial backgrounds.

Contraceptive use is a key predictor of women's recourse to abortion. Abortion is one of the safest surgical procedures for women in the United States. In the 1973 Roe v. Pregnancies and Their Outcomes • In 2011, there were 6 million pregnancies to the 63 million women of reproductive age (15-44) in the United States. Where Do Women Obtain Abortions? Restrictions on Abortion. Abortion Stats. Public health surveillance is the ongoing systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of outcome-specific data for use in public health practice. The public health approach to problem solving includes using surveillance data to identify problems and assess the effectiveness of interventions.

Without accurate and timely data, public health programs suffer. This glossary is available of commonly used terms in public health surveillance and epidemiology. CDC's Division of Reproductive Health (DRH) monitors maternal and infant mortality, the most serious reproductive health complications. The major surveillance systems in the division include the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), the National ART Surveillance System (NASS), and the Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System (PMSS). Data and Statistics Reference Links Data.gov Data.gov increases the ability of the public to easily find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government. .

Pro-life. Pros and Cons. In a Nutshell Related Links Overview/Background No social issue in America since slavery has ever been so divisive as that of abortion. No issue brings out so much passion and hatred of the other side. Any court decisions related to abortion regularly bring protestors from both sides. Polls show Americans are split almost evenly on the issue. Every presidential election brings out the pro-life side on the right and the pro-choice side on the left. Yes Abortion is a form of murder and demeans the value of human life. No Government gets to control a woman's body. Related Links Reader CommentsFeminists for Life of AmericaSoYouWanna.com Abortion AnalysisProChoice.orgProLife.orgAbortionFacts.comWhy Abortion? Is anything missing? Pro-choice National Abortion Federation.