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Abortion: The deliberate termination of a human pregnancy.
Rape: Any act of sexual intercourse that is forced upon a person.
Short and long term effects of abortion:
S: Can significantly affect women's ability to have healthy pregnancies when they're older.
S: Cervical lacerations and injury, uterine perforations, and bleeding.
S: Hemorrhage, serious infection, pain, and incomplete abortion.
L: Future preterm birth and placenta previa in future preganancies.
L: Respiratory, brain, and bowel abnormalities.
("Abortion Rates for Michigan Counties").
Top 10 Reasons for Abortion:
1. rape or incest
2. mother has health problems
3. possible fetal health problems
4. unready for responsibility
5. is too immature or young to have child
6. has problems with relationship or wants to avoid single parenthood
7. woman's parents want her to have abortion
8. husband or partner wants her to have abortion
9. doesn't want others to know she had relations or is pregnant
10. has all the children she wanted or all children are grown
("Family Research Council").
S: Can significantly affect women's ability to have healthy pregnancies when they're older.
S: Cervical lacerations and injury, uterine perforations, and bleeding.
S: Hemorrhage, serious infection, pain, and incomplete abortion.
L: Future preterm birth and placenta previa in future preganancies.
L: Respiratory, brain, and bowel abnormalities.
("Abortion Rates for Michigan Counties").
Top 10 Reasons for Abortion:
1. rape or incest
2. mother has health problems
3. possible fetal health problems
4. unready for responsibility
5. is too immature or young to have child
6. has problems with relationship or wants to avoid single parenthood
7. woman's parents want her to have abortion
8. husband or partner wants her to have abortion
9. doesn't want others to know she had relations or is pregnant
10. has all the children she wanted or all children are grown
("Family Research Council").
These graphs were surveyed from 50 teen girls at Lakeland High School about their opinions on abortions regarding sexual abuse cases.
Did you know?
1 out of 10 teens were physically hurt on purpose by their boyfriend or girlfriend within the past year.
The highest rates of dating and domestic violence are experienced by women aged 20-24
22% of all college women have either been physically abused, sexually abused, or have had threats made towards them of physical violence.
It's been reported that more than 11% of all teenage high school girls have been forced physically to have sex.
Since entering college, 19% of women report that they have either been sexually assaulted, or someone has attempted to sexually assault them.
Out of all of the victims, 85% report that it was someone they knew, usually a student that went to their college.
1 out of 10 teens were physically hurt on purpose by their boyfriend or girlfriend within the past year.
The highest rates of dating and domestic violence are experienced by women aged 20-24
22% of all college women have either been physically abused, sexually abused, or have had threats made towards them of physical violence.
It's been reported that more than 11% of all teenage high school girls have been forced physically to have sex.
Since entering college, 19% of women report that they have either been sexually assaulted, or someone has attempted to sexually assault them.
Out of all of the victims, 85% report that it was someone they knew, usually a student that went to their college.