3. The Negative Effects of Abortion on Teenagers
3.1 The Factors of Abortion on Teenagers
In the recent days the problem of abortion in Indonesia is still being discussed. It is proven by the report from television and mass media. Therefore, we should know what
the casual factors of abortion which occur on teenagers. There are at least five casual factors of abortion on teenagers, they are:
1. Less attention from their parents. It causes teenagers to do sex before marriage
easily. The frequency of doing the sex before marriage finally make the girls pregnant, in a condition where they are not ready to built a family and to become
parents so they decide to do abortion as their last choice.
2. Raping on teenagers of course has effect for their future. Raping frequently
becomes a factor of abortion.
3. The policy of prohibition for students in primary schools, junior high schools, and
senior high schools to get married may motivate abortion practice. A student who is pregnant will be dropped out of her school and will be prohibited to continue
her study. Therefore, abortion becomes the best choice from the worst for them.
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4. Unexpected Pregnancy. Most of the casual factors of unexpected pregnancy are
caused by free sex. A woman who has experienced unexpected pregnancy feels uncomfortable in her life. Her pregnancy is considered as a burden in her life.
Finally, she chooses abortion as the best way to escape from the burden.
5. Feeling of Guilt. Women may feel guilty and depressing because of the negative
view of society to her because of her illegal pregnancy. In brief, from the explation above, abortion done by teenagers are caused by some
factors. Most of abortion practices are done illegally, and they make women’s death rate increase every year.
3.2 The Negative Effects of Abortion on Teenagers
The problem of abortion is still being discussed. The discussion about this problem has begun since years ago and has become the world routine discussion in every
conference. It is caused by the absence of regulation to the manage abortion clearly. On the other hand, there are many people who disagree with the abortion. The reasons are
abortion has broken the norms and religion and non medical reason, abortion is strong forbidden. Illegal abortion causes the increase of death risk because lack of medical
facilities, even most of illegal abortions are done by traditional way that may increase the death risk.
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The WHO’s report states that every year unsafe abortion occurs about 20 million cases. Whereas journal perempuan. Com-Jakarta states that there are bout two millions
of women in Indonesia do abortion every year. From 2 million of women there are around 900 women doing unsafe or illegal abortion. Meanwhile for abortion all over the
world noted that there are 46 million abortion cases done illegally. This illegal abortion is performed by doctors, midwives, and etc. It is dangerous because the helpers are not
qualified and have no good skill, it is done in unhygienic places, no medical instrument and the method or procedure of abortion cannot be medically guaranteed. Those facts
reported by Atashendrartini Habsjah, a researcher from Institute of Women Health in the seminar ‘She Does Not Want Her Pregnancy ‘ held by Mitra Inti Institute in Jakarta
Hilton Hotel Wednesday, August 11, 2004 . As a result, there are some risks or effects of legal and illegal abortion action.
In “ Facts of Life “ a book written by Bryan Clowes, there are some effects which are caused by legal abortion process. They are:
a. Being infected due to the careless and low ability in doing the abortion process.
b. Premature birth for the next pregnancy.
c. The biggest effect of abortion is physichological trauma which is suffered by
women. It can make them frightened to be pregnant again. d.
There is evidence that abortion is associated with a decrease in both emotional and physical health. For some women these negative emotions may be very
strong, and can appear within days or after many years. This psychological response is a form of post- traumatic stress disorder. Some of the symptoms are:
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• Eating disordes
• Relationship problems
• Guilt
• Depression
• Flashbacks of abortion
• Suicidal thoughts
• Sexual dysfunction
• Alcohol and drug abuse
While for illegal abortion or without medical help WHO concludes that the risk is 100-500 times higher than legal abortion. The effects of illegal abortion are as follows:
1. It can cause uterine perforation.
Between 2 to 3 of all abortion patiens may suffer performation of their uterus, yet most of these injuries will remain undiagnosed and untreated unless laporoscopic
visualization is performed. Such an examination may be useful when beginning an abortion malpractice suit. The risk of uterine perforation is increased for women who
have previously given birth and for those who receive general anesthesia and may eventually evolue into problems, which require a hysterectomy, which itself may result in
a number of additional complications and injuries including osteoporosis.
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2. It can cause placenta previa which will case the embryo deformity
Abotion increases the risk of placenta previa in the next pregnancies a life threatening condition for both the mother and her wanted pregnancy by seven to fifteen
folds. Abnormal development of the placenta due to uterine damage increases the risk of fetal malformation, perinatal death, and excessive bleeding during labor.
3. It can cause cervical, ovarian, and liver cancer
Women with one abortion relative risk of cervical cancer, compared to non- aborted women, and women with two or more abortion face a 4.92 relative risk. Similar
elevated risks of ovarian and liver cancer have also been linked to single and multiple abortions. These increased cancer rates for post-aborted women are apparently linked to
the unnatural disruption of the hormonal changes which accompany pregnancy and untreated cervical damage.
4. It can cause Anesthesia
Complications from general anesthesia used during abortion surgery may result in convulsions, heart attack, and extreme cases, death. It also increases the risk of other
serious complications by two and a half time. 5.
It can cause Immediate Complications Approximately 10 of women undergoing elective abortion will suffer
immediate complations, of which approximately one fitfth 2 are considered life theatening. The nine most common major complications which can occur at the time of
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an abortion are: infection, convulsions, hermorrhage, cervical injury, and endotoxic shock. The most common “minor” complications include: infection, bleeding, fever,
second degree burns, chronic abdominal pain, vomiting, gastro-intestinal disturbances, and Rh sensitization.
6. It can cause Increased Risk for Contributing Health Risk Factor
Abortion is significaantly linked to behavioral changes such as promiscuity, smoking, drug, abuse, and eating disorders which all contribute to increased risk of health
problems for excamples, promiscuity and abortion are each linked to increased rates of PID and ectopic pregnancies. Which contributes most is unclear, but apportionment may
be irrelevant if the promiscurity itself a reaction to post-abortion trauma or loss of self esteem.
7. It can cause Breast Cancer
Medical experts are still researching and debating the linkage between abortion and breast cancer. Here are some important facts:
a. Carrying your first pregnancy to full term gives protection against cancer.
Choosing abortion causes loss of that protection. b.
A number of reliable studies have concluded that there may be a link between abortion and the later development of breast cancer.
A 1994 study in the joulnal of the National Cancer Institude found; “Among women who had been pregnant at least one, the risk of breast cancer in those who had experience an
induced abortion was 50 higher than among other women.”
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8. Even it can cause the death.
The process of abortion not only has high risk from medical and physical side, but it has a strong effect towards mental condition of the woman. As well this indication is
known in physichological science as “post abortion syndrome”. And it is written in “physichological reaction reported after abortion published in the post abortion review”
The Time at Which an Abortion is usually done
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