Pregnancy Termination for Medical Reasons: An Overview- 1 Contact Hour

Pregnancy loss is a difficult situation no matter what the circumstance. It is an instance that people tend to hold close to the vest and not talk a lot about. When a pregnancy loss occurs because of a “choice,” the shame that is internally and externally inflicted compounds the actual loss. Certainly, this is the stigma that American abortion provides and society connotes those that choose to end a pregnancy with women who are “loose, uncaring, or ignorant.” There is an aspect of the abortion debate that is grey: terminating a much-wanted pregnancy due to fetal anomaly or risk to the mother’s health. This segment of the abortion and loss community has few avenues of expression, as the stigma and shame of abortion is compounded with the fact that there was an aspect of choice. Such pregnant people are left to wonder, even those that were given little medical hope…